Even if my foot was 100% and I was able to walk everywhere I don’t think Aquaba would have been much better. Its merely a gateway to Jordan unless you are keen on water sports of which I am not. Yes they have glass bottom boats and I have no idea how much they cost as the seem to be operated by complete nutters that play their music at 11, so I have no interest.

I’m not a beach lover but I do like sitting near the water. There are cafe’s all along this part of the coast but there is nothing appealing about them. They play loud music and coupled with the clowns operating the boats it is not relaxing and the coffee served is instant Nescafe. Finding a proper cafe here has not been easy and when I did it was not worth the effort.

Egypt broke my will to live and Jordan has just broken me, well badly sprained me. I would love to return to Jordan in the future and I would hire a car and go to the Dead Sea and the Dana biosphere and of course I would return to Wadi Rum, I may combine it with a second trip to Luxor and Abu Simbel just to make it worthwhile as its a long way to come from Australia. On my next European adventure I will pencil it in.

There’s part of me that would prefer to return home and get fit before continuing the journey but I think I’ll be able to do most of what I had planned, apart of course walking copious amounts. It’s just as well I picked the hotel in Istanbul because its literally 20 mins away from most of the places I wish to see and my ankle does look and feel better today. The flexibility is improving and the swelling is down, I really noticed this when I put on my sandals because I could nearly lock the clasp which has not been remotely possible.

Hopefully I can put this behind me and let it disappear into memory and oblivion and at the same time not forgetting of just how fragile our physical bodies can be.