Rally to Jordan

While the volcano dust in Europe is still causing flights to be cancelled, it must have an influence on the weather far beyond Europe. Last week, we suddenly had unusually fresh temperatures, also reported by campers that stayed in Jordan at that moment.

The strange behaviour of the weather conditions may have another cause and it may be purely coincidental.

Since a few days it is starting to be very hot. It is now a matter of keeping the heat out of the house to have a cool refuge during the day.

Yesterday morning at 04:00 AM, 6 young German campers arrived in 2 cars. They were very glad to find that they still could get in, set up their tents and slept until 10:00 AM.

As a matter of fact, they were so late because 250 vehicles were presented at the same time at the border post Killis. They all finally got in and these guys headed for our camping because they wanted to rest before continuing the race in rally in which they participated. The goal of the whole thing is to get old cars (purchase cost not more than 1000 Euro) to Amman, to get them dismantled and to sell the parts. The benefits will go to a children’s home.

They rested a little bit further and then headed for Palmyra before crossing the border to Jordan.

I don’t know where all the others spent the night, but I sure am glad they didn’t follow their colleagues.

Having a lot of campers means X-mas for Zakaria every day. Not only does he get a lot of attention, but also many gifts, as many bring toys with them that their own grand children do not play with anymore.

I’m not keeping everything for Zakaria, as too many toys mean too much mess and too many objects lying around without being played with. It is better to keep the favourites and to pass the other toys on to the nephews and nieces.

The latest favourites are a small aeroplane that flaps it wings while driven around and a white police car that German campers brought with them after a visit to the Souq.

He is getting too big for baby toys and is definitely interested in motorized vehicles, but nothing beats water, either to drink, to scoop up and pour out or to simply splash it.