Don't worry, that's how threesomes start (at least in pornos...).

I find the roundabouts during rush hour the worst.

Then again, taxi is cheap, honest and plenty, so there is little need for a car in Amman.

Yep, Jordan is very safe. You can walk around anywhere in Amman, at any time, and the only reason someone would approach you would be to ask if you needed assistance, and they would mean it. I've had a car drive in front of my taxi to guide it, halfway across Amman, when the taxi driver was unclear of where I wanted to go, and the car driver didn't even accept compensation from me...

Shorts are OK, but expect a few odd looks outside Aqaba and the tourist sites. Not because they are immodest, but because they are kind of seen as children's clothes or sports clothes.

Apart from that, T-shirt will work just fun (but watch out for the sun).

If you enter a mosque, you should of course cover up as a sign of respect, just like you would in a cathedral.

> No photos online to the immense scale of Petra any justice, I walked around the site for 8+ hours and could have done another whole Day

I think I've been to Petra 8 times, several of them two days. Still takes my breath away every time.

> I rented a car and it wasn't to expensive and the roads where better then at home (UK) tho the is a lack of signs for speed bumps, that are just black lumps of tarmac.

Highway traffic is simple, but be prepared for tight traffic in Amman. You need to know where you have the corners of your car at all times...

I agree. I lived and worked there for a couple of years, and has visited several times since, and will go back again.

Not only is it some amazing geography and history and snorkling, the people are great as well. I've never been to a country (and I've been in 30+ countries) which made me feel so adopted. If I for some reason ever choose to leave Sweden, Jordan will be the place I go to.

My dream is to travel Jordan and revisit all the sites on a motorcycle, and, of course, King's Highway would be a must. I don't know about the legal status of motorcycles there now, though. When I lived there, only government and companies could have motorcycles (an old leftover from the civil war).

Sadly, they miss a lot of tourists. People tend to see the middle east as one place, and don't understand that Jordan is calm, even if there are conflicts in other parts of the middle east. I was in Petra a couple of years after the WTC incident, and there was almost no tourists there. I think I saw less than 10 tourists in an entire day, and before you would see thousands.

I thoroughly recommend visiting. Amman, Petra, Karak, Jerash, King's Highway, Wadi Rum, Dead Sea, Aqaba. You can see all that in 2 weeks, and it is so much worth it.

Yes, of course. My point was more about A vs Ä.

Swedish guy here: It was named Äpplet, not Applet. Ä and A are two completely different letters. Applet is a programming concept, Äpplet means "The apple".