On to Jordan

We FINALLY arrived in Jordan at 11:00 last night. Well, our ferry actually docked around 9:00, but it took another two hours to off load and pick up our passports and get through security. Somehow we missed the 3:00 fast boat. Don't ask us how, we arrived at about 1:40 and were told to wait. We waited around a dirty waiting hall until 6:00 before we were loaded on to the ferry. Yes, your math is correct. That's over four hours after Reid waited two and a half hours getting our tickets that morning. But, we arrived and got driven to our budget hotel proclaimed by the Lonely Planet to be the best budget option in town. Well, I guess we are spoiled, because with the peeling paint, air con that dripped through the bathroom ceiling, and a toilet seat that wasn't quite connected to the toilet we decided that we only wanted to stay one night. We checked out this morning and headed to the Movenpick resort. It's a splurge justified by (a) spending ALL DAY yesterday waiting to get here and (b) celebrating that Dyanne indeed has a job! And it's lovely. We are sitting right now looking at turquoise water that fades to dark blue on the Red Sea and eating lunch. We hope to arrange a snorkeling trip tomorrow morning before we head on to Petra.