Wednesday 22  October

During the morning we visited with Freddie the souk (to buy a carpet), three of the old city gates, St. Pauls Church, the Omaygad Mosque and the Jordanian Embassy to obtain visas. We heard at lunchtime that there had been a clash between Lebanese and Commando forces and 15 commandos had been killed. 

Feeling was running high and we were advised to leave before our three day visa expired. This we did after hearing that the Lebanese/Syrian border had closed and later had been attacked by commandos. A fast drive took us to the Jordanian border where smiling officials made us most welcome. On by night to arrive at Amman at 7.15 at the Jordan Intercontinental.

We rang Tuma and Ginnie and were picked up and driven to Brigadier Mohamed Daoud (chief UN delegate) and his NZ wife Christine. A quick wash and we were off to the local rep company to watch “Boeing – Boeing”. A late night left us really ready for bed.