I'm trying to sleep in but those early morning freaks are up and at it again. Three other girls are leaving today and hearing them packing is making me anxious...
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I think my body finally acclimated to the time difference and I'm transitioning back into nighttime Brianne who doesn't like waking up early. I'm fucking exhausted and why are they up with such speed and purpose like they're on their way to a job? Ugh FML right now..
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When I got here I worried that I would disturb everyone I'm rooming with by getting up early. Instead, two or three other ladies were up when it was still dark and banging around without regard...
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I got less than 5 hours of sleep and I'm pretty beat. There was no hot water this morning so I didn't shower and instead took a sink bath in my room...
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It’s Easter Sunday and most things are closed so I anticipate having a fairly chill day. Still getting up early and enjoying a leisurely breakfast while I write. The common/eating area at this hostel has windows and glass doors all around and there is a patio area...
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Early morning streak continues. I shower by 7:30 to avoid having to wait for a shower in the shared bathroom. Downstairs at breakfast two other people are already there...
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I set a vibrating alarm for 5:30 and get out of bed at 6 - this getting up at the crack of dawn thing is really cramping my night owl/insomniac style but I remind myself I am 6 hours in the future so I’m still basically falling asleep in the early morning...
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The teenage boys made noise all night and were still somehow up at dawn. Did they sleep? I am up at with the sun and take my laptop into the one of the lodge buildings to use the last legs of battery life to keep writing offline...
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Wadi fucking Rum - I thought Petra was beautiful but holy shit this is a whole other ballgame. We wait an hour after breakfast for the day long tour that was arranged (in Arabic) yesterday. Finally a young, tall and skinny Bedouin man comes driving up...
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I suspect I am the only one who set an alarm; I am up at 5 and spend my time alone showering in peace, enjoying my coffee and writing. At 6:11 it is clear no one is getting up unless I wake them up so I wake Nassir up...
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The plan is that the car is getting repaired today. I get up early again to write and enjoy the Nescafe I bought myself yesterday and once the guys wake up Nassir informs me they are all going to the mechanic and they will be back...
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Nassir and I are sharing one of the two rooms in the Airbnb and his alarm must still be set for work because it goes off at 5am...
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I finally meet my travel partners. I get up at 3:37am and Nassir messages me on WhatsApp at 4:12am...
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So far my Jordan sleep schedule seems to be: pass out for a "nap" mid-afternoon. Decline getting up after a reasonable nap time and instead push sleepytime as far as you can...
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I wake up for the last time at 3am and decide to stop trying to fall back asleep and give in to the day starting. Since I missed all of yesterday to explore Madaba, I commit to seeing the sunrise...
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I arrive in Amman Jordan after a 10.5 hour overnight flight - my checked bag is one of the last to appear in the carousel, probably because I was one of the first to check in. I am a paranoid air traveler...
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