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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreI 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...
Read MoreI finally meet my travel partners. I get up at 3:37am and Nassir messages me on WhatsApp at 4:12am...
Read MoreI 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...
Read MoreI 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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