We spent yesterday afternoon on Cairo with a visit to the old Coptic part of the city. We visited a synagogue which was previously a church. Our guide told us that there are only nine Jews in Cairo; there are more synagogues than that!

We next visited the Coptic Museum. Unfortunately, we had very little time to explore and appreciate the thousands of items there. Another trip would be time well spent.

We finished the afternoon at the Hanging Church, St. George's, formerly the Coptic Cathedral. The church is still active though no longer the cathedral.

I can't leave Cairo without mentioning the traffic. It is total chaos; cars create their own lanes of traffic; bicycles, motor scooters, tuck tucks, Horse or donkey drawn wagons, cars, vans and buses crowd together. There doesn't appear to be any speed limit - just go as fast as traffic permits. There are very few traffic lights. I will say we say very few accidents, but we heard so much honking. Oh, and pedestrians cross anywhere and everywhere! Yikes!

We got us VERY early this morning to fly to Amman. After getting visa and passing through customs, we drove to the Dead Sea. The Jordanian countryside is lovely and greener than the Sahara. That said, it look somewhat like Big Bend. Climate change has affected the amount of rainfall, and water is no scarce.

Even though the weather was quite cool, Norman went floating in the Dead Sea.