- 17 May - Arrival (3.15 pm)
- 18 & 19 May - Petra
- 20 May - Wadi Rum (Desert)
- 21 May - Aqaba (Red Sea)
- 22 May - Dead Sea & Madaba
- 23 May - Amman
- 24 May - Departure (1.30 pm)
What happened in reality -
My beloved was prevented from boarding the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Amman as I had used my credit card to pay for his ticket. Apparently I had to verify some details with the Airlines before he could board. I didn't know it was so complicated as I never ran into such problem. Anyhow, this was a valuable lesson learnt. My beloved was eventually allowed to board his flight only after he paid a deposit of about 3,000 Malaysian ringgit which he could reclaim at the end of his journey in Kuala Lumpur. He was left with only 100 or 200 USD. Fortunately the amount was still enough for him to exchange into some Jordanian dinars at Queen Alia International Airport so he could purchase the visa-on-arrival. You need to pay JD 20 for the visa.
More drama pursued when he missed the connecting flight from Doha to Amman. His flight from Kuala Lumpur was delayed for about an hour. The flight to Amman left without him and several other passengers who were travelling on the same flight. The airline company planned to put him on a flight to Amman via Bahrain at around 3 pm but I heard that he was just left in a corner, and this flight also took off without him. Then the staff wanted him to fly to Amman the next day. Finally after much confusion and negotiations (and making lots of complaints), the airline company put him and the other stranded passengers on a flight to Dubai which would then fly to Amman at 8 pm. My beloved eventually arrived in Amman at around 11.45 pm. He had 8 hours of his time wasted. I was just glad that he still managed to arrive on 17 May because if he had arrived the next day, we wouldn't be able to make it to Petra the next day. So much drama for the poor man!
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