Where is Jayway?

[LovelyLadyLux]

I know our Jayway has been off on holidays but am thinking she is long overdue to be back. Anybody got news? (She is probably sunning herself of a warm sunny beach somewhere!)

[BillH]

She was in Jordan just before I left for Luxor, then she was in an Egyptian resort, so we kept in touch through our "Egyptian Mobiles" during my stay in Luxor.

I know that she was heading back to Jordan for a while longer, and on the Tuesday before I flew out of Luxor we had a conversation, and she said she was trying to avoid using the ferry back to Jordan, as one had caught fire and sunk, and another ferry had been stranded.

That was almost 3 weeks ago ?

So, yes I am a little concerned, that I have not heard from her, But I do know she was having a great time..

I will go through my e-mails and see what she said about the duration of her Holiday. I am sure it was going to be for quite some time though, and I only ever heard from her when she was in Egypt, never when she was in Jordan. I can only guess she is still there having a wonderful time..

If I find out more from my e-mails, I will post..

[Grandad]

This is the last post I could find from Jay on FB....13 November.

FERRY YESTERDAY AND I GOT COLD TO THE BONE = THESE FFIN PPL ARE OBSESSED WITH AC WITH MAKES ME ILL. BEEN IN BED 24 HRS AND BOILING SHOWERS AND TOMORROW GO AMMAN IN A WARM CAR-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Sounds as if she is OK albeit not liking a/c.....probably in Jordan and out of touch.

[BillH]

Thank You Grandad

That quote sounds like Jayway is on top form ..

[LovelyLadyLux]

Ahhh - yes! Sounds just like her! Good to know she is 'in fine form'! I miss getting all the jokes and hadn't heard anything for a while soooo my assumption about her lying about soaking up the sun on a sunny beach sounds about right for where she is! :):)

Hope she is taking lots of photos!

[BillH]

Today, I received a link from her to sign a petition. ( Who'd have thought )

So, I can confirm that somewhere out there, she is alive and well.

I imagine she has just got back home in Portugal, and is sifting through her e-mails.....

She never sends these links when on her Holidays..
I am sure that her FIRST priority in the daylight hours will be to check on her horse and take it out for a long ride, surveying her huge estate to check all is well..

Expect a post from her in the next few days

[Horus]

Yup! I can confirm that our Jayway is alive and kicking, lots of links and copied petitions arriving. No doubt that Glory is being told all about her advetures in Jordan
Welcome back

[LovelyLadyLux]

Me too - getting emails!! WELCOME BACK Jayway........did Glory miss you?

[Jayway]

Hello everyone, and yes I am back home again. It was a long trip, thanks to Easyjet, 36 days, Faro, Gatwick, Amman was 186 GB, 3 or 4 weeks was double ! It was a great trip thanks to my 2 web friends invites and Jordan is so different from Egypt - like civilised ? One friend checked out hotels for me and chose a suite in uptown Amman, close to the hospital and Uni, so the hotel had Saudi residents, who would never get in the lift with me, talk about racist ! ! I would have like to have asked them why but of course they wouldnt talk to me - haaa haaa. My room was quiet (on a large crossroads) warm, large sat tv and kitchen and the staff were just great, nothing was too much trouble. This cost 22 jd ( about the same as euro) a night, and the crossroads had every shop you could wish for. Whist I stayed here I toured the northern part with one friend and the southern parts with the other friend, I could not believe my luck ! Thankyou for asking about me, as usual I returned ill-ish after a heart hiccup that flattened me for a few days- If anyone ever asks about the Aqaba Ferry to Nuweiba tell them NO -! !

[Winged Isis]

If I'd known you were considering it I would have told you! It's appalling according to two friends and some of my clients who tried it, despite my warnings. Far better to go by land or fly.

I absolutely love Jordan! I have worked on excavations three times at ancient Pella, at Tabaqat Fahl, in the north near the crossing to Israel. I never tire of visiting Jerash, Ajloun, Umm Qais, the "Desert Castles", Petra and the Citadel and its museum in Amman, among others.

Hope you are fully recovered.

[Horus]

I have been on big sized ships in the Gulf of Aqaba and felt sea sick, so a ferry must be awful.

[Jayway]

Thankyou Winged Isis, and Horus, it wasnt the seasickness, I am always ready with the pills ! It was the cold, after being there for the mid-day sailing, hanging around till they let us on at 19.00 then more waiting as they loaded all the trucks and cars. Sailed at 23.oo but the inside saloons were freezing cold, so many Americans tried to get the AC turned off. I had enough clothes on but the hypothermia set in, I seem to be susceptible. When it was time to get off the ferry I was lucky and had help, to my hotel where they were quick to turn up the heat and bring me hot drinks but I was quite useless for 4 days. Very clean, as I sat in the shower with the endless hot water and cooked myself back to normalcy - -

[LovelyLadyLux]

WOW - Welcome back Jayway. Want to know ALL the details of your trip (cause I want to do it too!!) Too bad you got cold. I've had that happen and sometimes just get so cold I can't warm up. Need to soak in a hot bath 'til I'm cooked and back up to temperature.

Did you get lots of photos?

[Jayway]

As soon as I receive the memory stick and get them on a CD I will send them - - still waiting - -HUH -

[LovelyLadyLux]

Am excited to see all your pics! And - BTW - when did you get 1 yr older than me?