12/24/2013

Day 4 of biking through Jordan. Today we were scheduled to ride 85km in 9 hours. The weather decided not to corporate so we had a very windy ride. They kept us slow and in a pack for the first part of the day on the downhills. We pushed a bit more on the uphill and waited around half an hour to regroup. We went about 12km more before the wind really started to turn violent during lunch. I made it another 14 before giving up at the bottom of the next large uphill. 4 of our group kept going. When they made it 2km in 20minutes the guides called it and we all took the rest of the ride on the bus.  The guide book describes our hotel for the night as "basic but friendly" I would say that both of those items are an understatement it was very basic but the blankets were warm and the staff were amazing they fed us well and afterward played music and danced with us. Because it was Christmas Eve the tour company have us wine. I'm not sure if it was really cheap or I wasn't in the mood for it but I didn't drink much more than a few sips