Reincarnation!!!

After serving us so well, old faithful's soul (Juliet Zulu 48) reincarnated in a better, newer, more powerful and shiny Baby Benz! Maybe the famous youngtimer patron St. Marko can retrieve the bodily remains of old faithful from its current Elysium.

Rally party in Amman

About 80 rally participants took the plane to their planned destination: Amman. On may 16th all were invited to a Jordanian evening and had gold medals bestowed upon them!

Finally .. Manasef and Knafeh

Finally with the arrival of Tsaqqa in Amman, our life long friend Adnan treated us to the greatest Mansaf and Knafeh with the company of a few of our beloved friends.

Thanks Adnan!!

The perks of being Arab

Greeted everyone on the plane in Arabic and was invited to fly all the way in the cockpit next to Captain Abulhaj. Ten minutes to landing at Queen Alia Airport

The end of the Odyssey

Snivel...sniff...bubble... wipe......

It's so hard to say "goodbye". You have served me well my old friend.


Left old Faithful in a cool wood near Antalia and now waiting in the shuttle bus to the airport.
Keep fingers crossed.

The best laid plans of mice n' men......

Driving to Antalya to catch a plane to Amman ..... hopefully. We have permission to leave the cars in a car park in Antalya. I booked a flight to Cologne, just in case.

Going back and forth in the Mediterranean

After a long horrible journey the ferry finally arrived in Port Said only for us to be refused entry and told that they could not guarantee our safety in Egypt because of the political situation. We must now return to Mersin in Turkey and see what happens there. We might have to fly to Amman if we can do something with the cars. Another option is to drive back to Germany.
The Jordanian organizers are checking to see if it is possible to drive through Syria.
Looks like our name "Odyssey" is turning into a premonition.