I did not recognize the sound of my alarm when it suddenly went off on Monday.The bed I was laying in was unfamiliarily soft and the sheets dry. Ryan felt far. It took me a moment to remember where I was, what day it was, and what I was gonna do."Right, going to the office..."

The idea of our 10 days trip through Israel and Jordan came up after Ryan dislocated and broke his shoulder as the result of an infamous goose attack, and had to cancel a 5 weeks climbing trip to Nepal subsequently.We wanted to travel together instead. I had want to visit Israel in a while and Ryan had always have Petra on his bucket list. We had put together the trip a little before getting serious about our sailing project, and were so absorbed by our new found dream that we had almost forgotten our visit in the Middle-East was coming.As Stockholm started to show some early signs of Autumn, we welcomed this opportunity to escape the cold, packed our bags and gladly left rainy Sweden for a well deserved holiday in the sun.