Hello, it's Thursday the 14th of October and thanks for joining me, Simon Calder, for the latest on travel and destinations from the Green List and the travel desk of the Independent.

For a third day running, I am in beautiful Ackaba, Jordan.

Well, actually, to be honest, the town itself is pretty scruffy.

But the surroundings, the location are unmatched anywhere in the world. I've come down here to the harbour to tell you all about it.

I don't know of anywhere else in the world where you can simply look at four different countries.

But you can hear. It is absolutely magnificent. It is the top of the Gulf of Aqaba, which

feeds, or is part of the Red Sea, which in turn feeds into the Indian Ocean. And the view is extraordinary.

So of course in the foreground I can see lots and lots of Jordan,

which is simply one of the friendliest places I have ever been.

The warmth of the welcome you get, if you are a stranger here, is fantastic.

And of course, I'm at the very far south of Jordan if you go further north.

Well, the first thing you find is Wadi Rum, which is real Lawrence of Arabia territory.

Then Petra, the amazing Nabatian ruins, the treasury there, hewn from the bare rock.

Further north, you have the King's Highway, which leads up to Amman, the capital, a friendly sort of place,

and then beyond that, Gerash and its Roman remains. Not forgetting, well, you can go from the Red Sea to the

Dead Sea, this amazing body of water which is way, way below sea level and which is a wonderful

location for lying down in the water and, if you remember newspapers, reading the newspaper,

what a magical, magical thing to do.

Anyway, Jordan is just part of the picture here, literally, as a truck goes past.

And a little wave there, and it's full of onions, you'll be pleased to know.

So no onion shortage is here, and no HGV driver shortages either but looking to my left I can

see the coast disappearing into the haze but I can just make out a little bit

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