Welcome to my next trip report series, covering a trip that I just wrapped up. Usually when I travel, I write “live” updates, and then I publish a trip report two to three months later (just to space things out, and look at an experience from a couples of angles).

However, this time around I wrote almost nothing about the trip while I was on it ( aside from a couple of rants about Royal Jordanian ), while now I can share the full trip report shortly after returning home. This actually ended up being a two-part trip, with the first part being with Ford, and the second part being with my dad, as I sort of planned this trip as it evolved.…