RIGHT View of the walled Crusader city of Karak

BELOW Me sitting next to an arch within the castle at Karak

BELOW RIGHT Towards the courtyard and Mamluk ruins

ABOVE LEFT St George's Church, Madaba

ABOVE MIDDLE Detail of a mosaic map of the major biblical sites from Lebanon to Egypt, created in AD560.

ABOVE RIGHT The rest of the group cluster around the mosaic inside the church

LEFT Me drinking fruit juice in a food place in Madaba

BELOW Moses Memorial Church on Mount Nebo

BELOW RIGHT Monument marking Pope John Paul II's visit in 2000

Our guide, Talal, tells us God had forbidden Moses from going to the Promised Land because he feared that with the powers he'd been given, Moses may have learned how to (mis)use them without needing to gain God's prompting or approval first. Not sure this is a view shared by many Christians!

LEFT A hazy view towards Israel from Mount Nebo. This is where Moses is said to have seen the Promised Land.

BELOW LEFT Mosaic inside Moses Memorial Church, featuring hunting and winemaking

BELOW Interior of the church