Thomas Cook: Space Tourism and Travel (tel. 66 80 69, fax 68 89 19), P.O Box 925072, Amman.

Post Office: Prince Muhammad St. (tel. 121 for inquiries), at the bottom of the staircase where the service to Center City lets you off. Stamps and Poste Res-tante open Sat.-Thurs. 8am-7pm, Fri. 8am-lpm. Cables can be sent from this office. For EMS international express mail, go to international office (tel. 68 81 90) next to central post office (between Jabat al-Hussein and Shmeisani). Call and ask for directions. Open Sat.-Thurs. 7:30am-7pm. Fri. and holidays 8am-4pm.

Telephone Office: Omar al-Khayyam St. Walking uphill from the downtown post office, turn right into the alley past the red phone booths and walk up the stairs at the end of the alley. At the top of the stairs, turn right. Telephone office will be halfway down the hill on your right. Open daily 7:30am-midnight. Rate for 3min. to the U.S. JD6.600, to Great Britain JD5.445. 30% cheaper after 10pm. Pay at the desk after your call. Overseas calls can be made from any post office, from most hotels at any time for a surcharge, or by dialing directly from a friend’s private phone and reimbursing her. Neither phone calls nor mail to Israel are possible without going through third parties in the U.S. or Europe. For telephone information dial 121. Telephone code: 06.