Outside the port we ran in to some taxi problems - we had negotiated a taxi straight to Wadi Mousa but then one of the disgruntled taxi drivers told the police and they wouldn't let us go (Jordan has some fixed rates and the price we negotiated was below this rate and straight from the port whereas port taxis were only authorized to take us into town). Ended up taking a shared taxi into Aqaba's center (we were followed by the police). There we again negotiated a good taxi price, but we couldn't find anyone to share it with us and it was just too expensive on our own. We were resigned to spending the night in Aqaba and then taking an early morning bus to Wadi Mousa (Petra). We went up to the bus station to check out busses for tomorrow and found a minibus driver who didn't seem all that happy, but agreed to take us to Wadi Mousa tonight. The drive up was all fabulous views - especially the rocky outcrops of Wadi Rum, and an incredible sunset. The driver went right by Wadi Mousa and ended up taking us to Ma'an (largish city well past Wadi Mousa) then he paid our taxi fare back to Wadi Mousa. There were two other tourist going to Wadi Mousa and they had a recommended hotel - since it was late and I didn't remember where the place I stayed at before was we decided to stay there as well. Checked in and got a nice room that wasn't too expensive. Went out and grabbed a quick shwarma / falafel for dinner before going to bed.