Jerash Ruins

After a couple busses in Israel, followed by a taxi and then another bus I have reached Jordan. Unfortunately I arrive too late to catch a bus, or so the cab driver says and I have to take a taxi to Irbid. I feel a little lost in this city, the streets are hard to follow as it is not a grid and everything is in Arabic while my guide book has the …

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This morning we woke up to the fire alarm going off in our hotel, I was dreading having to evacuate in what continues to be ****** wet, cold weather in Amman, so Alan ran down to check it out, turns out somebody was cooking. Thank Goodness! Next surprise, there is still no hot water, and we are still waiting on what they call a …

Last night we went down to have dinner in the hotel. There were 2 restaurants. The first had one set menu with no choices and the other just had sandwiches and snacks. We asked reception to recommend some nearby restaurants that we could have a good meal with wine or beer. Blank faces. After getting a little narky at them the guy took us outside …

... redeployed in Iraq, they would understand the people a little better and could engage them more meaningfully.  In Jerash, they had a day of admiring the ruins amidst spring wildflowers. Tom and I agreed that the troops needed to return as quickly as ...

... ...) We spent the first two days in Amman doing tours of the area. First day was mostly a Roman ruins day, with the highlight being the city of Jerash, which is very well-preserved. Massive columns, cardo maximus, decumanus, temples, theatres, baths. ...

... out had been relocated.  So we got another taxi to the other bus station (much farther away), and sat in the empty Jerash slot hoping that something would happen.  As is usual at such times, taxi drivers took turns trying to convince us that: ...

... as eighteen, in spite of that name - a network of thriving commercial cities in what today are Jordan, Syria and Israel. Spectacularly well preserved, the Jerash Roman ruins are almost a Rome away from Rome, revealing a fine example of the grand, formal ...

... of the best felafels I have ever eaten! The next morning we were up early and across the road to explore the ruins of Jerash. Through Hadrian’s Gate, which marks the entrance to the site (and is covered in scaff), we walked past the reconstructed ...

... city, part of the Decapolis League (a group of semi-independent cities) and was qute prosperous back in the day. The ruins of Jerash are well-preserved, and the organizers make a big deal of reconstructing parts of it; many of the major structures ...

... any pattern from where I was. It was amazing so I think I will let the pictures do the talking for me! Lunch was at the Jerash Rest House on the site. We all ordered the buffet for 7JD and feasted well-see my plate. It is all local specials of ...

The Roman ruins of Jerash are nearly deserted. None of the high season tourists are here. It allows my imagination to run wild, and me to have a moment to take photographs, something that is less of a priority when the group arrive. A don;t conult a ...

... day in which Michel and I joined the group for the start of our adventure tour, our adventure tour being called "Jordan Experience".  Excited, you bet we were!  The moment so much waited for was about to start!  Ahead of ...

... like crap!  The next day we drove up to the Lake Tiberius and saw the lake and lands that shares borders with Israel, Jordan, and Syria.  Also at this site were the Greco-Roman ruins of Umm Qays, where Macedonians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, ...