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Jerash
Travel Blogs from Jerash, Jordan
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Soldiers and Wildflowers in the Decapolis
This is a top pick! ... of Yankee Doodle Dandy. The friendly voice came from Tom, one of a group of American soldiers on a training in Jordan. They were learning about Middle Eastern culture, so that if they were deployed or redeployed in Iraq, they would understand ...
Jerash Sucks..
This is a top pick! ... , night shots and the like. Certainly beats having some useless hack take a photo of you that cuts out half your head. Not painting a great picture of Jordan am I. Well it gets better I promise. Next pod, Aqaba - Jordan. Love, Nath and ...
Our list of favorites for the first 6 months!
This is a top pick! We sat in Pizza Hut (of all places) in Nizwa, Oman and made a list on the back of the place mats of some of the things that stood for us in regards to the countries that we have visited for the first 6 months of our travels. Here they are: PERU Our ...
Jerash and Ajlun - strategic imperatives
This is a top pick! ... in Jordan. As it's only 45km away from Amman it is an easy and quick day trip that should be undertaken. As I'd done with Jerash by early afternoon and still had a few hours before the last bus back, I grabbed a taxi to take me to an ...
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
This is a top pick! ... 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. Wicked. Next day was off to ...
Chariots on the Cardo
This is a top pick! ... 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: ...
Only fotos!
Nov 23, 2010
Jerash, October 3, 2009., Saturday
... 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 ...
Road Trip Kicks Bus Trip's Butt
... 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 ...
Jerash and back, with lettuce.
... , 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 either ...
Adventure to Jerash
... see 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 ...
Roman ruins
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 ...
10. Tag - Tagesausflug nach Jerash
... verstand. Also fuhr ich weiter nach gefühl und tatsächlich erreichte ich kurze Zeit später eine Verbindungsstrasse, die nach Jerash ausgeschildert war. Und gleichzeitig wusste ich auf welcher Strasse ich bis dahin unterwegs war. Als ich in das nächste ...
Trip to Jerash - ancient Greco-Roman city
... 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 us, ...
Ancient Ruins Near Israel
... 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, ...
One of Jordans highlights...
Well to cap off our ruin tour we hit Jerash, which is one of the best ruined cities in Jordan... It was quite stunning, but I must admit, I was shattered from all the walking in the morning, my frequent car trips and the hot muggy temperatures... It was ...
Rock the Temple
First official day of exploring in Jordan. Everyone knows Petra, but there is much more to see and do! Traveled to the ancient ruins of Jerash: 'one f the best preserved, most dramatic, and explorable Roman cities in the Middle East' and I ...
Ancient City of Um Quays
Um Qays (Pronounce Kys like Kite) is another ancient Graeco-Roman decapolis city, like Jerash. The decapolis was a group of 10 cities in this region which under the Roman Empire became a confederation for the purposes of trade and mutual protection. Um ...
Adventures throughout Jordan and Turkey
... at that cake. My birthday is April 12th by the way.” Subtlety is obviously still not my strong point. Third: JERASH This last weekend me and a few friends took a day trip to Jerash, a city of Roman ruins. Here we saw the ...
Respite in the Hills
On the way to Jerash we stopped at the site of Bethany On The Jordan… now for those of you who are religiously challenged this is the site of the Baptism of Jesus Christ our Lord… Yep this is where John the Baptist baptised Jesus, check out ...
Jerash
Decided the night before that i was going to something for my last day in Jordan, so got up at 6.30 and off i went Got the usual looks in the local bus, i kinda worry now if they ignore me- so all was good. Way much easier to get to then the Dead ...
Day 31: Gladiators & Chariots in Jerash
... which members of the Jordanian Army and Police Force dress up as Roman soldiers, gladiators and charioteers. Jamileh lives in Jerash and knows absolutely everybody - her brother trains the horses for the chariot races; three of her cousins are soldiers ...
Among the best preserved roman ruins in the world.
Located about 40 km North West of Amman, the ruins of Jaresh are among the best preserved in the world. One thing is for sure, there's nothing like it in Rome. The size of the city is really impressive. The ruins were preserved so exceptionally ...
Jerash, Um Qais, and Amman (again) - All in a Day!
... , but nothing caught her eye at that point so we continued to the ticket office. Looking in my Lonely Planet(TM) Jordan guidebook, I saw that admission to Jerash was only JD 2.500. Wow, pretty cheap. As we came up to the entrance, I saw how things had ...
No visit of historic ruins
Destination 388 km192'780 Actually there was a plan, to visit the capital city of Jordan, Amman. But more actually there was the end of Ramadan celebrated countrywide in a spectacular 4-days-holiday-celebration! This was making everything out of controll, ...
A day off and off to Jerash
... and then lunch was in order. Matt's choice? Subway! So off to Abdoun we go. We got it to go and left for Jerash. Jerash is another one of those places that I don't get tired of going to! The parking lot was full of busses and taxis and I was ...
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