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- Amman
- Capital
- Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
- Currency
- 5,153,378
- Population
- JO
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Karak Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Karak, Jordan
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Jordan the Land of....
... some parts of yesterday where pretty cool. Just not the walking! We drive north along part of the king's highway, and onto Amman. Jordan is a land of: Rocky outcrops & grand canyon like valleys. (A geologists paradise, layers of earth & forces of ...
Bethany, Mt. Nebo, Dead Sea, Wadi Mujib Jordan
... nonetheless. Next stop is Wadi Mujib. This is pretty much like a canyoneering experience but without the safety equipment! :-) Canyoneering Jordan style. We go up a river all in the rushing water facing upstream. To walk, you have to get your feet ...
Sun burnt survey of Crusader castles
Amman distorts the perceptions of the traveller. Its noise and chaos tempt you into thinking that your time in Jordan must be sanitized by a tour operator or an air conditioned hotel. On the morning I left Amman, a group of travellers were ...
The land of crusaders
... was not expected, so we all got a funny smile on our faces, when it appeared. Driving up one of steep hills of Jordan, just 20 kilometres from Amman, the power steering disappeared and battery light lit up. Almost immediately, we pulled to the shoulder ...
Sodom and Gomorrah
... shore, roll out the picnic blankets on the sidewalk, light a bonfire or two, some come on a camel, some come on a donkey..."camel ride mister?" This is Jordan's answer for a good time... Bring it on!!! Assalaamu allaykoom - Peace be upon ...
Sur la route des rois
Voyage de nuit d'Alep à Amman, puis on enchaine plusieurs transports pour pouvoir descendre à Petra via la route des rois. 1 bel arrêt à Kerak et une journée de superbes ...
On the bus, off the bus, on the bus...
... rushed. I guess this is one of the joys of package tours! First stop, after a drive along the Kings Highway, was Karak Castle. The weather was doing a four-seasons-in-a-day day for us today and Karak got the foggy season. While this denied us ...
My Big Fat (Jordanian) Greek (Orthodox) Wedding
... of the speaking partners with the CLS program, invited anyone from the group who wanted to attend to his brother's wedding in Karak (south Jordan). Seeing as I haven’t been to a wedding in a while, and I certainly have never been to a wedding ...
Pretending to be Rambo in Wadi Hasa...
... country truly is a beautiful place we headed back to Amman. I would highly recommend Tropical Desert Tours to anyone coming to Jordan. Ramsy was a great guide and I had a wonderful time! Since it was impossible to bring my camera :( Here are ...
The first of many Crusader Castles
My hotel organizes a driver to drive along the King's Highway to Petra, visiting Karak on the way. The scenery along the way is spectacular and we weave up and down the hills to Karak. Karak is OK. I enjoy wandering around the site in and out of the ...
The Castles and Wadi Views down to Petra
... so i could actually see a bit more than just the entrance gate. It's a good view and as you don't see alot of water in Jordan it made me jealous I couldn't actually go in. A quick few photo's then for the drive on to Karak. Now Karak I was looking ...
Lot's in a cave
... a stronger military presence. It reminds me more that I am in a very sensitive political zone in the World. To the west Jordan is surrounded by Israel and Palestine, which is only a hop away, and to the east is Iraq... I cannot believe we are ...
Romans, Jesus, and Moses
... it's amazing to think they had dozens of these cities all over the Mediterranean Sea. We drove west through the mountains toward the Jordan River Valley. At one point we could see one of the crusader castles on a nearby mountain top. Apparently there are ...
would have liked to live then, think again !
Fortress built in the rocks, It was easy to feel the way people must have lived there, the chaos and promisquity of the living must have been quite hard to bear, especially in the ...
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