Country Info
- Amman
- Capital
- Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
- Currency
- 5,153,378
- Population
- JO
- Country Code
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Amman
Travel Blogs from Amman, Jordan
Amman and the Dead Sea
Amman and the Dead Sea The Dead Sea, a special place 1300 feet below sea level, Now slowly dropping more as Israel, Jordan take more from the Jordan River. So we walk farther down the "beach" to find water, No sand, the gravel whitened by ...
Flying through the night :(
... in Johannesburg until the morning of March 5th at 7:40am. I am hoping the weather is a little more pleasant than it has been in Jordan, but I guess it gets us a little ready to come back home, as I am guessing Spring will not have Sprung by the 16th of ...
A Minute in Amman
I only stopped in Amman for the night before moving on to Jerusalem - but I must say that it didn't leave that good an impression. Harsh but true ...
When John went walking in Shmishanei
The sightseeing today was wonderful. We started with the truly spectacular Ajlun Castle. Its one of Jordan's many Crusader Castles, and it’s brilliantly restored. You can explore almost the whole thing, all the way to the top. I’ll add photos ...
A dynamic city-Amman
... . The flight to Tel Aviv was at 5 PM by a small Royal Wings / Jordanian Airlines aircraft. The flight over the River Jordan over the parched desert land took about 45 minutes before descending into the Ben Gurion International Airport at Tel Aviv. One can ...
The rest of the Jordan visit
... or something. The next stop was Bethany which was the site where Jesus got baptised and more interestingly the border with Israel on the River Jordan. We then went to the Dead Sea which was proper cool.You can't sink even if you try and the salt makes all ...
Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love.
Took a slow tour around Amman, seeing the amphitheatre, going up to the citadel and viewing the Umayyad Palace, temple of Hercules and the national archeological museum. The dead sea scrolls were great, had totally forgot about them till I stumbled upon ...
first days in jordan
"You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." ~ Winnie the Pooh The past few days have been really busy. I have gone to several government building doing paperwork so that I can stay ...