Country Info
- Amman
- Capital
- Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
- Currency
- 5,153,378
- Population
- JO
- Country Code
Jordan Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Jordan
The Rıng of Fıre
... 'ng for the Hydrofoıl to cross the Red Sea, Aqaba seemed lıke a whole new world. Fırst ımpressıons of Jordan? Clean, modern, fabulous food and a gorgeous hotel. We were clearly ın the desert and could see Israel from across ...
Butter Lamb AKA Lamb Butter
Just taking a minute to research butter lambs and whether or not I can find one in Amman for Easter. The answer is probably no but I did find a website that shows how to make your very own butter lamb! Awww yea! In my research I learned something really ...
Eid Vacation
Word to the wise (and any government officials following this detail oriented blog): I am heading off today with DeVan, Adib, and his from Mo (guess what that's short for) to vaca in Syria. I am super excited and lest people feel nervous I have been ...
the road to petra
... ;Treasury (the famous photo) and the high place of sacrifice offered an impressive view of the area. the main downside to jordan coming from say turkey or syria is that most of the tourist sites IE wadi rum and the dead sea can be difficult ...
The Bird Cage
Travelblog 6 - The Bird Cage - 3/30/05 My hours are totally screwed up. I've had jet lag before, but never of this magnitude. I went to bed at 11:00 pm, but when I open one eye to check the clock, I'm shocked to see that it's 2:00 in the afternoon. ...
Under the Sea
We had decided the day before that we would head back down to Aqaba for some Jordanian hedonism. We had been in Aqaba before, but I was too sick to do anything. The point for this visit was to find a snorkeling tour. I'd never been snorkeling before ...
The Bus from Hell and a Game of Soccer
There seemed to be no end to our habit of waking up early. We were heading back to Amman, with the plan of visiting Jerash in the afternoon. Little did we know that our bad travel karma would kick us in the butt again. There are two ways to travel ...
Floating in the Dead Sea!
The Dead Sea was one of the highlights of our Middle Eastern trip. We were looking forward to taking the famous 'floating the in the Dead Sea' picture. We are stocked up on tap water in Petra having been informed that we were bush camping that night ...
Chapter Seven: LOST and my new friends.
... the States for some reason. But I'm heading to South America and I'm glad I am. I'm totally pumped to go!! Jon Michael, Rob, Jordan, Steve, Joey, Abby, Steph, Jess, and Lauren have been awesome people to meet while I was here. I've really had fun ...
...und weg war er.
Also Leute, ich bin raus. Aber noch nicht offiziell. Schon vor ner Weile hatte ich mir zwei freie Tage in Akaba gesichert, weil ich unbedingt noch tauchen wollte, bevor mein Tauchausweis ablaeuft. Das heisst, dass ich bis jetzt noch nicht vermisst ...
Finally out of Egypt
... Castle and the Dead sea. We floated (you really do) and tried to avoid too much attention from the Iraqi troops who are training in Jordan and were having a day of R&R at the beach. We kept our t-shirts on, but boys will be boys. We made our way to ...
Long live the King
... has been done to match one of his son that has also been added. Aside from the above I have been having a really good time in Jordan so far, the people have been very welcoming and friendly, and (except for the odd taxi driver) have been very helpful (the ...
Mike and Janet part 2
Remember my blogs back in Virginia??? Of course you do, the ones with all the confederate history in them. Anyway, Mike and Janet moved to Utah, so of course we had to visit. They are like family to us now. We went to Mike's white coat ...
Just Getting There is Half the Fun
... to another passenger, blah, blah, blah... Let's just chat about the people I've seen and talked to on my way to Jordan. The family of itty bitty individuals who sat to my right on the way over the Atlantic folded and unfolded themselves all night ...
BBQ Party, Internet Follies, and Blood Tests
Monday: Arabic class at the FCC. Second class. Good stuff. Even though it didn't go as planned last week I decided to try walking home again. It's not close but the weather is good, I am not in a rush, and winter approaches so why waste time in a cab? ...
Only fotos!
Only fotos!
Only fotos!
The Sun, the Sands, the Safari, and the Stars
... prepared and we had to start packing up for our one-hour bus trip to our next destination, the place we are now, Petra, Jordan. Bonnie and I were the only foreigners on the bus, since this was not the way tourists usally travel through these parts. ...
Red sand in my shoes
I woke early, ready to leave the relative civilization of Aqaba and swap it for the desert landscape of Wadi Rum. To keep costs down, I joined up with a German couple for a safari around the area. Our bedouin guide, Mohammed, was familiar as I had ...
The Pink Ladies and bags
... NOW we could go to the outlet stores. Here's where the "real" shopping happened! There are many companies that make products here in Jordan and then ship them all over the world. Liz has a factory here and so do some others. I found the SAME shirt ...
I've been here almost two weeks...
... are nearly two thousand years old. Ahhhhh lets see where this takes us. I should probably start with my new family. Arriving in Jordan I was unsure where I was going to be living after a few days in a Hotel. I applied to live in a homestay, ...
Conquering Jordan from north to south...
... run and my sister stay to say sorry to the man" So I guess overall it really is give and take here in Jordan. p.s. my sister just sat down next to me and told me one of her best friends, who is her ex-boyfriend's best ...
