Al Dana Plaza Amman

... I really remember about the Saturday after the Canvas Halloween party is walking up at like 5am on top of my bed, still in my costume, and with foggy tomato red eyes due to the fact that my contacts were still in. Not fun. <br> <br>Sunday:<br>I really don't remember much. It was cold and rainy. I had work and I think I had a rescheduled tutoring day. I do know my grocery shopping plans fell through and daylight savings time in the States finally caught up with ...

... 92 AD, and is larger, seating more than 3,000 spectators. It has remarkable acoustics. Break out the band.<br> <br>We return to Amman and, as it is Earl&#8217;s last few hours, we decide to go to the Citadel. The Citadel is located on top of one of the 19 hills in Amman right next to the downtown area. The Romans built several building and structures over a number of centuries, but the greatest ones were built between the 6th and 8th Century AD. The ...

... let me pay for my coffee. "You ARE welcome. Enjoy your stay in Jordan."<br><br>Walking along the street earlier, a 40ish man was just sitting down with his lunch at a table on the pavement:<br>"Welcome. Where are you from?"<br>"England."<br>"Oh, lovely people. Is this your first visit to Jordan?"<br>"Yes, it is."<br>"You ARE welcome. Where will you go?"<br>"Well, I'm planning to hire a car and go to the ...

... one thing straight: I am not genteel.<br><br>Now I've been thinking about the other charges. I mean, if any activity epitomizes self-absorption, blogging would be it. And blogging about what - politics? culture? technology? Nope, my own travels. Yup, trite alright.<br><br>Now soft is a painful one, but I must acknowledge it ... while I've never held any illusions of being genuinely hard, I have in the past regarded myself as being not ...

Tuesday:<br><br>We woke up in the EcoPark, enjoyed some tea, and went out ot measure the road in the horrific heat. Measure the road, you ask? Yea. Don't. The exciting part was stopping every half an hour for a giant herd of sheep to pass. After we finished with the road Yoichi and Masashi decided that they were done for the week and since I was just tagging along...khellas...enough. So we caught a ride to Irbid and from there we bused to Amman for 1.7 JDs. About an ...

... we een lokale minibus naar Jerash. Tenminste, iedereen beweerde dat er geen bus ging, dus namen we een gedeelde taxi. We voelden ons een beetje opgelicht, maar toen bleek een andere passagier Engels te spreken. We vertelde hem dat we later op de dag nog naar Ajlun wilden, en toen bleek dat de taxi daar ook heen ging en ons gratis mee wilde nemen. In Ajlun kochten we wat eten op de markt (grote ogen overal, nog nooit een westerling van zo dichtbij gezien!) en namen we ...

... of the West Bank separation barrier called &#8220;The Wall &amp; Checkpoints&#8221;. The images speak of a lyrical yearning for an end to exile. In the early 1920s, TE Lawrence is reputed to have written much of his Seven Pillars of Wisdom while a guest in one of these villas.<br> The conversion of the Darat was designed by the artist and architect Ammar Khammash, whose work ranges from restaurants to apartment buildings dotted across the city and country. He ...

... any other culture I've experienced. Culture - 95%. The culture is so old, and the Ancient Egyptian stuff is all very cool. Some things were pretty crazy though, like the really terrible jobs the women have, the women only coaches on the subway, and the segregated coffee shops. Still, all in all it was pretty awesome. Expense - 98%. It may be the cheapest place I have ever been. I mean Cory and I would walk with our heavy packs for a mile ...

... taking a boat load of photos every time we stoped!). The best stop was at the Arch, a natural bridge that you could climb up to very easily (which the Taiwanese girls did not do). Kristen was scared at first, but she made it up to, and we both got photos of us standing on top of the arch. The best shot though was of me JUMPING on top of the arch. It was so cool. <br><br>Our four hour jeep tour only lasted three and a half, but it was still pretty cool. The camp was ...