Amman Jerusalem Hotel

... had an awesome American coffee and an avocado, chicken, tomato salsa sandwich with a side salad. Yum, yum, yum. It was so nice to eat out in public during the day! Haha. Plus Wild Jordan is located right on Jebel Amman overlooking downtown and a few of the other jebels (hills). Gorgeous view. You can see miles of Jordanian sandstone homes, green domed mosques lining the horizon, roman ruins perched on a nearby jebel, and the country’s flag (the largest fee ...

... a car, dropped us off at Rebecca’s gym. I worked out about thirty minutes before I decided that there was no way I had enough water to sustain a workout, at which point I headed to the locker room to drink in private. All in all, I ran and lifted weights which I hear is a mostly male thing so when Ali and I started using free weights I started to feel like a centripetal force surrounded us compelling the men at the gym to also lift free weights and to ...

... had visited on this Around the World trip and the start of my European travels. Not only was a Greece a country I had not visited previously, but it was also the home of my mother's ancestors and birthplace of my great grandfather. There was much more of the world to explore ahead of me...

Jordan was more developed, and this more expensive, than Egypt was, but still a very affordable place to travel. Costs here were ...

... rundt i en 4WD, før vi slo oss til ro i en beduinleir etter en nydelig ørkensolnedgang. Her ble vi servert tradsjonelle retter, og ikke minst tradisjonell beduinmusikk fra en litt skummel, men utrolig artig gammel beduin. Natten valgte vi å tilbringe under åpen himmel, da stjernehimmelen virkelig var ubeskrivelig; stjerneskudd, melkeveien og stjernetegn kjempet alle om oppmerksomheten ved å glimre på sitt sterkeste.

Marhaba (Arabic for hello):

Today we were invited to Aunt Eman's house to celebrate our cousin Malak's tenth birthday. She prepared a delicious dish called mousekhen. It is flat bread with spices, onions and chicken on top. Following dinner we had birthday cake and some Arabic dancing.

Hope

... including Wadi Rum and Petra and therefore had a cab to take them to Petra from Wadi Rum. Most cab drivers charge 30 JD for the hour and a half trip, but we could "split the cab" for only 20 JD. It kind of was a rip off, but we kind of didn't have a choice, because no one seemed to know, or cared to tell us, the schedule of the bus from Wadi Rum to Petra. That bus also cost 5 JD each, so we'd only save 10 JD and have to worry about unreliable bus time tables.
Amman, Jordan jimmyandkristen

... Kino, das ich je gesehen hab. Wirklich. Oder habt ihr schonmal ein Kino gesehen, bei dem vor der Tuere zum Saal der Trailer zum Film auf einem 40-Zoll-Flachbildschirm laeuft? Der Film selber war zum Glueck auch noch klasse und an keiner Stelle langweilig. Als ich dann aus dem Kino rauslief, fing es sogar noch an zu regnen... herrlich. Das war genau die Dosis Heimat, die ich gebraucht hab. Jetzt kanns wieder weiter gehen! Noch zwei Tage Amman, dann am Sonntag nach Israel. Oh yeah! Brisko

... to pick your timing and then just walk with purpose, as cars miss you by centimetres. It was easier to just take it one lane at a time (although lanes were a flexible concept in Jordan, and generally people drove wherever they fit, be it lanes or not).

Danny wasn’t feeling great, so Ben and I headed up to see the Citadel on the top of the hill, though unfortunately by the time we got there it was too late. So we took some nice ...

... der wenigen Orte im islamischen Jordanien, wo man gepflegt und vor allem in einer Atmosphaere à la Maxime ein kuehles Bierchen zischen kann. Zum Abschluss gabs lecker Abendessen bei Paola und Wanda im Haus und das Finale des italienischen DSDS. Und jetzt bin ich gerade dabei, meinen Rucksack zu packen und mich auf gen Sueden zu machen. Mein Arbeitgeber fuer die naechsten Wochen ist informiert und wird mich irgendwo im Nirgendwo dann abholen. Bin schon sehr gespannt!! Brisko

... going to be so steep. It was kind of funny to see so many tourists sitting on the sides of the walkway getting some rest as huge beads of sweat poured down their faces. This walk is definitely something that they should mention to you as you come in.

I was leaving the next day and got up early enough to end my trip with a quick bite and a short walk around the city. I ended up stumbling upon an old well used by the Romans. It was strange to see ...