Bristol Amman

... treatment for the skin. Oh well, so is a massage.<br><br>We spend 15 minutes frolicking and playing in the Dead Sea. We shower immediately after getting out as the salt burns right away on your skin. Then we move to a large fresh water pool for another 15 minutes. Another quick shower and we change back into our clothes. We freshen our mouth with a frozen ice cream and that is really welcomed.<br><br>The day is really busy and it seems a bit rushed ...

... again.] The rest of the day consisted of the park, studying, Rainbow Street, spicy falafel, a sesame seed that almost killed me when I inhaled it into my wind wipe, the coffee house at the Turkish Baths for tea, coffee, sheesha, and backgammon, late night Reem and back to Shmeisani for wine and episodes of How I Met Your Mother. Then it all went wrong and I got sick, panicked that perhaps I have lime disease or yellow ...

... I guess we get the results in a couple days and then we have to attach them to our residency applications with a bunch of other ****. Now I am at work and after work I am actually going with Baha and the big boss man to the Hyatt for a meeting. I'm going to help them formulate and draft up a few funding proposals and hopefully get some food out of the whole arrangement too, insha'allah. After that, ma3 baraf. <br><br>[Note: Although still limited to the first ...

... of the stove without cringing and feeling like you should immediately shower. I probably scrubbed years of grease off that thing, good lord. My nails were like coated in nasty black grease by the time I was done. Ick. Then I moved on to my laundry sick I was no longer residing in the bathroom like the day before. Two and a half hours later all my laundry was clean and hanging out on the line. Reward: another fresh batch of pasta, Wall-E (sooo cute), a third ...

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 reading up on it like crazy. It sounds wonderful and if you are interested you can google for blogs by Americans living in Syria and the travel forums on ...

... traditional songs). Firas knows the owner of Jara so we met him as well. Overall it was a good time. Devan got to meet them and I swear we have a thousand plans for after Ramadan, haha. The top phrases I hear are "Welcome to Jordan" (usually when something goes wrong like the Valley incident) and "Wait until after Ramadan." It is nice to know some local people our age though. They invited us to a couple if-tars which is sweet because they will be with their ...

... pics) and driven al the way to the dead sea spot. They swam with us for a couple of hours and then drove us back to Amman, feeding us loads of food and generally being very kind - I had to battle to get out the house though just as they were ordering pizza for us! In the eve I went out with Ferdy for a Sheesha as he leaves tomorrow, and it turnes out I do as well. I am off to Israel.<br><br ...

... take). The problem was, we couldn't find our way in. Eventually we found an old shopkeeper who directed us up some stairs between houses (I was very surprised he spoke English). As things turned out, we went in the unofficial way, and therefore avoided the Tourist Police Checkpoint and ticket takers, so it was free for us! The ruins were pretty neat, and included houses, a mosque, an old church, and other things. It all dated back to between ...

... met by Madala in his traditional Bedoin robes, ready to take us to his house after we paid the 2 JD park entrance fee. Madala drove us to his house in an old beat up Toyota, stopping at a shop for water along the way and to give us our bag lunches. I thought his insistence on buying more water was a ploy to get us over sharged for water, but actually it was cheaper than in Wadi Musa, and you can never have too much water in the desert. The little store also sold ...

... 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.<br><br>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 ...