Granada Hotel Jordan Amman

... us – but who knows? I’m just happy to have the darn thing back, as where would they have sent a new card if the ATM had really eaten mine?! Now, regarding the prescription I had filled – Amoxicillin – even though the doctor had written the prescription on an Rx pad and signed it, the prescription itself came in a pre-packaged box, contained no label with my name on it, and cost a grand total (remember, I paid out-of-pocket with no insurance ...

... br>Anywho, after my stint as a camel jockey (hey now!) it was time to get serious. I needed shoes that could stand in for ice skates and white cheerleader-style briefs post stat. After hours and hours of shopping and trying to explain the difference between underwear and the type of briefs I was looking for (in a country with little to no cheerleading, gymnastics, or studio dance) and after being pointed in the direction of many a lingerie store, I finally ...

... then I laid down for a serious nap. [I know the anticipation is killing you so let me get this out of the way, Jess found an actual costume which was a shock to find and it is Alice in Wonderland, American style, and I am going to be Nancy Kerrigan circa 1994, found the perfect outfit for 2JD). The hangover sucked, but positive highlights of the day include finding the Kerrigan outfit, napping, going grocery shopping, getting money from the ATM, and going to bed early.

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... which he probably could have guessed so it was very generous of him to ask if I wanted to join. I threw a pashmina on my head and we went about trying to locate the correct gravestone. Idk what cemeteries would normally look like but this one was most wall to wall (in a manner of speaking) gravestones with barely enough space to walk between. Also the entire grave is above ground, not just the headstone. This sort of leaves very little space for plants although a few plots were ...

... one thing straight: I am not genteel.

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.

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 ...

... olive oil, eggplant, spices, etc. It was delicious and after I ate I didn't have anymore problems. Maybe the rich salmon shocked my system for something but either way I was much better after I ate. I met Jessica's S.O. via skype and then lamented the fact that I can't find the Princess Bride anywhere in this city just to find out that she brought it with her! Don't leave home without it! Chillin like a villian at Jafra and then driving lesson two: I went from ...

... really work out. Instead we played with his little puppy Rosa who was cute and stinky and obsessed with biting my feet. We (aka Devan) also taught Adib and Firas Go Fish which made me want to stab my eye out but they liked it and we played in Arabic which was helpful for me. "Devan, andik bint?" I learned that they call the Queen "bint" in Arabic which means girl and totally explains why they kept saying "girl" when were playing in English. I ...

We organized our trip i such a way that we could stop in Jordan for two weeks, both to travel a little bit around this beautiful country and to spend some time with the Aghaby family.

During the first week, some friends from Barcelona and from Greece joined us. Thirteen people in total! We rented a mini bus and we toured around Jordan: swimming in the the surreal salty ...

Today we had to take a picture for our passport, it took about two seconds each, not that exciting. After that we went to a coffee shop called Tche echT Cafe, Maia ordered a strawberry smoothie, Hope ordered strawberry juice, Noor ordered mango juice, our uncle Youssef ordered a chocolate milkshake, and my mom ordered lemonade with mint. It was all very good. Then we went to what we thought ...

... The Siq is the one and only entrance to the city, and it is essentially the tallest, narrowest, longest canyon one could ever imagine! You walk along this incredibly narrow winding path (2-4m wide max) for almost 2km, with curving, undulating red sandstone walls shooting vertically upwards to 50 meters and often taller. The two pieces of rock part like Moses separating the sea, and the fracture is faithful in its positive/negative parallel separation as the beautiful shades of the ...