Hotel Intercontinental Jerich Jericho

Je hebt van die dingen die je gezien of gedaan moet hebben.. Zo kan je Parijs niet verlaten zonder de Eiffeltoren te zien, en moet je in Israel in de Dooie Zee dobberen.. We kenden de plaatjes en de verhalen, en togen woensdag plichtgetrouw met een bus richting Kalya beach, de eerste halte van de bus en niet een van de toeristen trekpleisters mega hotels en 5 sterren uitzichten. De bus gooide ons dr langs een droge, hete snelweg ...

... s check, grocery shopping, doing laundry, finishing moving into my room, meeting with a tutor that I called yesterday, and getting the Japanese interns to come hang out.<br><br>Things I am looking forward to for next week, inshallah: working with my boss, attending if-tar at a Jordanian home, actually helping cook before if-tar as well, and further honing my "get around town" skills.<br> <br>Things I miss from home: Fonzi, my ceiling fan, the Honda Civic, and a paycheck.

... am sure everything will work out. For now I need to get some sleep. I am actually not very tired since I slept a lot on the plane rides I need to calm my nerves with some shut eye. Who knows? Maybe I will end up passed out for like twelve hours. If not I plan on heading to the office with Rebecca, the other intern, to see what it's all about. Good night all!<br><br><br>

... haven't been able to do that. I think I posted about the phone fiasco in Egypt, and here in Cairo there are no public telephones. Hopefully I can figure it out in Dubai or India. <br><br>Some other kind of random thoughts:<br><br>Jordan seems to be way more progressive and orderly than Egypt. The women here are often dressed similar to professional women in the US, and there doesn't seem to be much in the way of segregation like there was on the Cairo transit ...

... with a New York Yankees Visor. They really are the most popular and awesome team on earth. It's things like that that really make you think about those who wear traditional garb. Is it because they want to, is it because it's practical (the scarf does keep the sun off the nexk), or is it for show? If there were no tourists around, would he have just worn the visor? Who knows. <br><br>It's a 40 minute (though they will tell you it's an hour) walk up about 800 some odd ...

... and then we went back to Greer's to watch more West Wing!  I am truely going to miss Fridays.  Sunday was more packing, going to school to get grades done and then went home to do more packing-I would say that I am about 85% done.  I also picked up all my framing-24 pieces and need to figure out how I am going to deal with that!  Monday I gave myself a rest and read, did some cross stitch, and then went to Starbucks with Anita and Tiffany for the Monday night tradition.

... it was so touching. When we arrived at Israeli border, things looked calm, we were treated well, until the problem with Turkish Team's visas popped up. Even though I talked and gave all the information of the group beforehand to the Israeli authorities, they said that they didn t recieve such information, we should just go back to Amman. That moment was the time everybody got so dissapointed but not too much that we ...

... big I got, but she just laughed and said that paper boys don't grow. Anyway, Aunt Jen told me some really cool things about Jericho. One thing is that Jericho is the oldest city in the world that has been inhabited continuously. Also, Jericho is the lowest city in the world! On the way to Jericho we passed signs telling us when we reached sea level--and then we kept driving lower and lower and lower. Jericho is near the Dead Sea which ...

... be able to picture it as I read the Bible but I also want to experience the story now. This is a "holy" place on the map but there are regular people here and I want to see that story too. That is why I titled this contrasts - we contrast different rocks, soils, and ridges but I also want to contrast beliefs, practices and peoples. Today I was up early again as our bus hit the road at 7a. We again drove into the West Bank and toward the town of Jericho. On the way we stopped at a St ...

... obviously did. Why would Jericho exist way out in the desert? Springs. Underground water supported an oasis out in nowhere. One of the country's top GNP - oranges. Also, tomatoes, cucumbers and olives are abundant here. Tourism is only the 3rd largest revenue producer in Israel. Next, down to the Dead Sea. Eric