Intercontinental Intercontinental Jordan Amman

... from the East West something or other which consisted of a man from Ireland and a man and a woman from Canada. We were served a **** load of Arabic appetizers and lots of BBQ followed by the driest oranges I've ever attempted to eat. Other than the oranges everything was delicious. It was chilly out and Nick was understandably tired and gross feeling since he just spent the last 20 hours or so travelling so we headed back to the apartment to crash. More about our vacation later.

... around a giant platter. Since I came after work everyone else had already eaten so I got to eat out of the watchful eyes of the cooks, lol. I was stuffed when I was done but Moha still gave me a hard time for "hardly eating anything" but I swear I was like a stuffed pig. Then I just chilled outside with Umm Moha, his siters, and some of the whipper-snappers...tea, coffee, rock hard watermelon seeds, sheesha, fruit...the feeding never stops here. I learned that some ...

Aside from my academic pursuits, my Jordanian wish list is as follows:<br>(1) learn Arabic<br>(2) learn the secrets of the nargelih (check)<br><br>(3) learn the popular card and backgammon games<br><br>(4) learn to drive a stick shift<br><br>(5) learn some yummy Arabic recipes<br><br>(6) learn Arabic songs and the ...

... banking issues. Then...Home. Ready. Leave. Club 51, near Cosmo. Omar picked me up and he had Rawan, Zoe, and Josh with him. A few of her other friends were at the club when we arrived and Adib stopped by after work. Anyway we were flossin, and boozing, and dancing up a storm. Club 51 was very nice, like an upscale lounge. I think Rawan had a great time (yikes which reminds me that I need to post the pictures on facebook post stat before she has me sniped). We all ...

... of looked familiar for some reason and since there were no red flags we decided to make it official. Jessica moved in last night and Annette will come in about a week.<br><br>So the craZy part is that Jessics is from Michigan. Actually that is putting it mildly. She did her undergrad at K COLLEGE, one year below me! She did landsea and one of my good friends was her leader, she also led landsea with another good friend of mine, and she ...

Fun email excerpt of the week:<br><br>"I've got to say I finally broke down and googled the 8 circles you keep talking about and I was under the impression that Amman was built in the form of 8 circles (yes, I am an idiot) NOT that Amman has 8 roundabouts lol which actually makes A LOT more sense. Also, do you miss Taco Bell?" -anonymous relative<br> <br>Fun mistranslation of the week:<br><br>When discussing a video game that I ...

... in Arabic to help me practice! They are cute. I don't know why but in Arabic they don't call Spot by Spot's name...they write the word for puppy as Spot's name, which sounds like Bubby (i.e. Where is Bubby?). After CityMall we went to a Friday night market called Souk Jara. A lot of tourists and less traditional Jordanians hang out there smoking nargileh, buying souvenirs, etc. They definitely had a lot of nice things ...

... aired out it would go away&#8230;wrong assumption, unfortunately. I couldn&#8217;t stand staying in the place the smell was so bad and my allergies, or sickness, or whatever it was came on strong. Lu, my boss, and I called my landlord to try and get my money back but he&#8217;s a loud, non-listening, adamant, stupid man and wouldn&#8217;t budge (I know you&#8217;re thinking, tell me what you really think of him Ashley&#8230;but seriously he&#8217;s that bad). <br><br ...

... he goes, "Oh you went to Kathmandu, you go to Pokhara also?" Well that was interesting because I wouldn't have known Pokhara before I went to Nepal. He starts talking about how he lived in Northern India for 15 years where he owned a Reggae Bar. I thought that was really funny because on the Annapurna Circuit there is a hotel called the Bob Marley Hotel and I thought, "How does that end up in Nepal?" So he continues talking about how we have to go to India and we have ...

... 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).<br><br>Danny wasn&#8217;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 ...