Mosaic City Hotel Madaba

... hauptsächlich von jungen Leuten bevölk**t. Auch die Britische Botschaft befindet sich dort, sowie in ein** Seitenstraße das bekannte Cafe Books@Cafe. Wir laufen lange, haben den Eindruck, dass wir uns schon v**laufen haben und kein** mehr weiß, wo wir sind. Zwischenzeitlich l**ne ich sehr int**essante Menschen aus d** ganzen Welt kennen. Wichtigste Bekanntschaft an diesem Abend ist Erik aus Vancouv**, Canada. Er ist Reiseleit** und muss einige Stationen sein** spät**en Reise ...

... and let me just say this takes talent, luck, insanity, or a combination of them all. Traffic lights are not abundant and like the roundabout in Sterling Heights it gives off the general air that you could die at any moment. Since I am typing this from the intern office and not a hospital please note that I survived without a scratch. From the circle my work might be like a mile and a half...I'm not sure really. <br><br>So I walk and walk and walk and walk. This is ...

... that overlooked the street below. We thought it was quiet until the the 4am Muslim prayers were blasted full volume over speakers for the entire city to hear. It literally sounded like there was a man singing in our bathroom. This happens every day and also throughout the day - we never got used to it.<br><br>We find Jordan to be such a friendly country and as we wander around people we cross in the street or who are sitting ...

... To get a locker you have to pay a 5 dinar deposit that you get back with return of the lock, and after a quick change we headed out to the Dead Sea to play. There are guys on the beach willing to cover you from shoulders to feet with Dead Sea mud that is sold at the gift shop for 3 dinar. Most of the group did this and got tons of pictures of us looking goofy during the process. I can't say that it made my skin feel too much better, but I felt ...

... as follows:<br><br>~Bottled water: $.40<br>~Local beer (Philadelphia or Petra-500ml-at hotels/in stores only in Aqaba or Amman): $3.50/$1.40; Coke-250ml: $.35<br>~Internet/hr: $1.50<br>~Meal (pitas, hummus, rice, chicken, veggies): $4.00 (half chicken with pita and veggies-Petra): $2.50<br><br>Counts as I ended my time in Jordan include: <br>~Flight segments: 0 <br>~Bus rides (non intracity-1 hr+): 4<br>~New friends on Facebook: 8<br><br>

... because there was money being drawn out from Egypt and Jordan. I know we were getting money out, and to make matters worse we had told them that we were going on a trip before we left!!!!!! Talk about a bunch of NEDs! Ok rant over. So we were on the bus and were headed north still. One more stop before the group decended to our lowest point.<br><br>At this stage we were following in Moses steps (however we hadn't been lost for 40 years) our bus was ...

... a rather expensive trip as well.<br><br>So we have made the best of it by sleeping really late (until almost noon). Then we took showers and headed out to lunch. We picked out the lunch spot yesterday, a very small little Jordanian place that is right around the corner. They have the big chicken on a spit thing that is typical of greek and med restaurants in the U.S. So we had chicken shawermas which were loaded up with red bell peppers and some other veggies ...

... just awesome. <br><br>You do not have to go up the way you came, so we went down the other side, seeing various tombs and caves along the way down. There are bedouin souvenir sellers along the route, but we didn't buy anything at the time. <br><br>After we'd climbed down we found ourselves pretty much in the middle of the desert, off the beaten path, with views of ruins in every direction, more or less. So we just wandered, until we decided that we wanted to go ...

Well, there's been a lot going on since I last wrote!   Student Council elections are going on-elections include campaigning, speeches, and elections that included the upcoming 6th graders. Fly-Up Day for the 5th graders where they get to be in middle school classes for the morning along with advisory time.   It was kinda crazy in my room as both the 6th and 7th grade classes were working on projects so the 5th graders got to work with the students on the projects so chaos ...