Queen Ayola Hotel Madaba

... den und was es sonst noch so gibt. Mein Freund Bashar **klärt mir spät**, dass es ein Jordanisches Phänomen ist, wie sich Geschäfte ansiedeln: Irgendwo macht irgendwann irgendein Geschäft auf. Ist dieses Erfolgreich, machen sofort drumh**um jede Menge and**e Läden auf, die genau das selbe v**kaufen. So gibt es also den Gold-Suq, den Obst-Suq, den Souvenir-Suq, den Textilien-Suq, selbst den Petshop-Suq (eine Strasse, in d** NUR Läden sind, die Hausti**e v**kaufen) und was auch ...

... is past the 8th circle. So in order to save some cab fare I thought I would walk a bit...maybe just to the 5th circle, and catch a cab there. Luckily for me I was walking the same way as this woman who is from Poland and has lived here 15 years with his Jordanian husband and she introduced me to the bus system of Amman! I was so glad about this because it is a lot cheaper but the Americans I am living with hadn't taken them and couldn't really help me figure ...

... the heart attack that was given to all of us after the drive down the hill we headed to the Dead Sea for a swim. Apparently there is only one public beach on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea, according to our guide, which we went to for a few hours. The area was mostly tourists, but it included a buffet restaurant with decent food of everything you could think of, an amazing pool, cabana setups, lockers and showers, and an enclosed shore with life ...

... other country thus far, as well as getting asked to be photographed with no fewer than six locals<br> ~Taking in seeing the full expanse of the Dead Sea and then Israel east to west from the air as my flight ascended after takeoff from Amman. I could also clearly see the Wailing Wall/Dome of the Rock from no more than 15,000 feet on this Royal Jordanian flight to Athens.<br><br>My arrival in Athens would mark the 6th continent ...

... wee town and there was the castle standing at the top protecting the land and town below it. What a view from the top! No wonder castles are always built on the top of hills, you could see everything for miles! This castle was also in great shape and wasn't in ruins at all. We entered the castle and walked the corridors where knights had walked before us. It was a lot different to a castle from Europe, there was lots of gravel on the ground, no nice floor ...

... to pluck the hairs, really strange. It only cost 2 JD. <br><br>After that we just chiled out in the hostel lobby, went to dinner around 7 (we had kebabs with lamb and rice), and then went out for drinks around 9 in the western quarter of Amman. We spent a couple of hours there, and I could have sworn that we were at a swanky ...

... taking a funny photo of us in which she really didn't do a good job of holding the camera at a flat angle... <br><br>We followed another couple with an un headscarfed woman and continued up and up to the high point of sacrifice. From up there you see terrific views over all of Petra and you see how expansive the city really is. It did used to be a huge capital. You look across the desert at other mountains with thousand year old caves and fascades carved and ...

... with my name on it, looked for and found a poster tube, and then looked at a tile store near where I get my nails done.  Then I went to meet Anita and Eric at Starbucks as they wanted to go to the olive wood store to see the place and buy some gifts to take home for the summer.  I also had to pick up my order of rolling pins and honey spoons that I had them make for me.  I am now really done ...

... within a big glass building, and walking around inside on huge boardwalks suspended above the floor we could see the entire floor was covered with a massive Byzantine mosaic.<br><br>So, all mosaic-ed out, we wandered up the road and enjoyed a big fresh juice and a burger from a little cafe around the corner. A couple across from us stuck ticket stubs and souvenirs into their journals, and a young waiter ran around with a tiny bucket of coals ...