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Al Hussein Bin Ali Street, PO Box 6399 Amman, Jordan, 11118, +96265607100
This trip was full to the brim with feats of human engineering and art - the pyramids, the sphinx, the royal tombs and the mighty temples. But, for us, Petra might have been the most amazing, perhaps because we had few expectations about it. The walk through the long,deep,narrow gorge or siq of beautiful sandstone was a delight itself. Then, up ahead we glimpsed what looked like a lovely Greek building. The siq opened onto a plaza in front of the Treasury. There carved into the sandstone clif...
Petra, Jordan krgentzlerThere was no room at the inn in Petra. (This is not a stable story.) So, we weary travelers had to go to Aqaba and the brand new RadissonSAS resort on the Red Sea. What luxury! Standing on the Sunset Deck, we looked out at several swimming pools that constantly changed color and the sea. The evening breeze was warm, and the live music from below was mellow. How romantic! On our morning walk on the beach, we found sea glass and a few shells. Sitting on comfortable lounges, we soaked up the sun...
Aqaba, Jordan krgentzlerRoyal Jordanian Airline RJ504 15:30 - 17:50 IndusTravel Jordan Highlight tour Since you cannot take photos in the museum, we walked over to the museum at 9 am opening. We can see tour buses are already starting to queue up. You have to go thru 1st security check just to get into the court yard area after passing the tourist police (one even stood behind a bomb blast shield). Looks is every thing not sure how effective it is if something really happens. Went around the court yard to take pictu...
Amman, Jordan penguinxThe roof top restaurant is very nice, having breakfast while watching the sun rise in Jordan.. How cool is that! We met up with our guide Ayman at the lobby and boarded the mini bus to start the tour. There are 9 in the group. A couple from Pennsylvania Tammy & Mike. 2 older couples that became friends after meeting each other from previous travel tour. They just came from a tour of Syria. And a Marian who used to lived in Amman and her ex-husband used to be a CIA agent stationed in Jord...
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... is nice to have female police officiers present and out in the open. When I got home it was emergency laundry time so I stomped and stomped and stomped and stomped. Who needs a gym when you walk up hill both ways everyday and stomp the crude out of your clothes everyweek? Then I am pretty sure THIS was the night I played cards at Adib's. We played Trix and Complex. One day I will graduate to all 5 games with partners, but for now I am still wearing my training ...
Amman, Amman, Jordan justajaunt... way, but he told me the day before right before I got off work, it wasn’t even at the JVA, it was next door at the Water Ministry building, and the room was totally too small and too crowded to enter. I sat in a different office nearby with Baha and discussed FoEME and Amman and other stuffs until the presentation was over. Geez. Came back to the FoEME office, discussed what my role will be<br>here, and then left with Masashi and Yoichi to ...
Amman, Jordan justajaunt... joint called Hashem. Delicious. Felafel, hummos, fuul, fresh pita, and mint tea for about 1.5 JD which is like a little over two dollars. They actually sat us with two other young women because the entire place was full (note back to the fact that is Ramadan). It turns out these women were from the US and although they leave soon they have a roommate who is staying and in need of someone like me perhaps! Happy day! As soon as I get a cell phone I am going to ...
Amman, Jordan justajaunt... or jewelry that stand out so the other sex will know he/she is a Christian (that’s my analysis anyways). The marriage pool is so small for them in this Muslim-dominated society that I really don’t blame them! <br><br> <br><br>Sexual relationships between males and females is a whole other topic, which I won’t go into great detail, but bottom line is a lot (I want to say majority, but I really can’t prove it) of Jordanians are sexually ...
Amman, Jordan ashleyheacock... a 10 minute walk away... <br><br>It was more like a 35-45 minute walk, which seriously confused us when we were looking for places on the hand drawn map we thought we should have reached but didn't reach. The walk involved going along the Balad where we had been the night before, only this time all the stores were closed. The best part was when we passed the scale stop from the night before. Instead of the tall special digital scale there was just a guy with a white ...
Amman, Jordan jimmyandkristen... immediately lost and your feet and legs shoot up to the surface. You feel like you are made of polystyrene as you lie of your back with your feet, knees, arms, chest and head fully afloat - a truly amazing experience! You cannot help laughing aloud and giggling to yourself at the feeling of floating. It really is something which you mind can hardly comprehend! But words cannot do the Dead Sea justice, and neither can photographs. We took our books into the sea and read for a while ...
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