Royal Ein Bokek
Ein Bokek, Dead Sea Region, 86930, Israel
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24 hours of non-stop adventure
... signal, and we proceeded to locate a cab to take us to the bus station. Since we were unabe to leave the check pointearly, we had to wait three hours for the next bus to take us to the Dead Sea.
We arrived at Ein Bokek around midnight. Before we got on the bus, David told the driver where we needed to be let of and, giving him the name of the hotel we would be staying at. The driver misunderstood and ...
Castles and Mosaics
... a walk down to Rainbow St, a very busy street with lots of cafes and restaurants. We found a travel agent and went in to ask about a trip for the following day to the Dead Sea. The tour guide Nasser had quoted us 55JD but we knew we could get it cheaper. Met the owner Sa’ed and he could organise a van for the 9 of us for 90JD (10 each) plus the entry to Amman Beach Resort (15JD each). So all up our trip would cost 25JD , plus we had the satisfaction of organising ...
My Big Fat (Jordanian) Greek (Orthodox) Wedding
... hill. But we still couldn’t seem to make it there.
At last, we stopped and asked a young boy for directions to the castle. This entrepreneurial young lad offered to take us there for a couple JD (3 bucks). Defeated, the driver agreed. We arrived at the massive castle at 4:15, a full 45 minutes before it closed. Chalk that one up as a loss in the antiquities column. What I did see of the castle was amazing, especially the views of ...
Floating in the Dead Sea
... walked up into a small valley, where there is a small river that originates from a hot spring, to wash of all the salt on the body. The water there was still pretty warm and at a beautiful spot in a narrow gorge.
Then, we split up and the others proceeded South by car, while I hitchhiked back to Amman.
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Who's promised land? A day in Hebron.
... tomb, I assumed that they had just built their own tombs, so they were symbolic rather than actual tombs. No it’s the one tomb from different sides. So we went into the mosque to view it from the 'Palestinian side’. So the process of entering the mosque is a usual, I had to put on a robe to cover myself up, went to see the tomb. At the end of the tomb there was this sheet of perspex. On the other side of that, through a window, was the ‘Israeli side’. I ...



