Sultan Hotel Amman
Salah el deen Str Amman, 11115, Jordan
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Depart Cairo for Amman and on to Damascus
Saturday 24 August 2002 9 AM to Syrian Embassy to pick up my Visa then to airport. Royal Jordanian Air to Amman, bus downtown, service taxi to Damascus, Sultan Hotel *** I may come back to this entry again to fill in more detail but in order to remove the draft status and make it available for viewing I will just make a few sketchy comments. ***
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... Sufara Bakery in the Swefieh shopping district. The smells of the foreign and arabic breads, pastries, and cakes was overwhelming as was the crowd making Iftar purchases! After I bought much more than just hamburger buns Nabil dropped me off in front of my apartment.
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... is since it consists of me and 2 chinese men being taught by a 5ft tall super muscular jordanian with an unnecessary amount of hair gel). Then I'll head out with friends to celebrate.
Thank you for all the birthday wishes from home!!
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J ...
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This summer, Amman was home to something I didn't expect to find here: hip music festivals. One such festival, Al Balad Music Festival, hosted several bands and musicians that would satisfy even a hipster from Williamsburg. The finale act of the festival was a Souad Massi concert. Souad Massi is a French-Algerian woman who sings in Arabic. When I first heard a group was going, I was tired and not feeling well. I ...


