Amman Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Today is November 6 and, with 5 stops included on our tour, it is going to be a very busy day. So we leave our hotel at 7 AM to get an early jump on the day. We drive for ½ hour and reach the main highway between Aqaba and Amman, called the “the Kings Highway” which covers a distance of 330 km. (205 mi.). It is an excellent four lane...

We did the nice thing and picked up Stevo at the airport. He’d already made mates with the immigration dudes... apparently they aren’t much better than the land crossings. We all advise getting Visa’s before you come :-)

We did quite a lot in the week Steve was around, so stay with us here :-)

Spent the first nigh...

Sooo, bin wieder voll drin! Am Samstag waren meine Family und ich noch ein bisschen in Muenchen, bevor ich die S-Bahn zum Flughafen nahm und mich dort auf Flug RJ124 nach Amman aufmachte. Der Plan vor Ort sollte sein, ein Taxi in den Stadtteil Jabal Al-Weidbeh zu nehmen und dort vor irgendeinem wichtigen Gebaeude den Couchsurfer Angelo zu treffe...

No bodies were found so I guess that all my 8th graders survived their History Day experience. That doesn't mean that they liked it but they did survive it and so did I! Wednesday was my last class with my 8th graders so they finished up their presentations of "Conflict and Compromise" with their exhibit boards. Each one got up and talked about ...

"Amrikee?" He asked me. "yes,um naam." I responded. His mouth turned up into a wry smile. I was braving the city of Amman in a taxi cab alone, and I was hung out to dry. My Arabic was good enough to say "I go to Hay Alkharabshah", the neighborhood where I share an apartment with 2 other foreign students, but little more. His strange smile unsett...

"Ya'lla" - A common saying that means "lets go!" Spring break starts tomorrow! Hurraeea! (Freedom). A small group of us will be traveling (with Layla our new puppy that we got from some Bedouin children on our last trip) from Amman to the north where we will spend a day and a night in Jerash and Pella. Then we are heading down to Wadi Rum and fi...

I was getting back into the school groove of things and went to school with Kirsten. I don't want to get rusty:-). In school, I saw 6th grade American Civilization and 2 sections of 8th grade American History. I felt as though I was back home. Same talkative and energetic kids. She showed off her IKEA timer that I brought with the 10 minute jour...

I was in a continuous state of being lost in Amman today. As it turns out the combination of being completely directionally impaired, winding streets, similar looking sandstone buildings, and a ****** map, means that getting lost is really easy. My tactic of following backpacks when lost apparently doesn't work here. Normally, I figure that if a...

Mother Hadid's family own the college. There are several apartments in the same building that house their children and grandchildren. We went for dinner tonight, lot's of great Arabic food, and were shown a good time!

I have just returned from spending 10 days traveling around Jordan with two fellow Aussie girls. With a brunette, a redhead and a blonde, we made for an unusual sight in Jordan, especially in the non-tourist season. Although one of my work colleagues was sure I would be kidnapped and placed in a harem, the best I got was an offer of 5 camels for...