Amman Inn

... Middle East. Stay only at the best hotels...and expect the worst. Live and learn... I am sure the manager of the Holiday Inn Amman is expecting my letter...as well he should be..... But, Amman as a city is very interesting. I only wanted to do ...

... pretty much ready for a rest at the hotel because it was so hot. After the rest we went to a place just outside of Amman called Jerash. Jerash was a Roman city built around 70AD. The entrance to the site was impressive with a beautifully carved arch. You ...

... on their day trip to Jerash and the Dead Sea. This trip held a lot of adventures, planned and unplanned ones. First, driving in Amman is crazy, everybody just kind of finds their way, there is no such thing as a straight road, and signs are typically in ...

... went according to schedule was the crossing time of one hour. By the time we clear customs it's 9:30. Rob offers me a ride into Amman, 4 hours away, where Shelley has booked me a room. I have no idea what I would have done otherwise. 2:00am- I am dropped ...

... ; But the sights we have seen turn back the hands of time.  Just awesome. We arrive at our hotel, the Ziyara Inn, in the west side of Amman near the university.  The hotel is a bit of an oddity as it is also apartment, or self-catering, ...

... going there. But not until the bus is full... [18:00] The bus leaves, and for only 6.50 euros I'm on a 4 hour bus-ride from Amman to Petra... sweeeeet! [21:40] The driver tells me to get out at Ma'an, because his brother will take me to Petra. I frown, ...

... good choice was actually spending nights IN Petra.  For such a tourist attraction, there were only around 3 tour groups there from Amman, all of which cleared out my 3pm in the midday heat!  We had the place to ourselves from 3pm on. Literally ...

Laughing Moon and I left Hans, Woody, and Amman behind, and traveled about 200 miles to Petra by minibus.  The minibus is a remarkable invention, unique to countries where most people do not have cars.  Typically beaten up, falling apart, and ...

... sent us to get our visa. Got the visa, lined up again and got the entry stamp - OH BOY!!!!  We finally arrived in Amman and everyone was buggered! My travel pillow died as I was getting off the bus which was ok cos I was getting sick of carrying ...

We landed in Amman yesterday evening and had no idea what to expect. We didn't know whether everything would also be in English, how well the people would speak english, or how friendly the people would be. When we got off the plane, we walked into a bit ...

... days from a holiday in Cambodia on his way to take up his post in Jo'burg.  He took us on a tour of Amman - the buildings generally square, local pale cream to gold sandstone and no higher than 4-5 storeys, some villas but mainly small apartment ...

The "desert castles" which are located about one hour outside of Amman - and about 300 km away from the Iraqi border - are testament to more prosperous times in the Middle East. These buildings are the remnants of the caravansaries that used to support ...

We planned to take a bus directly from Nazareth to Amman in Jordan.  We knew that the bus only left three times a week, but no one seemed to know from where.  There was no bus station in Nazareth, just a central bus stop, but people seemed to ...

... og jordanerne var rause med komplimenter til Ragnhild. De var også en koselig gjeng, om enn noe mer frempå en syrierne. Fra Amman tok vi en dagstur til mosaikkbyen Madaba, Mt. Nebo, hvor Moses tittet mot det forgjettede land, og det utrolige fenomenet ...

... to bring a guest which is how I ended up spending a couple hours at what I later learned is the most expensive gym in Amman. It was definitely an experience. They have squash courts, a cafe, personal trainers, and free internet. Devin is a swimmer so she ...

So technically I'm not in Amman right now, we're sort of on our way back from the past few days in the Jordan Valley working with Friends of the Earth Middle East. We're currently at the Holiday Inn Dead Sea enjoying our last day seaside/poolside/spaside. ...

... They are very indifferenct in service, so we enjoyed the scenery and of course talked. It was about 2:00 and we headed back into Amman to find two authentic Jordan craft stores, but they were closed. How dare they close on us. Kirsten has yet to make a ...

... to leave there today.  The Ancient Egyptian stuff is awesome, but we were ready to get out of there.  This afternoon we flew to Amman, and we've only gotten a quick glimpse of it so far, but it seems great!  We rented a car and the guy from ...

... 's Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature established this 26-room, solar-powered retreat with a mountain bike trail system. The inn, a model for Jordanian ecolodges, offers unprecedented access to Bedouin life. http://www.ecoadventurearabia.com/ ...