Intercontinental Amman

... , I decided to ask our way to the police and was sure we would get a private escort. Something was happening in Amman, lots of police everywhere, riot police, normal police and most probably secret police. Like in France, most were just having a ...

... can be discovered in walks through the downtown streets or people-watching in the hotels and restaurants. At the Intercontinental Hotel lobby on a recent winter morning, an elderly Jordanian gentleman, dressed in an impeccably tailored woollen jacket, ...

... twisting city streets of Irbid.  Green bushes intermix periodically with oak and wild olive trees, making the landscape north of Amman somewhat less desolate than the area around Petra. In addition, the rolling hills provide some magnificent views of ...

... in Amman. I ask if there are still busses going to Petra, but no-one is sure. [17:00] We dropped the CEO off at the Intercontinental Hotel and the cab driver (+ friend) take me to the bus station further down in Amman. [17:20] I hear there are no more ...

... the root letters mim, rra, jim......I won't go into details about the words you can make from them!)   The place (The Intercontinental in the Bathroom Tower ;) is very very nice.  When we walked in we had to go through security.  This is ...

... for Steve and I, it looks impressive, considering the last few places we had stayed in! Unfortunately our hotel directly faces the Intercontinental hotel, on the other side of the road, which looks so impressive. We are trying to use our charm and try to ...

... trip was looking in jeopardy due to the wind and choppy seas so instead we headed to the beach and then to the intercontinental for an overpriced coke in luxurious surroundings. We walked back via the shops and picked up lunch and snacks for the journey ...

... birthday shoes for this shindig. Yay! I'm getting some use out of them :) We meet up with everyone at Cinqo de Mayo at the Intercontinental. We have some drinks and a small bite to eat. I ordered the ceviche and the house white to go with it. The ceviche ...

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... buggies, and so on.  So yesterday morning I checked out of my room at the Marriott airport and took a cab to the InterContinental in downtown Cairo.  Checked in and went up to my room on the 14th floor.  It’s slightly old and musty ...

... later Roman. It is best known to movie gowers for being in the Indiana Jones movie "The Last Crusade". We hired a taxi from Amman. It takes several hours to get to Petra but the roads are in very good condition. Beware of speedbumps they are near every ...

... be interrogated.   So it began.  First I had to explain to a guy why I had come to Israel, why I was travelling to Amman,  why I travel to other Arab countries, where I had stayed in Israel, who I knew, and so on.    Then ...

... to a forwarded e-mail.  Sunday 24-May-09 Air British Airways. Flight: BA196. Aircraft: Boeing 777 Depart: Houston Intercontinental Apt at 7:55PM Arrive: London Heathrow Airport 25-May-09 at 11:05AM Monday 25-May-09 Air British Airways. ...

... back, liberal, etc. I was very suprised at how under developed it was. There is a part of town with the Intercontinental and Burger King, MacDonalds, Popeyes and even Cinnabon but the main part of town where everyone is is pretty underdeveloped. In ...

... had some initial trouble finding our hotel.  We were looking for the Jordan Tower Hotel and our cab driver took us to the Intercontinental, which was on a little bit different level than the $25 hostel we had booked.  After several phone calls with his ...

... 's swimming pool (not the unfinished big one obviously but another one), went to the Martini Bar located in the Intercontinental (amazing band-the woman singer was phenomenal and could do Arabic and English covers perfectly), went to the Movenpick's ...