Toledo Hotel Amman

The drive to Amman was pretty boring, as we expected, it is a desert. We arrived at the Toledo Hotel after a harrowing drive through the traffic. They are such bad drivers. The hotel is quite nice, and located in a quieter area of Amman. After checking in ...

Sorry folks, it's been a crazy couple of days and I haven't had much time to write out journal notes or get on the 'net.  We had a little bit of trouble getting out of Egypt and in to Jordan the other day but all is well again.  If you are ...

... downhill.  I became a bit concerned....about to say something...what could I say??  when he stopped in front of the Hotel Toledo!  I gave him 1.5 dinars but he wanted another.  I didn't begrudge it since he had saved me a bit of ...

... tráfico poco ordenado y de urbanismo mal planificado, pero es, sin embargo una ciudad agradable y hospitalaria, de vivos mercados. Nuestro hotel se encuentra situado en el centro de la ciudad, justo enfrente de una gran explanada donde a partir de las ...

... The map, not the Middle East.  Finally we arrived in Amman.  It's too bad we didn't have more time here.  Amman is a beautiful city and there were a couple of sites we would have like to see before they were closed but unfortunately it was ...

... to have their photos taken on the edge.  Our group scorned such bravado.  About an hour from Amman, we stopped at the Dead Sea resort hotel complex.  The Dead Sea hospital was here too and had its own showers.  There were tiers of ...

... kinds of food on the flights so that by the end of the day I think I had 4 meals.  When we finally got to Amman, there was a snag with the visas.  Even though I got my Jordanian visa back home, I could actually have waited until the border and ...

We landed and stayed in Amman...nothing more to say, just wanted the pinpoint ...

... water.  I think everyone was a little bit more tired.  I know I was fighting dozing off on the ride back to the hotel.  Most of the group ate the hotel's buffet.  I went out with Erwin and Martin to a local cafeteria type restaurant ...