Mt. Nebo and the Dead Sea

Trip Start Aug 19, 2008
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Trip End Jul 04, 2009


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Friday, October 3, 2008

So Day 3 in Jordan took me to Madaba, a small city about 40 minutes from Amman. We found a place called the Black Iris Hotel where we found cheap but really nice accommodations, we promised to spread the word about this hotel, so here's my shout out to the Hotel. We met the manager who's this nice and really funny old man and his awesome wife. We also met their son, who's a chef who has restaurants all over including one in Indonesia in Bali. Apparently Brenda (she went to Thailand with me for my teaching practicum and is now teaching in Egypt too) knows of the restaurant and has walked by there...anyways back to Jordan...
We made plans to go check out Mt. Nebo, the place where Moses saw the Promised Land and was apparently later buried (they can't quite confirm that); as well as the lowest and saltiest part of the world, the Dead Sea. First stop was at Mt. Nebo, it was interesting going to the place where Moses saw the Promised Land. From Mt.
At Mt. Nebo Entrance
At Mt. Nebo Entrance
 Nebo, there's an amazing view. On a clear day, it's possible to see the Dead Sea and Israel. It was a bit hazy that day so I just was able to see the Dead Sea.
Jordan I guess is famous for it's mosaics and Mt Nebo was no exception, there was a big mosaic that depicted something; I couldn't understand what the tour guide was saying when he was explaining the mosaic, the tour that he was with were all speaking Hindu or something. There's also a bronze snake monument that was used to depict the moment where all the people whined and complained and then got bitten by snakes.

Later took a long and windy road to the lowest part of the world, the Dead Sea. It was a good afternoon spending
time floating, and not being able to sink at all. When it's not possible to touch the ground you don't even have to tread water, it's weird just floating in the water and not having to tread. Me and the girls I traveled with did a few rolls around the water and pretended we were super heroes just skimming on the water. It's not possible to drown, but I did see a woman freak out, almost like she was drowning. But when someone went to go "save" her, the water wasn't even that deep; I had fun laughing at the situation when I found out how shallow the water was. I had an open wound on my foot and that hurt like a mofo when it got covered in the salty water, but on the plus side it really cleaned it out. The highlight of the Dead Sea was playing with the Dead Sea Mud that is expensive stuff at the Spas at the nearby hotels that's apparently makes your skin so much younger looking. So for 1 Jordanian Dollar
we plastered that stuff on and I think I had more fun playing with the mud and plastering that stuff on, that it took awhile for it to dry. Even though I had fun putting the mud on, I obviously didn't have as much fun as old Arabian guy, who put it all over his body and sat down and was still baking in the sun when we left almost 2.5 hours later from when he put it on, I guess he wants really, really young looking skin.

There are not a whole lot of pictures from today's adventure.

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