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October 10th 2016

Published: June 11th 2017

We enjoyed breakfast in the hotel this morning at 7:30 with our fellow travellers Meredith and Graham, then met Mohammed (not our trip leader Mohammed, but a different Mohammed, who is from the tour company we booked our day tour of Amman with). There was some confusion at the start as he didn't seem to know what our tour was supposed to include. We booked a day tour of Amman with a company called... Read Full Entry

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Lori & Susan

Waddads Travel

Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. - Miriam Beard. We are Lori and Susan - welcome to our Waddads Travel blogs! We are from New Westminster, BC, Canada, and we both love to travel. Our travels so far have taken us to the US, Mexico, Cuba, Turkey, London, Bangkok, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Paris, Ireland, Amsterdam, and Kenya. We look forward to many more trips, and the opportunity to experience new countries and to meet new people along the way. We hope you enjoy travel... full info

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Family at the Temple of Hercules

They handed Susan the little boy for a photo.

Coffin

The three names for Amman

I accidentally deleted the photo of Rabbath-Ammon so I found this one online.

Lori at the Citadel

Jordanian flag in the background.

Susan at the Citadel

Selfe

Temple of Hercules

Jordan Archaeological Museum

This museum is at the Citadel

Archeological Museum

Archeological museum

Found at Ain Ghazal. 8000 years old!

Ain Ghazal faces

Ain Ghazal bust

Circa 6500 BCE

View from the Citadel

Umayyad Palace

Inside the Umayyad Palace

The original stone roof was destroyed millennia ago in an earthquake, replaced by this wooden roof fairly recently.

Umayyad Palace

Residential area around the Palace

Umayyad cistern

Held a massive amount of water

City View with Jordanian flag

Inside of the Odean

The Citadel walls

Taken from the Roman Theatre far below

Lori at the Roman Theatre

10th October 2016

Faye
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Thanks Lori, that's you and I!

10th October 2016

Faye
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Looks very appetizing!

10th October 2016

Faye
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Looks yummy - Susan I hope you are getting a recipe book!

11th October 2016

Faye
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It was great talking to you last night. I can hear the enjoyment in your voice. No wonder, so many exciting interesting days. Good luck on the camel!

11th October 2016

Faye
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Very stylish Susan!

11th October 2016

Faye
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That will be neat in Vancouver!

11th October 2016

cynthiawishart
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The meal looks so good that I can almost taste it! Thank you for the wonderful blogs as well. We can share a part of your journey this way.

11th October 2016

cynthiawishart
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Lori, next book club we expect some of this delightful dessert!

11th October 2016

waddads
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Hah, I don't know how to make it!Sent from my iPad

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