http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Jordan en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 01:53:11 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:53:11 +0000 Aqaba Jordon is at the head of Red Sea and the port access to Petra an ancient marvel requiring several hours of travel. We board our buses at 820 and begin the 2 hour bus ride north from Aqaba Jordons only Port City. Along the way we learn about this storied land how its history and people are told in the Bible and as we pass the road to Wadi Rum how modern tales have been told about http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/South/Aqaba/blog-786072.html After three days of sailing up the Red Sea we arrived in Aqaba Jordan. The city was filled with half a million tourists celebrating a local holiday. It was a good day to head out of town to the desert. Yazeed was our Jordanian guide. He is a Muslim who was educated in Britain and is married to a Spanish Catholic woman and has some very interesting ideas about the Middle East. He calls the Arab Sp http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/South/Wadi-Rum/blog-786062.html Resumo Queria muito trabalhar Aqui no me sinto em 39casa39 Vou seguir o meu 39feeling39. Estou bem. Estava com a sensao de viajar por quase 2 meses mas no. Na verdade estou sem voluntariar h 1 ms e meio. Desde que descobri que Nambia no era o meu lugar o vento me trouxe aqui Oriente Mdio. No Egito senti que eu poderia fazer algo por l mas fiquei meio obce http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/East/blog-785125.html We left Madaba to Amman where we would spend our last two nights in Jordan. The journey is coming to a close. We made one stop just out of Madaba at Mt. Nebo. The place where Moses apparently first laid eyes on the promised land before dying. There isn39t much to see there. Some mosaics and a viewpoint looking over Israel but it was neat to be in such a significant biblical place. I suppose http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/North/Jerash/blog-784920.html Petra MadabaOur group had pretty much dispersed at the top of Petra and we all made our way back to town at our leisure with no plans until suppertime. Mom and I grabbed some fruit at a shop then headed to the hotel to escape the heat and wash away the dust and sweat from our excursion. We had a nap before going to a cafe to just chill out for a little while. It wasn39t long before a couple o http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/North/blog-784913.html Ever since I was a teenager and realized the 39temple of the crescent moon39 was actually a real place I have wanted to go to Jordan to see Petra. I admit like many other tourists a movie inspired me to go to a place. I loved the adventure of Indiana Jones and always wanted to have adventures just like them. As a child I must have watched those movies a hundred times each and in my child3 http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/blog-784864.html Diving in the spectacular Red Sea Safari driving with minors absorbing the enchanting Petra and floating in the Dead SeaAfter a long Easter Sunday bus day where the best we could do for Easter Eggs were Kinder Surprises we were refreshed and ready for our jam packed day of adventure. Very excited but a little nervous about our intro dive we got saddled up into our wetsuits weight belts and t http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/South/Petra/blog-784821.html My main reason for visiting Jordan other than living out my Lawrence of Arabia fantasy was to visit Petra. Petra is an incredible Nabatean city carved out of the cliffs dating back to the first century BCE. There are still Bedouin who live in the caves of Petra making this a city that has been inhabited for at least 2500 years.To that end I had arranged with my hotel to hire a taxi http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/South/Petra/blog-784105.html Its difficult to go back and write about my previous travels when I am still on the road especially when the countries are so different. However I know if I procrastinate until I am home I will forget even more detail than I have already and might even decide I39m too caught up with life to sit down and write.We were only in Jordan for five or six days. It went by way too fast. We arrived at http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/South/Wadi-Rum/blog-783858.html I was a young teenager when I first saw the movie Lawrence of Arabia and fell immediately in love with Peter OToole as only a teenage girl can. In fact if you mention Lawrence of Arabia to any woman of a certain age she will get a spark in her eye and sigh Yes Peter OToole. 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