Blogs from Amman, North, Jordan, Middle East - page 21

It’s 7:15a now and I just got back from breakfast. As I approached my room I noticed that the carpet in front of my door was darker in that circular pattern that can only mean one thing - flooding. But wait - I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start with my arrival in Jordan 36 hours ago where I watched the carousel go ‘round and ‘round until it stopped without producing my cherished luggage. I filled out my “lost luggage” form like a good boy (along with 20 other people) and was assured that my bag would be on the next flight which occurs in **24 hours**. I had to work yesterday, and did so wearing what I flew in, REI hiking shorts and a silk button-down short-sleeved shirt. Could have been worse. My bags were ... read more

The serviced taxi ride from Damascus to Amman was looking to be a disaster. Picture a big-bellied driver, a big-bellied Jordanian riding shotgun, and me in the back riding thigh-to-thigh with two Jordanian men. Throw in a lack of AC in the Middle Eastern sun and a permanent stream of cigarette smoke, the next 3 hours of my life crossing into Jordan were 3 hours I would have paid to skip. The man in the front made no efforts to acknowledge my existence, the man to my right was thinner than me and also seemed glued to his cell phone. After some rather hopeless attempts at communication, I sort of just gave up and relinquished myself to misery until the man on my left busted out with some admirable English. At first glance he is the ... read more

This last week has been pretty rough. This will probably be my last entry. Things with my dad are up and down. He is just kind of hanging in there. So, I am not sure what will happen. I am still recovering from being sick. I haven't really left the building but like 2 times in 4 or 5 days. I've just been working on homework, with no pressure thanks to my wonderful professor, and trying to avoid bad smelling food. We are leaving Monday mornging at about 12:05pm. Tomorrow is our farewell banquet, but I am not sure how many people will actually be going. About half of our group has came down with the virus, the word on the street is that it is the rotavirus, which normally kids get, but adults can get ... read more

nothing really happened today. we had paper #2 due at 6:00pm so, most of the day was spent staying in doing that. alot of us were finished by like 12 or 1. we ate lunch some people went to the mall, i took a nap and did some other reading. then went to dinner at pizza hut...ate some gelato, of course:) then hung out, right now it is 11:00pm, and i'm a bit sleepy. sorry this blog is a bit disappointing, it's been a weird day.... read more

Yesterday we went to the Dead Sea! It was really cool. For some of those who do not know much about it I will tell you. For starters it is the lowest point on the earth I believe. The neatest thing about it is you really cannot do much in it except for float! It is so full of salt and so bouyant that you can't swim, drown, or hardly move! It was quite an experience. My favorite part is that nothing is alive in it, so I do not have to worry about creatures bothering me:) It is also said that the mud from the sea can be used for a nice skin treatment, which many of my classmates covered themselves from head to toe! This made great pictures:) We were told that it will ... read more