Blogs from Amman, North, Jordan, Middle East - page 4

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 Green Olive Tours, who evidently subcontracted with a local company called Discover Jordan, and there was a lack of communication between the two companies, because what Mohammed described was not what we had booked. Mohammed was just a driver, not a guide, and our tour was supposed to include a guide. Susan got Mohammed to call his boss at Discover Jordan and ... read more

Geo: 30.5852, 36.2384Met the group last night. A nice mix of folks from everywhere from Tasmania to the U.S. Once again a well traveled group and all fairly young (compared to me:).Jordan is very interesting. A population of around 8 million plus about 5 million Palestinian refugees from the 1948 and 1967 wars and more recently about 2 million Syrian refugees. There is also a large Egyptian population, many have come because they can get jobs here. The refugees are a huge burden on the Jordanian economy although they get funding from the U.S., Israel, Britain and a few other countries. We have a packed itinerary today but return to Amman for one more night before heading south to Petra and then to the Red Sea. Hopefully the weather will improve so we can go snorkeling.Today ... read more

Over the last two days we continued our journey through the wonderful country of Jordan. Yesterday we visited Mt. Nebo, the traditional site from where Moses first gazed upon the Promised Land, and the city of Madaba. Madaba is most famous for the mosaic map of the Holy Land on the Byzantine Church of St. George. Today, we visited the ancient cities of Amman and Jerash; these sites mark the final two stops on this two month journey throughout Turkey, Greece and the Holy Land. I have done my best to capture some of the sights, sounds, feelings and spirituality of this journey of learning and pilgrimage. As I come to the end of this journey, I find myself short on words. Thank you for allowing me to share a bit of this experience with you. ... read more

ItsSunday morning 7 am went to bed last night about 7pm straight after tea we all had kebabs (cubes of meat ) but with no stick it was delicious abrahams choice yesterday we didnt do what we intended, we walked in the morning to a greek orthodox church which has the oldest map of Palestine in the world in the form of a mosaic on the floor then we walked back to the hotel in 2 groups i went with the boys and the others went later both groups got lost and we walked in circles for about an hour till jordan remembered seeing a sign of the hotel next to ours Delilah and the other group arived just before us just after we got back Abraham apeared and so we all got into 2 vehicles ... read more

Finally arrived in amman airport after 12hr flight from KL arrived 5am this morning and moved into our hotel Mariam in madaba 34 km from Amman we are about to have breakfast although we are alone in the dining room as it is Ramadam here and no-one eats or drinks from sunrise to sunset for 1 month when Abraham gets here about 10am we are going to amman to see the roman ruins of citadel and theatre and to the Jabock river... read more