Jordan in Jordan, Part 1: Amman and Aqaba


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July 14th 2010
Published: July 22nd 2010
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*Found camera cord, so we're off! Tuesday before last, Mar and I left for five days in Jordan. 45 minutes after leaving Jerusalem, Jordan was crossing the Jordan to go to Jordan. It was a cosmic alignment... even if the Jordan itself was hardly cosmic in scale or impact (it looks more like a tiny green creek than any proper river). We took a shared taxi-van to the border station (in the Jordan... Read Full Entry



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Mar and I spent the evening up on that roof terrace on the right.
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KITTENS

Hungry kittens
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Insistent kittens
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Bedouin Garden Village Hotel

Built to look like a tiny village
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Lounging at the Pool

Chased away by the hot, sandy wind
The COLOUR!The COLOUR!
The COLOUR!

From the hotel roof
Back in the MountainsBack in the Mountains
Back in the Mountains

En route to Petra!
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Roadside Camel

No big deal.



22nd July 2010

I had a similar experience when I first saw the Tiber to when you first saw the Jordan. The Tiber is a scummy, green, body of water that I tempted to describe as being grey, green and greasy, though not set about with fever trees. the Tiber was definitely wider than the Jordan looks in your picture though.
27th July 2010

jorman in jordan! lovely photos as always. you do a great job of recapping all your adventures! i like the cosmic alliance of jordan in jordan as well (obv.) much love!

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