Experience the journey that is Jordan
Posted in Experience the Journey, Links on Apr 24th, 2008
This is not a trick question: what does a Christian, Malaysian mother and homeschooler living in Thailand do on her first day experiencing the journey that is Jordan? Why visit the Jordan Archaeological Museum, Citadel Hill, and the Amman Amphitheater of course … and then blog about it with fun photos and everything.
Posted in Experience the Journey, Links on Apr 21st, 2008
There are neighborhood mosques everywhere in Amman. That shouldn’t surprise anyone. Many of them are striking and quite beautiful. But there are also some cool churches. Here are some steeples with the Amman cityscape in the background. I found these towards the top of Jebel Ashrafiyeh within blocks of each other and also the Abu Darwish Mosque. I think these speak for themselves.
Posted in Day 2 - the Dead Sea, Experience the Journey, Links on Apr 17th, 2008
I have done many crazy things – but I would have to rate swimming in the dead sea as one of my highlights … I have seen on TV when I was a kid, people reading books as they float in the Dead Sea … but its crazy, you float so high in the water that one can easily sit there and read a book
Posted in Experience the Journey, Links on Apr 16th, 2008
Wow, what a great way to spend one’s retirement, seeing the world through a VW Camper with stops all through Jordan, including the city of mosaics known as Madaba. At least that’s the last known location of Gary and Joan who stopped to write and post a photo or three over on their blog Africa Overland 08.
Posted in Dean's blog, Experience the Journey, Links on Apr 14th, 2008
Getting married? Want to honeymoon someplace spectacularly more memorable than the Magic Kingdom for about the same price? Then how about a couple of weeks exploring the wonders Jordan has to offer? A point well made by a recent post entitled “Honeymooning Outside of the Box” on a blog entitled D.C. NearlyWeds.
Posted in Jordan Travel News, Links on Feb 27th, 2008
Jordan’s tourism sector is a $2.3 billion industry and makes around 14.5 percent of the country’s GDP, but is set to increase higher as more plush hotels and better infrastructure is put in place. It is with this in mind the Jordan Travel Mart (JTM) was held at the Dead Sea’s high-tech King Hussein Ben Talal Convention Center, 10-12 February, that has proved a unique venue of bringing Jordanian tourism professionals and travel operators from the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina for the event – the Jordan Travelmart
Posted in Links on Mar 3rd, 2004
Ever worry about offendnig someone by calling them a cow when you meant to say good morning? That sorta explains where I’m at. Fortunately, I found a nice little English to Arabic Dictionary … with real audio even.
Beautiful language, once you learn how to use the back of your throat and growl out some of [...]
Posted in Links on Mar 2nd, 2004
If you live anywhere near New York City, you should consider visiting the Petra Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History.
It runs until July 6, 2004. If you won’t get to go see the exhibit, you can still visit the website, which has some very cool panoramic pictures that [...]
Posted in Links on Mar 2nd, 2004
Here is an online archaeological book, in Adobe PDF format, that I wish I had found a couple weeks ago, ‘East of the Jordan – Territories and Sites of the Hebrew Scriptures’ by Burton MadDonald.
From the introduction of the book:
“One cannot do archaeological work in Jordan for long and have an interest in biblical [...]
Posted in Links on Mar 1st, 2004
Here is the link to the blogJordan photo gallery for your bookmarking convenience.
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