How about a video of me holding a 20lb rock – unsuccessfully trying to sink myself in the ultra-buoyant dead sea? Hopefully that will be entertaining and educational enough to hold everyone off until I arrive back home sometime late tomorrow night.

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Two days ago I was standing alone on the steps of the Treasury at Petra. The images still awe me, more so this 2nd visit than the 1st. Below is a brief description along with 3 YouTube videos explaining why.

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My feet are sore, my shoulders are stiff, yet my spirit soars like an eagle. And while now physically in Aqaba, part of my mind is still a bit on Petra. Here’s an explanation why – followed by some neat pictures:

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At Jerash today, we saw a re-enactment of Roman soldiering, gladiators fighting, chariots racing, guards playing bagpipes – and yours truly singing – and I got most of it onYouTube!

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Imagine walking where Jesus walked. That’s where I was today when I looked over into the Golan Heights and onto mount Tabor from Umm Qais ( أم قيس) located on the site of the ruined Greco-Roman city of Gadara (sometimes, incorrectly Gedara), a semi-autonomous city of the Roman Decapolis.

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I’m happy to announce that my late night efforts to create a WIKI of the places, faces, culture and cuisine that is Jordan is done – or at least done enough to provide me on-demand, encyclopedic information on and about my upcoming journey to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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