Tag: #travelinJordan
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New Friends in Jordan is a verbatim account of the traveling oddities that happened to me during the first part of my trip to Jordan. Specifically from when I went to Amman, Jerash, and the Dead Sea. I met interesting people, other travelers but also locals. In fact in the Dead Sea you really float,…
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Another unmissable and must-do moment on a trip to Jordan, in my opinion, is sleeping in Wadi Rum, in a Bedouin tented camp. Sleeping in Wadi Rum Maybe it was because I had not yet read The 7 Pillars of Wisdom, the beautiful autobiographical novel by the celebrated Lawrence of Arabia; maybe it was the…
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Bathing in the Dead Sea, is another must for a once-in-a-lifetime traveler. From Amman many people go to see castles in the desert or water springs, I chose to touch some places mentioned in the Bible (the Jordan River and Mount Nebo); the city of Madaba and especially the Dead Sea. Drivers and tour mates…
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Jerash Often not part of classic Jordan travel tours, while Jerash is a must-visit. Even the hour-long drive to get there from Amman was fun. The 15 bus(collective minivan) leaves when it is full. A little in and a little out of the door is a guy who organizes the ups and downs, calling for…
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I had long dreamed of a trip to the Middle East, which would later become one of my most popular areas. The why of the trip to the Middle East After a few years in which I had had to limit myself for various reasons, I had an incredible urge to discover some new countries,…
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Welcome in Jordan is the greeting I received very often on the street, from complete strangers in Jordan. It is the emblematic phrase of one of the friendliest people I have ever dealt with, but as are all Middle Easterners. It was a solo trip made in August 2014, lasted 8 days and I moved…