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Petra - “A Rose-Red City Half As Old As Time”
- August 1st, 2009
4 August 2008: You can’t go to Jordan without visiting the majestic and ancient city of Petra.
Petra is a famous city carved out of stone, hidden by towering sandstone mountains in Jordan. This historical site was unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced to the West by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. [...] Read More
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The Dead Sea: A Health Spa Since Thousands Of Years Ago
- August 1st, 2009
2 August 2008: One of the places we really liked in Jordan was the Dead Sea! Where else could you float automatically but there? You must experience this place at least once in your life.
The Dead Sea is one of the saltiest places on earth. Its surface and shores are 422 m below sea level - [...] Read More
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A HOT Day In The Well-Preserved Ancient City Of Jerash
- August 1st, 2009
1 August 2008: We paid 30 Jordanian dinars (~US$42) to a taxi driver to drive us to the well-preserved ancient city of Jerash, 48 km north of Amman.
Jerash is known for the ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa, also referred to as Antioch on the Golden River.
The big dampener was the hot weather. It [...] Read More
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The Ancient & The New: Citadel, Temple Of Hercules & Mecca Mall
- August 1st, 2009
31 July 2008: Amman has a mix of the modern and the ancient. Taxis in Amman are modern compared to Egypt’s 30-40-year-old Ladas. Amman even has a few shopping centers, with Mecca Mall being the largest and newest shopping mall in Amman.
When we stepped into Mecca Mall, the feeling was strange, after not being in [...] Read More
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