Amman
August 8, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Visiting Jerash
August 9, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Jerash: an entire Roman city
Ajloun castle
August 9, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Well preserved interesting castle, a nice cool breeze was very welcome
Mosaic morning in Madaba
August 10, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We spent wednesday morning hunting for mosaics in byzantine churches in Madaba. Everything is well arranged for the mosaic hunter.
First day in Petra
August 10, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Viviana and I visited Petra about 25 years ago but Marcello and Maddalena were awed at seeing the Treasury at the end of the Siq. Then we mounted to the high sacrifice site for a view of Petra fromRead more
Second day in Petra
August 11, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
First, hard climb to the wonderful Monastery. At the top, each of us gurgled down a half liter bottle of fresh liquid in a handful of seconds :-)
Next, we spent a few hours exploring temples andRead more
Desert castles 1: Qasr Al-Kharana
August 12, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Nice "castle", actually a building where delegations met
Desert castles 2: Qusayr Amra
August 12, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Highly unexpected, wonderful frescoes dating 7th century in the baths. Naturalistic scenes, mostly hunting, and peculiar features such as a musician bear applauded by a monkey (astoundingly similar toRead more
Desert castles 3: Qasr al Azraq
August 12, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
This basalt fort is not overwhelmingly interesting. Lawrence of Arabia spent a winter here. We noticed the swinging solid-rock doors and the rock beams supporting vaults and ceilings (wood is not easyRead more
Dead Sea
August 13, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Relaxing at the Dead Sea: mud baths and floating on the (more than warm) Dead Sea water.
Antique Amman
August 13, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Last day in Jordan: Wadi Mujib
August 14, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Just a single photo at the Wadi Mujib cascade. The wet trail is wonderful and some stamina is required to climb against the water flow. The trail was too wet to get phones out of the wateproof bag,Read more
