Amman
8 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 31 °C
Visiting Jerash
9 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 29 °C
Jerash: an entire Roman city
Ajloun castle
9 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 29 °C
Well preserved interesting castle, a nice cool breeze was very welcome
Mosaic morning in Madaba
10 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 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
10 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 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 fromLeggi altro
Second day in Petra
11 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 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 andLeggi altro
Desert castles 1: Qasr Al-Kharana
12 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 29 °C
Nice "castle", actually a building where delegations met
Desert castles 2: Qusayr Amra
12 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 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 toLeggi altro
Desert castles 3: Qasr al Azraq
12 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 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 easyLeggi altro
Dead Sea
13 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 29 °C
Relaxing at the Dead Sea: mud baths and floating on the (more than warm) Dead Sea water.
Antique Amman
13 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 27 °C
Last day in Jordan: Wadi Mujib
14 agosto 2022, Giordania
☀️ 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,Leggi altro
