JordaniaAl KarakMalagi31°27’28” N 35°35’4” E
14 sierpnia 2022, Jordania ⋅ ☀️ 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, Czytaj więcej
JordaniaAmman GovernorateJabal al Qal‘ahWādī Şafrā’31°57’12” N 35°56’6” E
13 sierpnia 2022, Jordania ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
JordaniaMuḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’SweimehWādī ad Durdūr31°42’30” N 35°34’60” E
13 sierpnia 2022, Jordania ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Relaxing at the Dead Sea: mud baths and floating on the (more than warm) Dead Sea water.
JordaniaMuḩāfaz̧at az Zarqā’Al Azraq ash ShamālīQaşr al Azraq31°52’48” N 36°49’36” E
12 sierpnia 2022, Jordania ⋅ ☀️ 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 easy Czytaj więcej
JordaniaMuḩāfaz̧at az Zarqā’Qaşr ‘Amrah31°48’8” N 36°35’15” E
12 sierpnia 2022, Jordania ⋅ ☀️ 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 to Czytaj więcej
JordaniaAmman GovernorateQaşr al Ḩarrānah31°43’42” N 36°27’48” E
12 sierpnia 2022, Jordania ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Nice "castle", actually a building where delegations met
JordaniaMuḩāfaz̧at Ma‘ānUmm ŞayḩūnAs Sīq30°19’24” N 35°27’6” E
11 sierpnia 2022, Jordania ⋅ ☀️ 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 and Czytaj więcej
JordaniaMuḩāfaz̧at Ma‘ānUmm ŞayḩūnAs Sīq30°19’18” N 35°27’6” E
10 sierpnia 2022, Jordania ⋅ ☀️ 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 from Czytaj więcej
JordaniaMuḩāfaz̧at Ma’dabāḨayy al HāshimīArchaeological Park31°43’0” N 35°47’42” E
10 sierpnia 2022, Jordania ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We spent wednesday morning hunting for mosaics in byzantine churches in Madaba. Everything is well arranged for the mosaic hunter.
JordaniaAjlounKhirbat Abū ḨadīdQal‘at ‘Ajlūn32°19’33” N 35°43’39” E
9 sierpnia 2022, Jordania ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Well preserved interesting castle, a nice cool breeze was very welcome
