• Pharaohs & Pyramids
    Having a Jordanian falafel from The Falafel House
    The Dead Sea and (unable to see today), the east coast of IsraelGreeter at our Dead Sea hotel with a refreshing beverageBasking in the mud before heading back for a float in the Dead SeaOur resort in the foreground. Twinkling lights of Jerusalem is the background.

    Dead Sea, Jordan

    Feb 7–8 in Jordan ⋅ 🌬 64 °F

    We’ve left the crazy, busy Cairo for a much more serene Ammun, Jordan.  After a short bus ride from the airport, we are at the Dead Sea. It’s a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, the West Bank to the west and Israel to the southwest. The lake's surface is 1,443 ft below sea level,making its shores the lowest land-based elevation on earth. It’s about 9–10 times saltier than the ocean (around 34% salinity), which is why people float effortlessly.Read more