A pilgrimage starting?
October 8, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
At Kansas City airport waiting for American Airlines to fly me to Chicago on the way to Amman, Jordan. My return to the Mideast is starting. Miixed emotions, after 41 years: excited, yet apprehensive,Read more
Chicago O'Hare, Tired AF
October 8, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Long layover to be followed by an 11 hours flight to Amman. Honey is tired and the floor seems to be as good a place as any to take a load off
The lowest land point in the world
October 9, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
On the way to the north-east shore of the Dead Sea. Ours is the Kempynski Ishtar Hotel, among a cluster of luxury hotels in the hotel zone on the Jordan side of the Dead Sea. Today a red haze isRead more
Kempynski Hotel, the Dead Sea
October 9, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
The evening is very warm and the hotel is beautiful. Amman is at least an hour away so we are restricted to the hotel which is not a bad thing 😁😁
Obelisk Restaurant, Kempynski Ishtar
October 9, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ 🌙 29 °C
It's buffet food, but it's really well done. A lot of Middle Eastern cuisine, which Laura, Dee Ann and I love. After the bad food on the plane this was very nice
