JordanBalqaSweimehWādī Mukheiriṣ31°43’12” N 35°35’7” E
September 27, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
We are off for two weeks in Jordan with a short side trip to Israel. The travel bloggers are right. Can’t beat Qatar business class QSuite. Philadelphia to Doha, Doha to Amman Jordan. Lie flat seatsRead more
JordanBalqaSweimehWādī Mukheiriṣ31°43’11” N 35°35’12” E September 28, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ 108 °F
We will stop on our return to check out Doha, forging on this morning to Amman.
JordanBalqaSweimehWādī Dayr ‘Allā31°42’52” N 35°35’7” E September 29, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ 73 °F
We arrived late last night. What better way to recover from a long flight than 36 hours at a spa hotel on the Dead Sea. The Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea in Sweimeh was perfect and less than an hourRead more
JordanBalqaSweimehWādī Dayr ‘Allā31°42’52” N 35°35’7” E
September 29, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ 77 °F
A full day at the hotel today. We made our way down to the Dead Sea where we, and everyone else, covered ourselves with black mud dredged up in buckets from the sea bed. People sit on the benches toRead more
JordanMadabaAl Kātidrā’īyah al Yūnānīyah al Urthudhuksīyah31°43’4” N 35°47’39” E
September 30, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ 66 °F
We hired a driver today to take us to a number of sites on the way to Amman. St. George's Greek Orthodox Basilica (19th c.) in Madaba houses the oldest map of Palestine in existence. The mosaics,Read more
JordanMadabaḨayy al Fayşalīyah al JadīdŞiyāghah31°46’6” N 35°43’32” E
September 30, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ 84 °F
Religious scholars have determined Mount Nebo is the place in Jordan from which Moses saw the Promised Land. The Book of Deuteronomy also says Moses died and was buried on Mt Nebo. A church/basilicaRead more
JordanAmmanḨayy Umm Udhaynah ash Sharqī31°57’28” N 35°52’37” E
September 30, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ 79 °F
A sprawling city below us from our room at the new St. Regis Amman. So much to see. The next day we had a guide to take us through parts of the city, including the fruit and vegetable souk. I rentedRead more
JordanJerashḨayy al BaladThe Temple Plaza32°16’53” N 35°53’32” E
JordanAmmanJabal al Qal‘ahWādī Şafrā’31°57’9” N 35°56’6” E
October 1, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ 84 °F
Ancient Amman. Jerash was to the north but Amman was itself a city of the Decapolis (a trading partnership, of sorts) . Continuously inhabited since 1800 BC (the Bronze Age), and referred to in theRead more
JordanAmmanAl MashtáQueen Alia International Airport31°43’20” N 35°59’10” E
October 2, 2019 in Jordan ⋅ 63 °F
We chose to fly from the Amman airport to Tel Aviv and backtrack to Jerusalem on a train. Much quicker than taking a cab to the Israeli border less than 30 miles away, but waiting for hours and hoursRead more
