JordaniëMuḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’SweimehWādī Mukhayriş31°43’12” N 35°35’7” E
27 september 2019, Jordanië ⋅ ⛅ 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 seatsMeer informatie
JordaniëMuḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’SweimehWādī Mukhayriş31°43’11” N 35°35’12” E 28 september 2019, Jordanië ⋅ 108 °F
We will stop on our return to check out Doha, forging on this morning to Amman.
JordaniëMuḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’SweimehWādī Dayr ‘Allā31°42’52” N 35°35’7” E 29 september 2019, Jordanië ⋅ 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 hourMeer informatie
JordaniëMuḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’SweimehWādī Dayr ‘Allā31°42’52” N 35°35’7” E
29 september 2019, Jordanië ⋅ 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 toMeer informatie
JordaniëMa’dabāAl Kātidrā’īyah al Yūnānīyah al Urthudhuksīyah31°43’4” N 35°47’39” E
30 september 2019, Jordanië ⋅ 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,Meer informatie
JordaniëMuḩāfaz̧at Ma’dabāḨayy al Fayşalīyah al JadīdŞiyāghah31°46’6” N 35°43’32” E
30 september 2019, Jordanië ⋅ 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/basilicaMeer informatie
JordaniëAmman GovernorateḨayy Umm Udhaynah ash Sharqī31°57’28” N 35°52’37” E
30 september 2019, Jordanië ⋅ 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 rentedMeer informatie
JordaniëJerashḨayy al BaladSāḩat al Ma‘bad32°16’53” N 35°53’32” E
1 oktober 2019, Jordanië ⋅ 73 °F
Jerash was a Roman provincial city of the Decapolis located north of Amman and these ruins date from the 1st century AD. It is the most well-preserved Roman city of the Middle East. Hadrian'sMeer informatie
JordaniëAmman GovernorateJabal al Qal‘ahWādī Şafrā’31°57’9” N 35°56’6” E
1 oktober 2019, Jordanië ⋅ 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 theMeer informatie
JordaniëAmman GovernorateAl MashtáQueen Alia International Airport31°43’20” N 35°59’10” E
2 oktober 2019, Jordanië ⋅ 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 hoursMeer informatie
