JordâniaMuḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’SweimehWādī Mukhayriş31°43’12” N 35°35’7” E
27 de setembro de 2019, Jordânia ⋅ ⛅ 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 seatsLeia mais
JordâniaMuḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’SweimehWādī Mukhayriş31°43’11” N 35°35’12” E 28 de setembro de 2019, Jordânia ⋅ 108 °F
We will stop on our return to check out Doha, forging on this morning to Amman.
JordâniaMuḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’SweimehWādī Dayr ‘Allā31°42’52” N 35°35’7” E 29 de setembro de 2019, Jordânia ⋅ 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 hourLeia mais
JordâniaMuḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’SweimehWādī Dayr ‘Allā31°42’52” N 35°35’7” E
29 de setembro de 2019, Jordânia ⋅ 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 toLeia mais
JordâniaMa’dabāAl Kātidrā’īyah al Yūnānīyah al Urthudhuksīyah31°43’4” N 35°47’39” E
30 de setembro de 2019, Jordânia ⋅ 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,Leia mais
JordâniaMuḩāfaz̧at Ma’dabāḨayy al Fayşalīyah al JadīdŞiyāghah31°46’6” N 35°43’32” E
30 de setembro de 2019, Jordânia ⋅ 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/basilicaLeia mais
JordâniaAmman GovernorateḨayy Umm Udhaynah ash Sharqī31°57’28” N 35°52’37” E
30 de setembro de 2019, Jordânia ⋅ 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 rentedLeia mais
JordâniaJerashḨayy al BaladSāḩat al Ma‘bad32°16’53” N 35°53’32” E
JordâniaAmman GovernorateJabal al Qal‘ahWādī Şafrā’31°57’9” N 35°56’6” E
1 de outubro de 2019, Jordânia ⋅ 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 theLeia mais
JordâniaAmman GovernorateAl MashtáQueen Alia International Airport31°43’20” N 35°59’10” E
2 de outubro de 2019, Jordânia ⋅ 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 hoursLeia mais
