Jordan Stories


Day 2 in Petra - So great, it deserves a second post

Usually, as much as I like a vacation spot, I don't like to go back. This is for two reasons: First, things are often not as good a second time so I don't want to tarnish the original good experience, and secondly, there are so many other places to go and see in the world. Well, I'd make an exception for Jordan. Petra was just one amazing hidden gem aft...


Petra is an art lover's beauty

The rest of our time in Cairo was fun and the whirling dervish troope was a gem -- down an alley and in an unheated venue with standing room only audience. An amazing experience of men whirling with beautiful layers of multicolored skirts in such a spiritual performance. I don't know how they do it but they apparently train for quite some time. So w...


Petra and tea with a Bedouin

Today me and Zoe are going to Petra, together with Eric from the trip to the Dead Sea three days ago. We left early in the morning at around 06:00 so we would miss the morning rush (Sunday is a working day in Arab countries). The road down was a boring 3 hour drive through nothing but fog and desert, with Zoe and Eric sleeping for most of way down. S...


Downtown Amman in the morning rain

Today it's raining, and according to the weather report it would continue to rain on and off for the whole day. So what better way than to spend the day on the streets of Downtown Amman? So I put on my rain gear, grabbed my camera and went out to defy the weather. I got some nice photos I think. At one point, while in the less wealthy areas of Amman,...