Crossing Jordan

I visited Jordan in 2011, but my post on Jordan is limited, as I was so fascinated with Syrian heritage (which is now destroyed by the civil war). In a nutshell, I arrived in Jordan from Syria

On guard in Jerash

More Roman columns

Jerash amphitheatre

Jerash Collanade

Who needs a life jacket anyway

Madaba pots!

Madaba mosaics

So which camel trail do we take?

Illuminated Petra in the evening

The Petra Siq

Petra Bedouins offering rides to the tourists

Traveling through Wadi Rum – the 7th pillars?

Camp fire in Wadi Rum with our native host.

Early start for our camel trail in Wadi Rum

Looking for a bit of desert in Amman

Aqaba beach, just across from Egypt

by bus, the day the Arab Spring erupted in Daraa, Syria, and I entered Jordan from Daraa.   Anyway, I am alive and kicking now and still traveling around Arabia.

Regardless of that, this post is about Jordan, and my visit to the country that is famous for Petra. where Hollywood sometimes makes movies, Indiana Jones and Transporter used Petra as the background. However, Jordan is not only about Petra, it is also about other places that are equally fascinating such as Jerash as well as equally historical such as Madaba and Al Karak, or even the experience of floating in the Dead Sea or riding camels  in Wadi Rum, crossing the desert.

The pictures above are where we visited in Jordan as captured by my camera in 2011.

I will post more stories on Jordan in time, however this is the post on Jordan so far:

• 5 Day Photo Challenge: Petra from Above
• Camel Ride at Wadi Rum
• Crossing Jordan
• Desert Landscape

Historical map of Jordan: