After my time in Syria i went back to Beirut where i was going to join a lebo tour group to Syria however i find out the roads are too dangerous to travel because the day before fighting occurred near the Syrian border between Sunnis and Shias and the tour group felt it was too dangerous to conduct the trip in such a situation.. So i was a bit stuck but slightly relieved as i never been a fan of tour groups purely because of the lack of freedom and the claustrophobic nature i have.
So i booked a flight to Amman, which i don’t regret now as it was an enjoyable experience! :P! Enough said use your imagination! Anyway after arriving and going to the Crowne Plaza, i hit the ‘down town’ and it was actually alot better than i thought, i never been a fan of Jordan, i just thought it didn’t offer much, but after spending a number of days here, i have began to see it in a completely different light. Geographically its in such an interesting position, its land boarders Palestine, Iraq, Saudi and Syria and also has its southern tip near Egypt across the water, its river provides all the water to Palestine and Occupied Palestine and the most impressive thing is that there are 4 million Palestine living in Jordan with a Jordanese passport and only 3 million Jordanese of Jordanese heritage, i think thats really impressive, if only the GCC countries would do something similar to alleviate the problems of the people of Palestine.
Anyway in the downtown area you will see a really dirty and grimey side of Jordan but i would say its one of the best sides, full of culture and commotion, you see all sorts of charachters and can get some real bargains, one of the funniest things was the number of illegal dvd shops there is there its so rife and for a country that’s so pro west its quiet surprising.
I would liken Jordan to Dubai, i think Dubai is the GCC revision of Amman, where it is modern but also trying to keep some Islamic identity however little...
Anyway the next day I went to Jeresh which is like an old Roman town, im not one for stuff like that but it was quite cool, and then went to the dead sea which was really cool, you cant swim for shit there and if you get anything in your eye your proper screwed, however despite all that its an experience that you need to encounter. I went to put the mud stuff on myself which is supposed to be really therapeutic, however i fell in one of the holes that someone made and i cut my knee, however because the water was so salty my wound healed within a few minutes it was amazing!
I was planning on doing other tours in Jordan and take it easy however as i was walking back to my hotel from a morning stroll i saw a travel tour company i went inside and saw they had trips to Palestine, they were really expensive but it was do-able, i was so excited, i transferred some money into my account and went ahead with it, i thought though i planned to do it i should not let this opportunity pass and i didn’t i took it and now i can’t wait to go to the holy land!
Anyway inshallah my next post will be on the holy land...
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