One week in beautiful Jordan! If you haven’t been there, you should go as well. Mainly because of two reasons:
#1: It’s amazing!
#2: I promised a guide that I’ll tell my friends to come as well
Jerash – An ancient center of the old world, between Damascus, Baghdad and PetraThe temple of Artemis (Godess of fertility) in the ancient city of JerashView from the ancient to the new city of JerashCardo Maximus – The perfectly engineered main street from 2000 years agoBack in the city of Amman, capital of Jordan and home to over 4 million JordaniansOn the citadel of Amman, where the city was founded, named as “Philadelphia”On the way home through the hills and valleys of the huge cityView from mount Nebo down to the holy land – the same view as Moses had to the promised land, with Jericho and the Dead Sea (not in the picture, as it was a bit dusty)A well named store in the city of MadabaMight be of interestIn the Mosque of MadabaFresh lambCoffee break in the center of MadabaThe before visited Mosque, seen from the roof top barOn the way to the Dead Sea, where surprisingly it was offered…Why not?On the top of the Kerak Castle – in the middle of the mountainous JordanFood stopThe famous Siq (narrow entrance, around 1.2 km length) and the even more famous Al Khazneh (“Treasury”, even it was built as a tomb for a king, over 2000 years ago)The treasury in Petra, also known from Indiana Jones and other moviesBut Petra is a lot more – around 8000 tombs, distributed over a huge area. Here are some tombs for the not so rich familiesThe city reaches over several mountains. Through this path, we reached…… the so called “Monastery” (formerly also built as a kings tomb)Some centuries after the first settlements, the romans came and built their temples and roads between the city of PetraOverlooking the city of Petra with some tombs and temples down the roadThe “Palace tomb”, one of the famous “Royal tombs”, where some kings and their families were buriedOn the next day we visitied “Little Petra”, where the trade was held during this eraA musicianIn Wadi Rum, a beautiful desert in the southern part of the countryThe different choices of travelWadi RumWe slept in the beduin camp – the sky was clear and brightened by the starsJust two more hours away, we took a swim in the Red SeaOn the next day we flew back to Amman… and visitied the King Abdullah I Mosque, where the friday prayer has just finished.
Gomi underwäx 