Last day in Amman

On our final day in the country, we tried to do the things we hadn’t done yet.

Umm Qais

To my eyes, not enough of Gadara has been excavated.

Dead Sea mud and Jesus stuff

Forgive my feigned nonchalance in the title of this post. It was our joke of the morning, but we were humbled by afternoon. Read on to find out what I mean. Forgive me also for the extraordinary length of this post, and I hope you can find the time to read the whole thing because […]

Driving to the Dead Sea

Margaret’s house survived, but we spent days worrying.

Dana Biosphere Reserve

I got up close and personal.

Dana Village

Wadi Dana Eco-camp has been created in a way that is sensitive to the natural environment and local heritage.

From sand to sea

We did not do much today, and it was a nice break. We met Nashat after breakfast and found our way out of the desert of Wadi Rum and hit the highways. We drove for a few hours to Aqaba. Checked in early to our hotel, got free passes to a resort, then took off […]

Wadi Rum

I was especially looking forward to our time in this desert, and pleased that Nashat had arranged for us to stay two nights. I woke up very early and refreshed this morning, and went out into the desert with my camera in time to take sunrise photos. It was not an original thought, and several other […]

Petra and desert camping

It is not known precisely when Petra was built.

More castles, a miracle, and Petra at night

We left Amman today and headed south. In no time we had left the greener hills of the north and saw instead wide, flat vistas of dry desert rock. It looked as though the land was farmed, because a lot of it was plowed. We couldn’t see anything growing, however, and Nashat wasn’t sure what […]