Last evening we arrived in Jordan. We spent one night in the capital city of Amman. We were pretty much asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillows, but this morning we were up early to beat the crowds to one of the main sites – the Roman Theatre.
We then started our journey south, stopping along the way at a few places. The first was Madaba, a town that is famous for mosaics. In one of the churches they discovered the oldest map in Palestine, crafted from mosaic stones in AD 560.
Next we checked out Mount Nebo, where Moses is said to have seen the Promised Land.
We followed the road down to the lowest point on earth – the Dead Sea. We floated in the bath temperature water then exfoliated our bodies with Dead Sea mud. I could have soaked for longer, but robO had some cuts that were burning from the salt. At one point I licked my finger and it was honestly the saltiest thing I’ve ever tasted in my life. RobO also accidentally got some water in his eye and I can’t repeat what he said due to the G rating of this blog.
We are now in Wadi Musa, which is the small town outside of Petra. We’re gearing up to go to Petra tomorrow morning for sunrise.
Cue the Indiana Jones theme song.
Oh my goodness! Black!
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