While many do not visit Jordan – we did and to me this place is full of history with the Roman columns in Jerash. People are mostly friendly – not every spoke in English but it’s pretty safe I can boldly tell even though we see a lot of not so nice reports of Jordan in the papers and news. While most people come with their tour guides and in tour buses – I prefer traveling with a small group of friends and explore and take in the sights and sounds of places that I go – of course we still hired a guide – but having to pay a private guide we felt it was much more worthwhile.
We had a good guide – his name was Amran – I think and he spoke fluent English and albeit and accent – we understood him perfectly. This is by the way – the Roman Plaza – now on the way back to Jerusalem was the tricky part – the weather was extremely hot in the summer and the crossing took us an hour. Plus you are not to cross after 5pm – for prayer reasons I think – but I`m not too sure.
At the crossing – of Jerusalem.
We headed to the Archeologist Park the next day and although the group was tired – I was getting way too hot and wanted to go shopping. And there are shopping to be done in Jerusalem alright! but the haggling part is definitely an art – especially when most of the shop keepers don`t speak in English.
Yes, more ruins – this is the city of David and I have to warn you – if you are someone who don`t like trying new food – Jordan or Jerusalem is not for you.
