If you’re a frequent visitor to LandLopers, then you know that I didn’t just enjoy my trip to Jordan earlier this year, I loved it. I’ve been looking through photos of the trip and reflecting on key moments, so I thought I would assemble a short list of what I love most about Jordan.
- Echoes of the unified call to prayer in Amman
- Mysterious and forlorn desert castles
- The sweetest of treats, Knafeh
- Baby camels
- Freshly made falafel
- Sleeping in a Bedouin tent in the desert
- Petra at dawn
- Sparkling sunset on the Dead Sea
Watching falcons soar at Dana Biosphere Reserve- Food, food and more food
- Remarkable mosaic floor of Madaba
- Retracing the footsteps of Moses on Mt. Nebo
- The unlikely but delicious wines of Jordan
- Baby camels
- Enjoying great conversation with friends over shisha
- Watching ful being made before enjoying this simple and tasty snack
- Roman soldiers at Jerash
Buying hot and savory bread by the kilo- Climbing the 800 stone steps to the Monastery at Petra
- Baby camels
- Rich and dark Bedouin style coffee
- Floating in the Dead Sea
- Exploring the moonscape of Wadi Rum Desert
- 360 degree view of Amman from atop the Citadel
- Snorkeling in the Red Sea
- Finding the best angle for a camel photo
- Buying freshly roasted nuts in Aqaba
- Petra at night
- Fresh watermelon at a roadside stand
- Baby camels
- Watching a million stars in the middle of Wadi Rum
- It’s a dry heat
- Dead sea mud spa treatment
- Amazing thermal waterfalls of Ma’In
Wandering the ruins of the Crusader castle at Karak- White cheese, there’s nothing like it anywhere else in the world
- Markets of Amman
- Boating on the Red Sea
- Entering the Siq at Petra
- Sunset at Petra, Wadi Rum, Dead Sea, Red Sea, Amman, you get the idea
- Enjoying a feast of mansaf with good friends
- Hummus for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Have you been to Jordan? What are some of your favorite things?
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But what about baby camels??
Sounds like Jordan has a lot of things to love!
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We are really hoping to make it to Jordan in 2012 and now we have 42 reasons to make it happen!
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Matt Long Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
You should, it’s such a great country.
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haha glad u enjoyed it here, and so true about baby camels, once i saw 2 of them playing with each other it was so cute!!
and lucky u got chance to sleep in Bedouin tent in desert, i live here and wish to do so, or at least have my mansaf there!
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Matt Long Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Wadi Rum is one of my favorite places anywhere. It was a real treat to be able to sleep there.
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Matt, this is perfectly timed! I’m spending Christmas in Jordan and you’ve gotten me so excited about it! I shall nail camel photography
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Matt Long Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Excellent! It’s a marvelous place that I know you’ll love. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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Hi,
Thanks for this!
I’m going to Wadi Rum in a couple of weeks, do you have any recommendations for (not too expensive) camel/trekking Bedouin tours? I’m travelling alone so would feel happier staying with a guide I’d been recommended. I’d really like to stay a couple of days to make the most of those fabulous night skies!
Thanks,
Emily
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Matt Long Reply:
February 11th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Sure thing, check out my post on Wadi Rum here for the company I stayed with at Wadi: http://landlopers.com/2011/05/31/wadi-rum-desert-camp-facts-experience/
Also check with @VisitJordan on Twitter for specialized information on companies.
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43) The Quseir Amra castle in the desert, VII century AD, with his bath and his beautiful ancient frescoes
44) the sage and mint tea
45) all the archaeological sites
46) Beidha (Little Petra)
47) more and more and more…
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Matt Long Reply:
February 11th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
Great additions and I personally loved Quseir Amra, beautiful site.
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Really broke into tears … i miss my beloved Jordan … scuba in Aqaba … AMAAAAAAAAAAZING … REALLY REALLY AMAAAAAAZING
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Matt Long Reply:
February 12th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
well thanks! Jordan is indeed a special place
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Jordan`s food sucks and expensive a lot of taxes , low quantities and tasteless ,
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Matt Long Reply:
March 12th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
respectfully disagree. 1 kilo of bread = $1, plate of hummus = $2, etc.
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Love your list. Living in Jordan I can resonate with all. Especially love: 1, 6, 15, 41.
Do you ever see yourself in Jordam again or one time visit for you? Just curious…
- Daniel
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Sounds like we did exactly the some trip to Jordan! Loved it there too.
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You had me at “it’s a dry heat.”
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Matt Long Reply:
April 15th, 2013 at 11:03 am
LOL, well it is!
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