Jordan 1

 

These photos were taken over multiple trips between 2003 - 2005

 

 

Catching up on the news at the Dead Sea.  Israel is visible on the opposite shore

 

 

 

The only way to get around in the desert!

 

 

 

At the Dead Sea Mövenpick Resort

 

 

 

Amman is built on seven hills - just like Rome

 

 

 

Le Royale Hotel - Iraqi owned and built to resemble the minaret in Samarra, Iraq

 

 

 

The colonnade in front of the Amman amphitheater

 

 

 

The Port of Aqaba, captured from the Turks by Lawrence of Arabia during the Arab Revolt of 1916

 

 

 

Downtown Aqaba

 

 

 

Scene along the Coastal Highway, near the Dead Sea

 

 

 

St. George's Church, the Greek Orthodox church in Madaba

 

 

 

 

Sixth Century Byzantine mosaic on the floor of St. George's Church - there are many examples of mosaics

in the area.  This one contains 2.3 million individual tiles.

 

 

 

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