"Jordan" Jordan by nepalgoods

Jordan Travel Guide: 4,121 reviews and 10,545 photos

I was invited Jordan by the Jordan Tourist Board, they wanted to show us how save Jordan for tourists is. So I was there on a very short "fam-trip" together with about 25 travel agents from all over Germany.

We spent three days/four nights in Jordan and saw Jerash, Death Sea and Petra. We stayed at very nice hotels and had our lunch and dinners at very good restaurants.

I have been to Jordan already in 1982 - 20 years ago. Many things have changed in Jordan. And I think, they changed to the better. But when I now saw my pics from 1982 I got the impression, at least in the ancient cities like Gerasa or Petra nothing really changed. There are more columns standung upright now. But the places itselves are beautiful as ever!

Jordan is a very old country with the remains of famous and great cultures, like Nabatean, Roman, Greek, ancient Bycantine churches and more. Today it is mainly a Muslim country, but nevertheless, Muslims of different sects and Christian people are living peacefully together.

We were in Jordan only a very short time. My friend Rosie, a fellow travel agent from Hannover, always complained about me, that I got lost everywhere, because I was talking to everybody. But that is, what I love most while travelling: meeting people. In Jerash I met a couple from Taiwan, with whom I could speak Chinese, at Mt Nebo I met people from the embassy of the Peoples Republic of China in Tel Aviv, with whom I also spoke Chinese. The best was, that in the Moevenpick-Hotel I met some Jordan women, who fortunately spoke English, and I spoke to our busdriver, who was a Muslim, and I had a good contact to our tourguide, who was a Christian. And there was this old Beduine Man in Petra. I remember all these conversations as the highlights of this short trip, because they were carried by tolerance and friendship between people.

For pics please see my travelogues!

If you need any help or informations about Jordan I recommend the pages of VT-Member Sarhot

Last visit to Jordan: Jan 2002
Intro Updated Feb 11, 2004
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Great Hotel at the Dead Sea Hotels (2)

For one night we stayed at the Moevenpick Hotel, which is directly located at the Dead Sea. The Hotel offers all... more travel advice

Amman Business District in early morning - Jordan

Amman Things to Do (4)

Amman, the lively capital of Jordan, has now about 1,5 Mio. inhabitants. Amman is also a very old city, excavations of... more travel advice

River Zarqua Off The Beaten Path (1)

River Zarqua, on the way from Amman to Jerash. Our tourguide told us, that the river is quite important for the... more travel advice

The Regency Palace Hotels (2)

We stayed at the Regency Palace Hotel in Amman, a very nice Hotel mainly for business-people. This was the view out of... more travel advice

Warnings and Dangers (1)
It is save to travel
Favorites (1)
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Yaqui Apr 4, 2009 at 10:24 PM

Wonderful page with some helpful tips! It must have been marvelous to see such a historical country.
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JLBG Feb 24, 2008 at 1:01 PM

Superb page on this fascinating country full of history ! I hope to visit it some day. Thank you for this introduction to Jordan !
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tini58de Feb 3, 2007 at 11:37 PM

Jordan sure has some outstanding ancient places to visit - nice page, Ulrike!!
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VeronicaG Dec 10, 2005 at 9:02 AM

I've always been fascinated by Petra--Jordan has its share of antiquities that look very interesting.
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Tijavi Jan 25, 2005 at 8:09 PM

Thanks for sharing your Jordan trip. Ummm Ali sounds Yummmy. Mmmmm....
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Djinn76 Jan 20, 2005 at 1:33 PM

Damned! I've missed the Umm Ali!! Well, a good excuse to go back!! So true that the country is safe but apparently not many tourists believe it...
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shelnlin Dec 31, 2004 at 10:55 PM

Ahh my beloved Habibbi's homeland... I am hoping to get here sometime soon. The dessert you were referring to means Ali's Mother's pudding as Umm is Arabic for Mother! Excellent tips here and thank you for sharing them with me.
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luv2tango Dec 19, 2004 at 3:01 AM

Great photos and tips! Enjoyed all your pages of this fascinating country. Greetings from Canada, Anita
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K.Knight Jul 31, 2004 at 4:46 AM

Thankyou for sharing this wonderful experience Ulrike. I would like so much to visit Petra! G'day from Australia
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whitecliff62 Jul 10, 2004 at 10:56 AM

Facinating country steeped in history, and i've always wanted to swim in the dead sea whilst reading the newspaper hehehehehe.