parachuting and hot air ballooning and other Jordan Things to Do Tips

A microlight flight costs JD70, a tandem parachute jump JD135 and a balloon flight, which lasts around three hours, JD125 per person.

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Address: Royal Aero Sports Club in Aqaba
Directions: In Aqaba....at the shores of Red Sea...around 4 hours away from Amman.
Website: www.fly.to/rpacj

There are no hard and fast rules about who or what can go where. So if you have ever wondered what Aqaba looks like from the air, you can now take a trip round it in a five-seater Cessna, or swoop through the valleys of Wadi Rum in a microlight or gyrocopter. For the more romantically inclined, you could watch the sun rise over four countries from the basket of a hot air balloon. Adrenalin junkies can make tandem or solo parachute jumps and choose the drop zone they want - apparently anywhere is fair game, from the shores of the Dead Sea to downtown Aqaba.

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Phone: Tel/Fax962-6-4873261
Address: The royal parachute and airsports club of Jordan
Website: http://www.fly.to/rpacj
Other Contact: Marka Airport PO.Box.306

Tickets to the ruins are available at the Jerash Visitors’ Center at the South Gate. The ruins are open from around 9 am until dark. From July through October, sound and light shows take place from 20:30-22:30. Call the Visitors’ Center (tel. 02-635-1014) for details.
 
Visitors to Jerash in late July or early August can enjoy the Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts: an exciting celebration of both Jordanian and international culture. The ancient Roman amphitheater comes to life as dancers, musicians, acrobats, theatrical troupes and others from all over the world come to celebrate the link between ancient and modern culture in Jordan.

go to http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/tourism3.html for more info

There is a restaurant across from the pillar site where my family goes all the time. They serve a whole bunch of arabic appetizers and meat meat and more meat. It's price is very reasonable and the normal Jordanian citizens go there. It used to be called Abu Yehya but has been renamed Al khayyam. This place is not for prissy eaters.

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Do not jump into the dead sea.. i have warned you.
I remember once there was this guy who was pretending to be all macho in front of the females, so he flung off his clothes and dove into the water.... bad bad bad idea. Didn't look very macho when he was crying for help. This water will burn your eyes like jalapeno juice. And i also heard it wasn't a good idea to swim in it if you have a tampon on. ouch!

The Dead Sea is called dead because it kills things... so you won't be fishing here. If you have fungus growing on your body, this is a good place for a dip.

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Address: follow the signs.. it's pretty simple

There is nothing like the tranquility of the desert.
If you are lying on the beach you hear waves. If you are in a forest you hear other things. But if you lie down in the desert at night you hear nothing but the wind in your ears. It really is an awesome experience. And then you've got the stars. What a magical site they are... a billion trillion stars.. they look like clouds.... it is a must do in a human's lifetime: to lie quietly in the desert, looking up at the stars and contemplate the awesomeness of the universe. And some people say there is no God??!!!!

This site has more than i can possible explain.... visit it.
http://www.jordanjubilee.com/visitjor/rum1.htm

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As the visitor enters the modern gate, one path leads down to the stairs to the lower courtyard and lower vaults, and a second path leads to the upper level. The ruins of the upper level are attributed to the Crusader period, and the staircases leading to the underground level of the upper courtyard provide access to Mamluk architecture complexes, most of which were probably associated with a palace. Among these ruins are a well-preserved school with an adjoining mosque.

Kerak is still a largely Christian town, and many of today's Christian families trace their origins back to the Byzantines. There is a small but interesting museum in the castle, which is one of the finest of its type surviving today.

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In Amman for a few days and want to check out some art?
Here are are few places:
Blue Fig (also a cafe and restaurant) - Tel: 592 8800
Broadway Gallery. Tel: 581 0208
Zara Gallery.Tel: 465 1433
4 Walls Sheraton Amman - Tel: 592 0902
Foresight Art Centre. Tel: 556 0080
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Jabal Luweibdeh. Tel: 463 0128
The Khalid Shoman Foundation’s Darat Al Funun - Tel: 464 3251/2
The Space. Visits by appointment only.Tel: 464 7858

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The Roman Army and Chariot Experience - RACE - two shows daily at 11:00am and 2:00pm of Roman Army warfare techniques, Gladiators and Chariot races in the original Hippodrome in Jerash.

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Website: www.jerashchariots.com

Most of Amman’s noteworthy historical sites are clustered in the downtown area, which sits at the bottom of four of Amman’s seven hills, or jabals. The ancient Citadel, which towers above the city from atop Jabal al-Qala’a, is a good place to begin a tour of the city. The Citadel is the site of ancient Rabbath-Ammon, and excavations here have revealed numerous Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic remains. The most impressive building of the Citadel, known simply as al-Qasr ("the Palace"), dates back to the Islamic Umayyad period. Its exact function is unclear, but it includes a monumental gateway, an audience hall and four vaulted chambers. A colonnaded street also runs through the complex. To the north and northeast are the ruins of Umayyad palace grounds.

Close to al-Qasr lie the remains of a small Byzantine basilica. Corinthian columns mark the site of the church, which is thought to date from the sixth or seventh century CE. About 100 meters south of the church is what is thought to have been a temple of Hercules, today also known as the Great Temple of Amman. The temple was built in the reign of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 CE), and is currently under restoration.

Also on Citadel Hill, just northwest of the Temple of Hercules, is the Jordan Archeological Museum. This small museum houses an excellent collection of antiquities ranging from prehistoric times to the 15th century. There is an exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a copy of the Mesha Stele (see Madaba section for explanation) and four rare Iron Age sarcophagi.

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Directions: Museum hours are 08:30-17:00 daily. On Fridays and official holidays the museum is open from 09:00-16:00.

Downhill from the Citadel and five minutes walk east from downtown, the Roman Theater is the most obvious and impressive relic of ancient Philadelphia. The theater, which was built during the reign of Antonius Pius (138-161 CE), is cut into the northern side of a hill that once served as a necropolis—or graveyard. It is very similar in design to the amphitheater at Jerash, and can accommodate 6000 spectators. The theater is still used periodically for sporting and cultural events.

Two small museums are built into the foundations of the Roman theater. The Jordan Folklore Museum is in the right wing of the theater and displays a collection of items showing the traditional life of local people. At the other end of the theater stage, the Museum of Popular Traditions displays traditional Jordanian costumes, including fine embroidery and beautiful antique jewelry. It also houses several sixth-century mosaics from Madaba and Jerash. The Museum of Popular Traditions is open daily 09:00-17:00, and closed on Tuesday. The Jordan Folklore Museum is open every day from 09:00-17:00, except Friday when its hours are 10:00-16:00.

To the northeast stands the small theater, or Odeon, which is still being restored. Built at about the same time as the Roman theater, this intimate 500-seat theater is used now as it was in Roman times, for musical concerts. Archaeologists think that the building was originally covered with a wooden or temporary tent roof to shield performers and audiences from the elements. Heading southwest from the theater complex, Philadelphia’s chief fountain, or Nymphaeum, stands with its back to Quraysh Street. Much of the fountain, which was completed in 191 CE, is hidden from public view by private houses and shops. The Nymphaeum is believed to have contained a 600 square meter pool, three meters deep, which was continuously refilled with fresh water. Jordan’s Department of Antiquities is currently excavating the Nymphaeum, and ultimately hopes to restore the site to its original structure by 2010.

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