Dead Sea Took about 1 hour to drive from Amman to the Dead Sea via Madaba and Mount Nebo. Nice highway all the way. Once we left the outskirts of Amman the road went through some spectacular scenery as we went down the Great Rift Valley to reach the Dead Sea. Again, there is a…
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Madaba, Mount Nebo, and onto the Dead Sea We drove from Amman to Madaba, where there is an ancient 6th century Greek Orthodox church that has a lot of Mosaic artwork, including a map of the Holy Land (also in mosaic). The drive was just over 45mins over pleasant city/countryside; and the old church was…
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Amman, Jordan Nov 2013 We had contemplated crossing over from Israel into Jordan by the overland crossing from Jerusalem as the border crossing to Jordan was not far away. Israel is a small country and it is never too far to get anywhere. Researched the border crossings, and there were some indications that the border…
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Mahane Yahuda market, Jerusalem Next day, we were planned to leave for Amman, Jordan, in the afternoon; so decided to check out the Mahane Yahuda Market. Olives everywhere Lots of fresh fruit everywhere, and plenty of shoppers Oranges, Grapefruit etc Nuts of all kinds Arabic bread Chilling Busy Market Halwa of many kinds Dried fruit Soon,…
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Jerusalem old city Nov 2013 Left Tel Aviv on local bus #480 to Jerusalem; took 18 shekels each (about $5) and about 1 hour to reach the Jerusalem Central Station. From a fellow passenger, found out that the hotel was close to this station, and so walked 5 minutes to the hotel and got situated….
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