Thursday, August 18, 2005

 

Jordan and Syria, August 2005

Bob and Sooz traveled to Jordan and Syria to see some of the best ruins in the world and eat excellent food. We traveled with Imaginative Traveler, the same company who took us around Tunisia in 2004.

 

Pigeons in a row, Amman Museum

 
Sponge Bob Square Pants, 4000 years ago

 

The Indian Chief, Wadi Rum

 
6000-year old sculpture

 

A hand surviving from a 30-foot Roman statue in the Citidel above Amman

 
Buying fruit in Amman

 

Frescoe in palace east of Amman

 

Datsun became Nissan in 1974...

 
Our guide, Mahmoud, ready for the desert

 

Wadi Rum

 
Wadi Rum

 
Wadi Rum

 

Dusk at Wadi Rum

 

Camels and tenders relax, Petra

 

The Hermitage in Petra, after a long hot hike

 

Aaron's mountain, near Petra

 

In Jarash, Jordanian bagpipe band co-opts one of our company

 

Waterwheel pump at Hana, on the road from Damascus to Aleppo

 
6,000-year old statue at the museum in Aleppo

 

What's left of Saint Simeon's pillar

 

The Syria crew at Saint Simeon's Basilica

 

Visiting a mosque in the prescribed costume

 
The women in the giant urn at Ugarit

 
The Theatre at Palmyra

 

Sunrise at Palmyra

 

Just before sunrise, the camel crew is already on duty

 
Doorframe through doorframe

 

Roman columns with the Citidel in the background

 
Roman construction, Palmyra

 
The Citidel overlooking Palmyra, built only 800 years ago

 

Syria keeps exceptional care of its cars. Here in Palmyra, the taxis formed a museum of Mercedes products from the 1960s.

 

Decorated 3-wheelers are common in Syria, as in Thailand.

 

Looking up to see Roman carvings in Palmyra, Temple of Bal

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