Friday, August 27, 2010

Random Thoughts on Jordan

• Jordan is a country with gorgeous landscapes, amazing historical sites, and nice people. I would highly recommend a visit and would happily return in a heartbeat.
• There are cats everywhere. Cats are like squirrels or pigeons and invade all the restaurants begging for food. Restaurant hosts and waiters are always shoeing the cats out, but those little cats are persistent!
• In almost all of our hotels we’ve had to slip our key card into a little slot in the room to use the lights and air conditioning. An interesting way to conserve electricity.
• There are a lot of checkpoints set up along the roads, but Americans are waived right through. Mohammed threatened to tell the guards we were Iraqi. Hah.
• There are pictures of the King and prince everywhere – hotels, restaurants, etc. Paul says it’s Orwellian.
• Although we had the impression that driving is completely chaotic, Mohammed told us that the traffic police are extremely strict. And if you get pulled over, you must pay the ticket on the spot or go to jail. That’s why all Jordanians kept 50 dinar hidden in their cars.

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