Sunday 10 Feb continued
We check out of the hotel at 10.15 and are on the bus at 10.30. I am feeling very refreshed after my Dead Sea mud bath. We drive towards Amman Jordan’s capital. We climb up out of the Dead Sea area and it starts to get cool. Amman is a city of 3.5 million people and another 1.5 commute to work in the city. It is built on 7 hills and there are houses as far as you can see. The traffic is very heavy and we have to pass through the town centre. Downtown is the commercial area and there are modern high/medium rise buildings. We continue on to the old downtown area and stop off at the citadel which is part of the original city.
From here we have great views over the city and down to a Roman amphitheater. Amman was previously know as Philadelphia during the period 312 bc to 635 ad. In 661 ad it was renamed Amman.
We then head down to the amphitheater which can hold 6000 people. It is quite large and the acoustics incredible. At the base it is about 40 metres wide and if you stand at each end up close to the base and say something the person at the other end can clearly hear as the sound travels around the base, Ann and I did this we heard each ther clearly!
After this we head off to the Royal Automobile Museum. Inside is an amazing collection of cars and motorbikes from Rolls Royce’s, Aston Martin, Porsche, Continental, Bentley, Ferrari, Lotus etc. As we are about to leave the heavens open up and pour down. Our drive to our hotel is a nightmare. It is just on 3.30 and this is knock off time (if you don’t stop for lunch you can knock off an hour early).
With the rain the traffic is horrendous. We eventually get to our hotel about 4.15. It’s been a long day, but Nidal says it will be longer tomorrow!
We check out of the hotel at 10.15 and are on the bus at 10.30. I am feeling very refreshed after my Dead Sea mud bath. We drive towards Amman Jordan’s capital. We climb up out of the Dead Sea area and it starts to get cool. Amman is a city of 3.5 million people and another 1.5 commute to work in the city. It is built on 7 hills and there are houses as far as you can see. The traffic is very heavy and we have to pass through the town centre. Downtown is the commercial area and there are modern high/medium rise buildings. We continue on to the old downtown area and stop off at the citadel which is part of the original city.
From here we have great views over the city and down to a Roman amphitheater. Amman was previously know as Philadelphia during the period 312 bc to 635 ad. In 661 ad it was renamed Amman.
We then head down to the amphitheater which can hold 6000 people. It is quite large and the acoustics incredible. At the base it is about 40 metres wide and if you stand at each end up close to the base and say something the person at the other end can clearly hear as the sound travels around the base, Ann and I did this we heard each ther clearly!
After this we head off to the Royal Automobile Museum. Inside is an amazing collection of cars and motorbikes from Rolls Royce’s, Aston Martin, Porsche, Continental, Bentley, Ferrari, Lotus etc. As we are about to leave the heavens open up and pour down. Our drive to our hotel is a nightmare. It is just on 3.30 and this is knock off time (if you don’t stop for lunch you can knock off an hour early).
With the rain the traffic is horrendous. We eventually get to our hotel about 4.15. It’s been a long day, but Nidal says it will be longer tomorrow!
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