
3. Tag
Amman - Wüstenschlösser - Madaba - Nebo - Totes Meer
241 km
| „Happy Birthday René“ Today Rene celebrated his 50th birthday. As usual we had a full program planned. After breakfast we again drove through the middle of Amman and headed east. After about 30 miles we reached the dessert castle of Qasr al-Kharan and about 8 miles on that of Qusair Amran. These are fairly well preserved and definately worth a look. We had to drive back the sameway otherwise we would have landed in Iraq. Later we drove to Mount Nebo near Madaba. Here Moses is supposed to be buried. From this mountain there are some lovely views over the Jordan Valley over to Israel and the Dead Sea. We visited a Mosaic workshop where we could watch mosaic pictures being made by hand from local stone. We reached our hotel and the lowest reachable point on the earth – the Dead Sea – late afternoon. Here we were at 1363 feet below sea level! The reception warmly greeted us and surprised Rene by wishing him a happy birthday. Little did he know that I had organised a cake for after Dinner and Fabienne from Kuoni had organised an upgrade room. We had a lovely room with a large balcony and a good view. We just had to try out the Dead Sea and it really is quite an amazing experience – it’s impossible to sink and almost impossible to stand up to get out of the water! However it’s too salty and not recommended to stay in too long so we retreated to the hotel pool and enjoyed a long drink at the pool bar. |
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