Jordan and Egypt -- Long Trip to Israel, Jordan and Egypt, Part 2
Crossing into Jordan -- the Allenby crossing is named after Edmund Allenby -- from the time this area was colonized by the British (you may remember him if you saw the movie, Lawrence of Arabia. The Jordan River -- where Jesus is thought to have been baptized. There had been a lot of rains and flooding in the winder of 2018-19 and some the meeting pavilions had been damaged. A lot of other church groups came to the Jordan River to be baptized where Jesus was. I think they were a little disappointed that the water was so low when we were there in March. A cute site in Jordan on our way to the Dead Sea....maybe a teacher with his students? Me (in the blue swim cap) and my Sister Jill, floating in the Dead Sea. John and me at "The Jungle" restaurant, across the street from our hotel in Amman, Jordan Le Grand Hotel lobby in Amman, Jordan This is the ceiling in our Amman hotel room....after a bit of puzzling, I figured out t...