Jordan and Egypt -- Long Trip to Israel, Jordan and Egypt, Part 2

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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 that this is the marker for the direction to Mecca...so one will know in which direction to pray.


The slot canyon on the way to Petra


So, it was just 5 bucks to get on the camel for a bit of a ride and some photos...well, my dreams just came true.

Flying over the Read Sea and the Sinai Peninsula on our flight from Amman to Cairo

We were on our own for dinner the first night in Cairo so we walked over the mall adjacent to The Intercontinental Hotel. Good grief, it was 8 stories of American-style commercialism...yikes!  And, because Roger had been wanting an actual "cooked pizza" since we were in Amman, we picked up a Papa John's pizza and took it back to our hotel room.






































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