Amman.
Jordan's capital hectically breathes life out of its polluted and histerical lungs. A city of immigrants, an ugly but fascinating passing-through ground where i felt home today, coming back here after just one week of travelling. Jordan is so very different from all I have seen so far, even north Africa. People sometimes (more often if you go off the beaten track) do not speak English or any other European language, but are still willing to help you, or give you a lift, or they simply cry at you a WELCOME. When I say people, it's always men, since I still haven't got a chance to have even the smallest conversation with a woman, apart from a very young beduin girl in Petra, but that was more an argument than a conversation (yes, I AM ashamed!). Beduins, btw, seem to be a thing on its own and we had a chance to get to know them a bit better on two different occasions, in Petra on the highest tent on top of the monastery and in Wadi Rum's desert. Speaking of which, I GOT TO DRIVE A JEEP IN THE DESERT, thanks to a crazy beduin, but this is another story..
Jordan's capital hectically breathes life out of its polluted and histerical lungs. A city of immigrants, an ugly but fascinating passing-through ground where i felt home today, coming back here after just one week of travelling. Jordan is so very different from all I have seen so far, even north Africa. People sometimes (more often if you go off the beaten track) do not speak English or any other European language, but are still willing to help you, or give you a lift, or they simply cry at you a WELCOME. When I say people, it's always men, since I still haven't got a chance to have even the smallest conversation with a woman, apart from a very young beduin girl in Petra, but that was more an argument than a conversation (yes, I AM ashamed!). Beduins, btw, seem to be a thing on its own and we had a chance to get to know them a bit better on two different occasions, in Petra on the highest tent on top of the monastery and in Wadi Rum's desert. Speaking of which, I GOT TO DRIVE A JEEP IN THE DESERT, thanks to a crazy beduin, but this is another story..
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