Karak Travel Blogs

Vance (vances) has been on a big adventure to Jordan and the Dead Sea recently.   As he was returning, sitting in an airport he noted one of the shots he had taken needed a little “un-wiring”.  Having seen my work before, he sent me the shot and asked for my help.    …

Have longed to visit Petra, so all I had to do was establish dates to ensure it got voted as one of the 'New Seven Wonders' and guarantee no elbow room!

  Stop 2 was Karak, a town named after a crusaders castle perched high on a hill top (where have we heard this before?)This is Jordan's most beautiful and best preserved castle, but can in no way be matched against the Krak des Chevaliers in Syria (but then again, which castle can?).  …

(This is now the third time I'm writing this enry...the Internet keeps eating my words and finding them not good enough.  The first time this was super hilarious to read, the second it was humerous, this time I think I'll be lucky if it's even readable...thanks for bearing with me) We started…

In the afternoon, about 140 kilometres of Amman, we first took some photographs of Wadi Mujib (the "Grand Canyon" of Jordan). It is a viewing point just from the King's Highway very near Al Karak. There are a lot of desert castles in Jordan. We visited the famous Al Karak Castle. It is actually an…

During Christmas and NYE I spend my time in Jordan. It was my first time there and I loved it and didn't want to leave. I took about 500 pictures, but I wont show them all haha. I'll wright my journal later, first it's time to show some pictures!!

This was the first real stop after 4 hours driving trip from Madaba. The crusader castle which is built in the town which is now also called Karak. It is lying on the side of the hill with 2 valleys made a triangle shape. The castle can be spotted from afar – even from the previous hill before we…

Middle East-The land of neverending conflict, struggle and dispute.Three weeks of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon,Jordan and Sinai, Egypt. This is where epic cities of antiquity rub shoulders and architectural aspiration.Prior to that pre-backpacking to Toscana Italia, summer 2009 will long be remembered. Predominantly an Islamic region,it is one of the most misunderstood region and religion in the world.

I chose to be obsessed with doors. Subsciously I always tried to pose near a frame or door, or any openings..Quite weird, I know...

Camel rides, 4 x 4 trips, bedouin camps, climbing, sunsets.......and a traditional fire lighting method Ray Mears would be proud of!!

The best damn Jordan travel blog. 5 Friends, 3 weeks studying dialect in Amman and 9 days on the road out on the countryside. Coming soon: Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Madaba

Honneymoon 26/08/09 2009

Traveling around Jordan, seeing the places and meeting good people. I'll write a proper review when I get more time.

Several idioms using the word flower and related to something beautiful, playful, nice,.i.e: flower generation, flower child, flowery words, etc. As one quote: "Flowers are happy things." - Sir P(elham) G(renville) Wodehouse. For me, flower is one among the greatest God's gifts, their shape and color, their fragrance and stems, their beauty seems to ignore their surrounding. Flowers and green.. that actually what our eyes need other than vitamin A:p

My blog for the vacation I had in the Middle East. For this year I planned to do something totally different (not being a western country). I ended up "picking" Syria, Lebanon and Jordan for this. In this blog I'll tell my experiences, but also try to give some tips for future travelers.