Madaba Vacations, Madaba Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

And we’re off.  A good start as I arranged for an unusual flight plan to reach Amman and team up with Mark (rendezvousing with me from Dubai).  There was a direct flight from JFK to Amman departing 11:30P Wednesday night, but to get there in time I bought a ticket to LaGuardia and caught a cab over to JFK.  This seemed like it would work, but of course I had never tried it or known anyone else who had tried, so a few butterflies.  But no worries --- " only took $...

After missing our flight from Bahrain yesterday we needed to make the most of our time in Jordan.  So it's all about cramming tons of events into one day now...time is not on our side. The plane landed at 930, we stepped out onto the walkway and it was cold!  I swear that the earth is ending or something (we later found out that Jordan had had floods and rains the likes of which had not been seen for 40 years- it even snowed on New Years).  My favorite part about the airp...

We hired a car to take us from Madaba to Petra, stopping along the way at the Dead Sea and Jesus' baptism site.  In the Dead Sea where one can float in the 30+% salt water and read the daily news at the same time.  The muddy base was pretty eecky and slimy.  Now for the lowlight of Jordan.  It has to be the baptism site of Jesus on the river Jordan.  The supposed spot is now dry and a new spot has been created to cater for the needs of visiting Christians (mainly ...

After our day in Jerash, we had to head back to Madaba, grab our things, and head to the airport.  We used the bus system, and although they were old and dirty, we could get from Jerash to Madaba for around 1 JD.  This was so nice compared to the money we'd been paying for taxis.  We were really sad to go, we absolutely LOVED Jordan and I hope to go there again on another trip to the Middle East (to see Lebanon and Syria).  We grabbed some snacks from a local con...