Go to Part 1/3 Go to Part 2/3 Shobak: Montreal Castle: (1115 AD) Overlook: Madaba: St. Georges Church (19th-century) The church is not really the attraction. People flock there to see the mosaic map inside the church. The map is part of the remains of an old Byzantine church, which the current church was built atop. Dating back to 640 AD, the map is the oldest of its kind on record. Jerash: Roman Ruins: (7500-5500 BC) Dead Sea: At 10…
Go to Part 1/3 Go to Part 3/3 Petra: (9000 BC) We stayed in Petra for 8 hours straight. In that time, we hiked over 16 miles, but still felt like we’d just scratched the surface of everything there is to see there. Read more about our Jordan trip in Part 3.
After a whirlwind trip around Egypt, the Wandering Fools hopped on a plane to Jordan. As with our Egypt recap, we’re keeping this trip update light on text and heavy on the photos. Go to Jordan, part 2/3 Go to Jordan, part 3/3 Jordan: Wadi Rum: We drove some 4x4s into the desert, spent the night at a Bedouin camp, then rode camels back to town the next morning. Aqaba: Ottoman Mamluk Fort (14th-century) Lawrence of Arabia rode from this…