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Don't Let School Hinder Education Pt. 1: Amman — Amman, Jordan

Source: Travel Pod

Nov 04, 2009

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Amman, Jordan

This week, I decided to take a couple of days off school to do a little traveling in the Middle East. This entry will be Part 1 of the series I write on that trip.

I got onto the Royal Jordanian Airlines plane at the Cairo Airport with mixed feelings of excitement and exhaustion. To prepare for the trip, I worked ahead on all school work to minimize the amount I'd have to do on the road. The plane, which left at 10:30 P.M. turned into nap time. I fell asleep within moments of taking off and woke up when our wheels touched the ground. I don't think I missed much, though. We arrived in rainy Amman around 11:30 and I set out to find a cab to take to the "hotel" I'd be staying at. In contrast with Egyptian cabs, the Jordanian ones were actually pretty nice. On the cab ride to the hotel, the driver offered to drive me around for 12 hours the next day (to Petra and the Dead Sea) for 100 Jordanian Dinars (about 140 bucks). As expensive as that was, I didn' ...Read the full article

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