We just walked down the hill from our hotel, Jabal Amman, and then up the hill on the left, and we saw the
Temple of Hercules
in the Citadel on a hill about a mile away. Up close, the remains of these structures from Roman, Byzantine
and early Islamic times were very impressive. It is difficult to imagine how these huge heavy rocks were lifted and
pieced together so well that they are still standing there today.
Jordan, August 2021
We walked through the incredible cliffs of
Petra
– and sometimes we were the only people there. We were told that before
Covid, there were sometimes 100,000 visitors there on any given day. This route through the mountains was used by the caravans
of traders going from Egypt to Turkey with camels.
Jordan, August 2021
We went to
Jerash,
which is an hour drive north of Amman, and saw the temple of the Greek God, Zeus. The current structure,
built on the ruins on of an earlier sacred site, was erected in 162 AD.
Jordan, August 2021 
Moses saw The Promised Land from the top of
MT Nebo.
It was hot and very hazy the day that I (Marilyn) visited this site,
while John was in isolation back in our hotel room. I didn’t think The Holy Land looked very promising – and I’m really
glad that we were not wandering around out there in this barren land in the heat with Moses for 40 years.
Jordan, August 2021
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