Typical Jordanian construction--no hardhats and no saftey harnesses!
Suhail and Lina, my Amman “family” take me on a Friday drive. Amman streaches out before us as we decend near one of the oldest Palestinan refugee camps
We stop for a “picnic” of coffee and water above a dam. We certainly beat the crowds!
Lina and Suhail at our “picnic” spot. Check out Lina's new wheels!
The dam is out of view, but the lake is there, low as always during the summer.
Dry summer hillsides as far as the eye can see
A pigeon had a nest in the window sill on the balcony. Two chicks have hatched.
Two chicks in the next, this is the only view we've had of them as the mom is usually sitting on them.
There are some amazing sunsets in the Jordan Valley, looking over the fertile fields to the dry Jordan river and the dusty mountains of Israel/Palestine beyond
Plowing, a tractor makes furrow around a foot deep. In Michigan, I was told that plows usually furrow only 4-6 inches to keep nutrients in the top soil. From this pic, it looks like the farmers would have problems with erosion and nutrient loss here.
Walking downtown, I was crabby and grumbly. Then I turn a corner, look up, and see the old roman citadel and umayyad hall atop the next mountain. How can you stay crabby seing such amazing things on a simple walk through the neighborhood? I LOVE this part of living in foreign places--amazing views that surprise you when you think you can't be surprised anymore!
