MIDDLE EAST
Road To Jordan: Solo travel with bedouins in Wadi Rum
What do the movies The Martian, Transformers, Prometheus and Aladdin all have in common? They’ve all been filmed in Wadi Rum. The blood red sands of this Jordan natural reserve, have been the backdrop for dozens of movies, and on a hazy Autumn morning it becomes the backdrop of my own personal adventure as I…
Read MoreRoad To Jordan: I went to the Dead Sea and I hated it
Once in a while, I am reminded why this blog is called The Rookie Road. I subscribe to the philosophy that the less you know about a place, the more enjoyable it’ll be to discover it. I’ll read about a location or see an enticing picture, do the least bit of research (mostly to make…
Read MoreRoad To Jordan: 24 hours in Amman – The (almost) complete city guide
Amman is often a pit stop on the way to Petra and it’s most likely the first glimpse of the country you’ll get if you land at Queen Alia International Airport. As far as first impression goes, you can do a lot worse than Amman if this is your first time in Jordan. Landing in…
Read MoreRoad To Jordan: Your travel’s checklist to the Hashemite Kingdom
I’d love to tell you that my trip to Jordan was born out of a passion for ancient Nabateans wall carvings, but my nose would grow so fast that it would pierce right through my laptop screen. The much less exciting truth is that Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade was on TV for like, the 5th…
Read MoreRoad To Jordan: Why you shouldn’t skip Jerash, the city of a 1000 columns
A close second to Petra (at least in my heart!), Jerash is Jordan’s largest and most interesting Roman site and another one of its major tourist destination. It would have been easy to give this Roman archeological site a miss, since I’d never even heard the name before I visited Jordan. That would have been…
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