Next in the agenda was the 4 hours excursion to Jerash, which is about 48 kilometers north of Amman. We took two taxis that cost us 50 JD for the 4 hours ride. The idea of the excursion was actually to have sightseeing tour covering new or modern Amman and other small districts, one-third of the Northern portion of Jordan.
The structure in the above photo is called the Arch of Hadrian, built to honor the visit of Emperor Hadrian in 129 AD.
Nestled in a quiet valley between the mountains of Gilead, is the grandeur of Imperial Rome, which is the main pulling factor of this small city of 32,000 inhabitants. Its economy depends largely on tourism and secondly, agriculture, mainly the olive plantations.
The remnant of the Roman Empire reminded us about the strong influence of the Islamic reign 1431 years ago. Started humbly from the small land of Madinah El Munawarah by a humble, honest, and pious man called Muhammad saw (peace be upon him), he the Messenger of Allah swt and his 124,000 Sahabah, conqured almost two third of the world. The two biggest powers then, the Roman and Persian were arrogantly declined penetrating the Hijjaz land, mainly Makkah due to its poverty and vulgarness of the people, but eventually surrendered to the positive influence of Islam.
The beautiful greenery-beige scenery of the evergreen pine coniferous trees, olive and patches of rock formation cooled your eyes and entertained us with its textures and shapes.
We passed through the modern side of Amman, the popular one was Shmeisani and Abdail. There were many modern designed buildings, well organised and managed. I must say, it was much better than what I used to see in Cairo – crowded, not well planned and managed.
We arrived back at the modern Amman, Abdail around 17:40 hours and stopped at one of the Masjid, (unfortunately I could not recall the name of the Masjid) performing our Maghrib-'Isya prayers. One thing I observed, most of the Masjid in Jordan were well maintained or cleaned and have good facilities conforming to its customer requirement and seasons.
Next in the agenda was the 4 hours excursion to Jerash, which is about 48 kilometers north of Amman. We took two taxis that cost us 50 JD for the 4 hours ride. The idea of the excursion was actually to have sightseeing tour covering new or modern Amman and other small districts, one-third of the Northern portion of Jordan.
The structure in the above photo is called the Arch of Hadrian, built to honor the visit of Emperor Hadrian in 129 AD.
Nestled in a quiet valley between the mountains of Gilead, is the grandeur of Imperial Rome, which is the main pulling factor of this small city of 32,000 inhabitants. Its economy depends largely on tourism and secondly, agriculture, mainly the olive plantations.
The remnant of the Roman Empire reminded us about the strong influence of the Islamic reign 1431 years ago. Started humbly from the small land of Madinah El Munawarah by a humble, honest, and pious man called Muhammad saw (peace be upon him), he the Messenger of Allah swt and his 124,000 Sahabah, conqured almost two third of the world. The two biggest powers then, the Roman and Persian were arrogantly declined penetrating the Hijjaz land, mainly Makkah due to its poverty and vulgarness of the people, but eventually surrendered to the positive influence of Islam.
The beautiful greenery-beige scenery of the evergreen pine coniferous trees, olive and patches of rock formation cooled your eyes and entertained us with its textures and shapes.
We passed through the modern side of Amman, the popular one was Shmeisani and Abdail. There were many modern designed buildings, well organised and managed. I must say, it was much better than what I used to see in Cairo – crowded, not well planned and managed.
We arrived back at the modern Amman, Abdail around 17:40 hours and stopped at one of the Masjid, (unfortunately I could not recall the name of the Masjid) performing our Maghrib-'Isya prayers. One thing I observed, most of the Masjid in Jordan were well maintained or cleaned and have good facilities conforming to its customer requirement and seasons.
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