Jordan Trip

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June 20th (Monday)-
-Today was a wonderful day. We got up early and drove to the Israel/Jordan border. Made it across okay. We visited Mount Nebo. It was where Moses looked into the Promised Land, but never got to see. After that short jaunt, we went to Madaba and saw a Greek Orthodox Church with a mural mosaic map of Israel on the floor. Then we visited Herod's Palace at Mecharous. It was up a giant hill about 20 minutes or so. Our hotel our first night wasn't too bad. It was simply very small roomed and the restaurant was 4 floors below us. That meant we had to walk up/down lots of stairs. Dan is my room-mate for this trip. It was super hot all night long. And the water pressure was non-existant.

June 21st (Tuesday)
-We had breakfast in our little basement restaurant. We visited Petra today. For y'all who've seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the treasury of Petra was the spot where Indi went down the Canyon of the Cresent Moon to find the Holy Grail. We visited some big Tombs and a Monastery. And a Byzantine Church and a Temple. We went to the Belvue Hotel tonight in Aman (the capital city of Jordan). That is a famous hotel. Dan and I were up on the 8th Floor. More stairs. At least they had many elevators. That was nice. Dinner and Bed.

June 22nd (Wednesday)
-We visited a citadel this morning. The Citadel of Aman was great and had so much wonderful stuff to it. It was big and had enough room to run around to our heart's content. We then went to the ancient city of Jerash. If I thought the citadel of Aman was huge, then I was mistaken. This one was gigantic. I got dehydrated and almost died (well not quite) but I was thirsty. There were so many columns and big ancient structures. My buddy Jarrett sang an awesome song in one of the big theatres. It was so neat to see. We explored the city. Got ice cream and milkshakes. Then we had dinner. Bed.

June 23rd (Thursday)
We visited a large theatre this morning. Then we went to visit the Jordan River. It was about a billion degrees Celsius (which in Fahrenheit is practically 110 degrees). It was wonderful to see the place where the Savior was baptized. It was very moving. I don't think there is anything quite like it to sit on the banks of a river you have heard about your whole life and remember the experience of your own baptism as you picture the Savior getting baptized.
Home to the J.C. (Jerusalem Center for all you Americanites).