David spent a week in Amman, Jordan in January working as an Educational Consultant on a USAID project. It was a lot of fun, and so nice to actually get paid to do this stuff.
This is the group of Minnesotans (pronounced Minn-ah-sooo-'-uns) that I worked with, while eating at a really cool cafe overlooking the old city of Amman.
The view from the hotel.
ummmmm.....shwarmas.
The abayas in Amman are much more colorful than in Oman
Revolutionary chicken anyone?
Water trucks and Carrefour...Ethan would have liked this.
Our fearless leader, Greg.
The vegatable souq
The cute kindergarten kids we were working with.
The church in Amman.
A really nice taxi driver I spent my day off with.
Amr took me to as-Salt.
They made me pose this way.
(Dawnell says this looks like one of the activity stations for kids at Epcot.)
As-Salt was the provincial capital during the Ottoman period.
Playing soccer with youth by the citadel mosque, as-Salt
The old Roman ruins in the Balad, Amman
Looking down into the Jordan Valley. If there was no haze, you could see Israel.
All the king's horses....
and all the king's men....
Me with the Imam of the King Hussein Mosque.
so awesome. I love the mannequins, Grow a beard and you'll fit right in.
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