Feel Jordanian hospitalities...
by THLIN
Walking in downtown Amman can also be another highlights in Jordan.
Why?! It was my personal experience:
"Welcome,welcome to Amman"
"Thank you..."( taking a photo of Amman Library )
"Do you speak Arbic?!"
"No, sorry..."
"Ah...welcome, your first trip here?!"
"Yes...Shukran (Thank you in Arabic)"
"Where you from?!"
"Taiwan"
"Thailand?!"
"No no no, Taiwan, you know Taipei?!"
"Ah Taiwan welcome...Enjoy"
"Shukran."
Actually it was my final day in Jordan, I was so surprised by this kind gentleman. So why not take a random a walk in downtown and wonder may pop-up surpriseingly. Well, this has become fondest memories in Amman City. It's so hard to find someone really nice in any Big City.
Photography
by freya_heaven
I had a snippet of what it would like to be famous in Amman.
For some bizare reason I was asked on a number of occassions to have my photo taken with various Men.
I am sure all fair headed women have this, but it was quite flattering at the time (~_~)
Daytrip to Jerash.
by cachaseiro
Jerash is only about an hours drive from Amman and a very interesting daytrip if you are in Amman.
IUt's one of the best preserved greek/roman towns in the whole world and you don't need to be an archeolgy buff to enjoy this place.
This is a highly recommended daytrip if you have a few days in Amman.
The yellow taxis
by Djinn76
That’s probably the easiest way of transportation within the city. You can easily recognize them, these yellow cars are everywhere. Simply stand for a couple of minutes at the corner of a street and one of those will magically pop in…
Small hint: if you are staying in an international hotel, they will charge you 5JD by default if you call them directly from the hotel. However if you walk a bit and call them from a nearby street, the price will vary between 1 and 3JD depending on the destination.
Each time, you are also playing kind of a lottery as well. Either your driver will speak English fluently, either he does not! In the last case, beside the few Arabic words you can learn from any guide book, “diram” is quite a useful word (depending where you are staying). That means “circle”. In the eastern part of the city, this is an easy way to know where to go. Usually a roundabout, these circles represent indeed the successive limit of this growing city. I was staying at the 5th circle but there are now 7 or 8.
Service Taxi No. 7
by Sambawalk
To take shared taxi from downtown to Abdali station? Take the no. 7 shared taxi along Cinema al-hussein St. Remember some written Arabic is essential to get you around in the Middle East. For example, "V" = figure "7".
The cost of shared taxi is SR130 files.
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