10 January, 2009

Castles & Ruins

Ok… first and foremost – I must say…. GOOOOOOOO San Diego CHARGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, now that’s out of the way, I can continue documenting our adventures around Jordan! After a long day of touring around on Friday – we hit the road again early on Saturday morning. Again, because words can’t even begin to describe the magnificence of the places we visited (especially the Roman ruins), I will let the pictures tell the story.
First stop, we hit the road to the town of Ajloun to check out Ajloun Castle...
Second, and by far one of the most incredible sites that I have seen, we went to the town of Jerash to check out ancient Roman ruins. The town extended forever, and it is absolutely incredible how a lot of the structures built 2500 years ago are still standing! According to some experts this is often called the Pompeii of the East, as one of the most well preserved ancient Roman cities containing temples, theatres, plazas, paths, streets, markets and so much more.

So I had to call this picture out separately from the others - although it was taken at the Roman Ruins as well... but check out the "T" in the shape of the rocks with the sun shining through - I'd say it was a nice sign for the 'T'hunderbirds :)

On our way back to Amman, we stopped at a view point to take pictures of the valley below at Sunset… gorgeous!

Ok.. it is now Sunday morning, and it’s time to get to work…

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