Last Pictures for a while: Jerusalem and Jordan
I hope you enjoy these albums, because they may be the last you see from me for a while. Recently, my wonderful computer company's (That's you, Dell. Please note the sarcasm) AC Adapter decided it would be a really neat party trick to start shooting out sparks everytime I try to plug it in, which has resulted in an unintentional fireworks display in my hostel for the past few nights. Tomorrow I'm flying to the capital of crazy, Delhi, India, a city in which I can't fathom getting a watch fixed let alone something with wires. Savor these last photos.
Jerusalem is a Tale of Two Cities in the most literal of senses; it's the capital of both Israel and Palestine and serves as a spiritual heartland for both Judaism and Islam respectively (not to mention Christianity). It's a place caught somewhere between the 1st and 21st centuries, but even it seems unsure of exactly where. Walk through modern Western Jerusalem amongst the Hasidic Jews in the morning and then take a stroll down the hectic markets of the Old Town - making sure to dodge the bread carts - in the evening... you'll see what I mean. But whether Muslim, Jewish, Christian, or otherwise, everybody can agree that Jerusalem is truly a special, special place.
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My first thought upon entering Jordan was something like 'Wow, this place is absolutely devoid of color.' The dwellings and shops of the small towns that I passed en route from the northern Israeli border were uniformly plain, unpainted, and run down. What I would come to find in the coming weeks was that it's not the hues of old towns and modern city centers that paints Jordan's picture, but the colorful people and the dramatic landscapes; there's clearly a reason that Petra was chosen as the site of the Holy Grail in the final chapter of Indiana Jones.
Click HERE for Jordan
Jerusalem is a Tale of Two Cities in the most literal of senses; it's the capital of both Israel and Palestine and serves as a spiritual heartland for both Judaism and Islam respectively (not to mention Christianity). It's a place caught somewhere between the 1st and 21st centuries, but even it seems unsure of exactly where. Walk through modern Western Jerusalem amongst the Hasidic Jews in the morning and then take a stroll down the hectic markets of the Old Town - making sure to dodge the bread carts - in the evening... you'll see what I mean. But whether Muslim, Jewish, Christian, or otherwise, everybody can agree that Jerusalem is truly a special, special place.Click HERE for Jerusalem
My first thought upon entering Jordan was something like 'Wow, this place is absolutely devoid of color.' The dwellings and shops of the small towns that I passed en route from the northern Israeli border were uniformly plain, unpainted, and run down. What I would come to find in the coming weeks was that it's not the hues of old towns and modern city centers that paints Jordan's picture, but the colorful people and the dramatic landscapes; there's clearly a reason that Petra was chosen as the site of the Holy Grail in the final chapter of Indiana Jones.Click HERE for Jordan
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