Wadi Musa (Petra) |
Jebel Haroun |
Wadi Musa (Petra) |
Wadi Musa (Petra) |
Olive Grove along the King's Highway north of Wadi Musa |
Along the King's Highway |
Ash-Shawbak Castle |
Ash-Shawbak Castle, also spelled Al-Shobak |
The road to Al-Shobak Castle |
Al-Shobak Castle |
Al-Shobak Castle |
Al-Shobak Castle |
Al-Shobak Castle restoration project |
Ash-Shawbak Castle was built by the Crusaders in 1115 under Baldwin I |
Arabic inscriptions on a tower of Al-Shobak Castle |
Ash-Shawbak Castle fell to Saladin in 1189 |
The Castle was reoccupied by the Mamluks in the 14th C. |
Ash-Shawbak Castle |
Ash-Shawbak Castle |
View from Ash-Shawbak Castle |
Houses on a hillside near Ash-Shawbak Castle |
Inside the north tower |
Ash-Shawbak Castle |
Layered hillside from Al-Shobak Castle |
Arabic inscriptions, Ash-Shawbak Castle |
Ash-Shawbak Castle |
View from Ash-Shawbak Castle |
Crusader Church, Ash-Shawbak Castle |
Below the church |
Al-Shobak Castle |
Al-Shobak Castle |
Bring a flashlight and nerves to descend 365 steps to a well under Shobak Castle |
I went until the well worn stairs were partially blocked by fallen rock |
Heading back up to the surface |
The light at the end of the tunnel |
Al-Shobak Castle |
Al-Shobak Castle |
Al-Shobak Castle from the nearby village |
Returning to the King's Highway from Al-Shobak Castle |
Primitive dwellings |
A goat, Jordan |
On the short detour off the King's Highway to the village of Dana |
The village of Dana dates from the 15th C. |
Dana Mosque |
Dana Mosque |
Small stone houses in Dana, mostly abandoned |
Dana Nature Reserve seen from the village |
Dana Nature Reserve |
Dana Nature Reserve |
Dana |
Stone bridge in Dana |
Stone bridge in Dana |
Dana |
Dana Tower Hotel |
Dana Tower Hotel |
Dana Tower Hotel |
Dana Tower Hotel |
Dana |
Dana |
Sheep and shepherd near Dana |
The road leading into the nature reserve is a north of the village off the King's Highway |
King Abdullah II, Jordan First! Municipality of Al-Harith Bin 'Umayr |
Al-Harth Bin 'Umayr, a village between Dana and Tafila |
Tomb of the Venerable Companion, Al-Harith bin-'Umayr al-Azadi |
Tomb of the Venerable Companion, Al-Harith bin-'Umayr al-Azadi |
Tomb of the Venerable Companion, Al-Harith bin-'Umayr al-Azadi |
King's Highway between south of At-Tafila |
Mosque along the King's Highway |
Agriculture, King's Highway |
Orchards |
At-Tafila |
Jordan First! |
Jordan Post, At-Tafila |
At-Tafila |
Jordanian men, At-Tafila |
At-Tafila |
At-Tafila |
Lunch breat in At-Tafila |
Boy at a shwarma stand, At-Tafila |
Shwarma, At-Tafila |
Jordanian sweets |
Boys in At-Tafila |
King's Highway, At-Tafila |
Continuing along the King's Highway north of At-Tafila through Wadi Hasaa |
Wadi Hasa, between At-Tafila and Karak |
Wadi Hasa |
Some bedouin still live in tents, Wadi Hasa |
Bedouin tents, Wadi Hasa |
Bedouin tents along the King's Highway, Wadi Hasa |
Bedouin tent, Wadi Hasa |
Wadi Hasa |
Wadi Hasa |
Wadi Hasa |
Jordanian policeman looking for a lift |
Wadi Hasa |
Jordanian Petroleum Refinery gas station, Al-Mazar |
The King's Highway approaching Karak |
Karak Castle, built by the Crusaders in 1142 |
King's Highway entering Karak |
Mobile phone ad, Karak |
Karak Center for Kickboxing |
Karak |
Mosque near Karak Castle |
Map of Karak Castle |
Karak Castle |
Karak Castle |
Stables, Karak Castle |
Long gallery which served as the stables, Karak Castle |
Karak Castle |
Karak Castle |
View of a neighboring hill across the King's Highway, Karak |
While there doesn't seem to be much left of Karak Castle, there are numerous underground chambers |
Kitchen, Karak Castle |
Kitchen, Karak Castle |
Karak |
Karak Castle |
Passage leading to the prison cells |
Passage below the ruined church |
Long underground passage |
Marketplace passage, Karak |
Mamluk Palace, Karak Castle |
Karak Castle |
View from the Mamluk Keep across Karak Castle |
Karak Castle |
Karak Castle |
Karak Castle |
Karak Castle |
Karak Castle |
Large undergroup gallery, normally closed to visitors |
The people at the museum desk can arrange entry |
Guides at Karak Castle, Jordan |
Greenhouse tents seen from Karak Castle, Jordan |
Boy playing on a mound of dirt, Karak |
SuBermarket, Karak |
Salah ad-Din (Saladin), Karak |
Statue of Salah ad-Din, Karak |
Salah ad-Din, Karak |
Salah ad-Din, Karak |
Jordanian men, Karak |
Christian church in Karak |
Karak |
The Royal line of Jordan - Sherif Hussein bin Ali, King Abdullah I, King Talal, King Hussein, King Abdullah II |
A mosque among fertile fields |
Green fields between Karak and Wadi Mujib, Jordan |
King's Highway approaching Wadi Mujib, the Grand Canyon of Jordan |
Wadi Mujib |
Wadi Mujib Reservoir |
The new Wadi Mujib dam |
Wadi Mujib |
King's Highway snaking down the southern embankment of Wadi Mujib |
Wadi Mujib |
King's Highway, Wadi Mujib |
Wadi Mujib |
Boy in Wadi Mujib |
Another boy in Wadi Mujib |
King's Highway crossing the Wadi Mujib Dam |
Reservoir, Wadi Mujib |
Reservoir, Wadi Mujib |
Reservoir, Wadi Mujib |
Wadi Mujib |
Wadi Mujib |
Wadi Mujib |
Mosque along the King's Highway around Dhiban |
Mosque along the King's Highway around Dhiban |
Agriculture around Libb |
Fields south of Madaba |
Madaba, Jordan |
New mosque under construction in Madaba |
St. George's Church, Madaba |
St. George's, Madaba |
St. George's Church |
Agios Georgios Greek Orthodox Church, Madaba |
St. George's contains a famous Byzantine mosaic map of the holy land |
Unfortunately, when I arrived they had already covered the mosaic map |
St. George's, Madaba, evening |
St. George's, Madaba, night |
Madaba is the Jordanian mosaic center |
Talal Street, Madaba |
Talal Street, Madaba |
Moab Land Hotel, Madaba |
Mosque of Salah ad-Din |
Moses Memorial, Mt. Nebo |
Moses Memorial, Mt. Nebo |
Moses Memorial, Mt. Nebo |
God is beloved, the prayer of Heaven and the message of the Prophets |
Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo |
Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo |
Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo |
The church is basically ruins protected by a modern roof |
Mosaic in the Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo |
Mosaic in the Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo |
Mosaic in the Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo |
Mosaic in the Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo |
Mosaic in the Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo |
Moses, Mt Nebo, Jordan |
Altar of the Moses Church |
Pope John Paul II prayed here during his 2000 visit to the Holy Land |
Moses Memorial, Mt. Nebo |
Moses was said to have spotted the Promised Land from Mt. Nebo. He must have had a clearer day |
Jerusalem, 46km (28mi) |
Flock of sheep grazing on Mt. Nebo |
Mt. Nebo |
Bedouin tent, Mt. Nebo |
Descending Mt. Nebo towards the Dead Sea |