kings’ highway, jordan june 24, 1999 i’m rolling along the kings highway – racing the sun south – from amman to petra, the fabled rose-colored, sandstone-carved city of the ancient nabateans. getting a rental car on friday, in closed-for-sabbath amman…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 22, petra, the cliff’s notes version
june 25, 1999 petra, jordan okay. i’ve driven the kings’ highway from daybreak and finally arrived. without incident. petra. rose colored city of the nabateans. the one must see sight in all of jordan. by eight o’clock, i’ve changed some…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 23, wadi rum
wadi rum june 25-26, 1999…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 24, back from aqaba – and the nba
june 27, 1999 aqaba, jordan bright, sunlit, azure blue and aquamarine green waters. deep crimson, purple, and multi-colored, live coral reefs. the gulf of aqaba. right across from egypt’s great sinai peninsular. the view from the opposite, jordanian side. another…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 25, tel aviv take two – synchronicity, violence, & facades
june 28 – july 4, 1999 tel aviv wow. i’m chillin’ in my own apartment in neve tzedek, the formerly old world, yemenite, now trendy, tel aviv neighborhood between the bright lights of downtown and jaffa, just about three blocks…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 26, full circle
july 4, 1999 tel aviv – los angeles it’s my last day in tel aviv. my last day in israel. my last day in the mideast. i’m going home. sad. i stick to my routine – do nothing new or…