We can’t afford it.
More importantly, with Jordanians in charge of safety and quality control I’m pretty sure within the next 20 years my kids will all have 8 arms and shoot lasers from their eyes.
What my father thinks upon asking him for his opinion?
“Didn’t they just finish the Abdoun Suspension Bridge?”
Ah yaba…they did.

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The following rant is based on a true story and since complaints often fall on deaf ears in Jordan I thought I would take this specific complaint straight to the virtual masses.
On Friday my parents, coming home to Amman from the Dead Sea, got into a bit of an accident on the airport road. My […]

HM King Abdullah just canceled two national holidays: the celebration of his father’s birthday in November and his own birthday on January 30th.
In Jordan there are two common complaints: too many holidays and not enough of them. But things went a little haywire a few days ago when the Christmas holiday filled into the […]

Oh Ammani public transportation, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways…
First of all you give the best tour around this great city of ours. Second of all you cut through the traffic like a knife on soft butter. Third of all, let’s face it, you’re cheaper. For 23 piasters I get a […]

I know this is going to sound like an NBC public service announcement but yesterday I discovered that the Comoros is both an Arab country and 98% Sunni Muslim.
Since this startling discovery last night I have memorized the entire Wikipedia article on Comoros.
For example, it is the last registered member of the Arab […]

The Royal Automobile Museum sits atop the King Hussein Public Park and is home to a collection of cars and motorcycles owned by HM King Hussein, God rest his soul. However do remember this is a museum and not a car show, in other words the place has much to offer by way of history. […]

I pass by the park fairly frequently but I’ve rarely actually gone inside except for the basketball courts. Today I decided to take a walk around the park in order to appreciate it in its entirety. I started at the newly constructed King Hussein Mosque, which I promised myself I would pray in the first […]

The Citadel is Amman’s focal point. All one has to do is climb aboard the Temple of Hercules and make a 360 degree turn. On one side is Jabal Al-Ashrafeeyeh with all the trappings of the Balad beneath it: from the Roman Theater to the Souq. On another side is West Amman, primarily the vertical […]