Here are some of Rita’s photos from her trip to Jordan. She stayed at her family’s farm in Madaba, and was able to enjoy visits and dinners with friends and family. The first set of photos here are from meals at the farm. Preparing mansaf- a traditional Jordanian dish made with rice, stewed meat, and...
Sept 20: Made my connection in Paris and off to Seattle and I am hoping for some cool weather and rain. That flight was also full, and when arriving at SeaTac I noticed that about 3/4 of the people were going into the visitors lane and the others were the US citizens. Wondering why they...
Sept 19: What is so interesting in just the six months since my last visit is to see a high percentage of the people wearing their religion on their sleeve, so to speak. The Muslims from the way that the women dress and the Christians are wearing their crosses. Either I have never noticed it...
Sept 16: Spent the day talking to people about Syria who had just returned or had been asked to leave by their companies and are coming to Jordan. A lot of the UNRWA and other NGO’s have closed their offices. The American Embassy is still open but has only 28 people still there for now. ...
Sept 15: Still in Madaba and listening to the news that there is a demonstration in downtown Amman. The Israeli ambassador has left Jordan for security reasons, and the Palestinians and Jordanians are demonstrating in front of the American embassy and burning the flag. They are not happy with America’s total acceptance of Israel’s actions...
More from Rita on her stay in Jordan. Sept 13: It seems like we never get to bed before midnight and later each night! I went to a friends house and had the famous dish of mansaf – it was fabulous and we all ate and ate standing around a table with our hands the...
Sept 11: Each morning I get up, make myself some tea and go out to the orchard and relax, read a book, or let my mind wander. Listening to the news now and what is happening in the US to commemorate 9/11. I got a copy of an interview I did with KUOW before I...
The owner of Caravan-Serai Tours, Rita Zawaideh, is in Jordan right now and has sent her daily diary to be posted on the blog so you can get a first hand account of what she is seeing there. Her family is there and she is staying at their farm just outside the city of Madaba....