Vita sene libertate nihil
The fact, that I added post about June at the 8 of July and was busy with my 5th moving (kind of anniversary! :D) in Stockholm, at the beginning of the month gives me nice excuse to start writing approximately from the middle of the month. For the first time in my life, I was travelling to absolutely new for me environment – Amman, the capital of Jordan. For the first time in my life, I was in Arabic country. And my feelings after this trip are very controversial. I didn’t like when people try to fool one another but making it for money is the poorest thing. That’s happened directly when we were taking taxi to a hotel – driver assured at the beginning that he would give a receipt but when we arrived he said that it is impossible. And such situations happen everywhere – in cafés personnel uses to put additional food and drinks on your table, which you did not offered. When you ask is it for free, they say “Yes” but when you would pay be ready to see extra money in your receipt for “free food”. Another interesting thing I have noticed – there are shops with summer clothes and souvenirs everywhere. And in 99% cases prices are not mentioned, so you need to bargain with seller. Be ready to do it everywhere, in another case you would waste lots of money. Prices are increased and even after bargain you would overpay. So, its would really useful to go shopping with some locals. And don’t hesitate to bargain even in food shops. But shopping is really memorable – you can find lots of unique stuff and bring part of Jordan back home. Minimum temperature in the afternoon is +35 but you don’t notice it when walking through Amman – you are paying attention on rare authentic buildings where people live. And sometimes you can find something great just in the centre of the city, like Roman Theatre – 6000 seat theatre built in the 2nd century. The first association which you would find is Colosseum. But this place was not used to be a fighting place, even now, after many centuries it hosts big concerts. You can make thousands of photos but they want pass the great feeling of being part of the history when you enter this place. Just come to Amman and enjoy – it really worth. Additionally, I have visited Amman Citadel – ruins of ancient castle, located on the hills what gives you possibility to enjoy great city view. Finally, I want to tell about the most memorable place in this trip – Dead Sea. The place where you can see Palestine on the other side, where due to high percent of salt in the water it is very hard to swim the place where temperature is more than 40 degrees, where people take medical mud to home, where producers take salt and sell it all over the world. And yes, it is true that u can just lie on the water and it would handle you. Even with tied arms and legs you would not be drowned. The last point that makes my July great - is the fact, that I am going to Armenia in the August. So, expect new interesting posts and photos.
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AuthorMyhailo Skrypchuk's blog. EVS volunteer in AUE (2016-2017). Stockholm, Sweden Archives
Декабрь 2016
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