We’re in Jordan at last…
Our plane got here at 10PM last night, and my wife’s family were there at the airport to welcome us.
It was great seeing them all after such a long time 🙂
On the way back to their place in Daheyat El Rasheed, we didn’t really see much of Jordan and if much changed in it, so we made up our minds to get out this morning to start checking it out.
So, today we picked ourselves up, went to Gardens street to change some money and started by heading to Mecca Mall, which is the biggest mall in Jordan for the time being. I hear that bigger ones are planned.
I really liked it, especially Prime Megastore and the Grand Cinema Theatres. The Food Court is quite impressive too with every fast food place you could ever imagine, reflecting the typical favourite Arab pass-time, eating 😛
Anyway, I’m sure I’ll be going back to Mecca Mall to buy a lot of stuff from Prime Megastore and to watch a number of movies.
After having lunch at KFC there, we left and went for a drive around Amman. El Medina Street, Al Rabyeh, Umm Udheina, El Sweifiyeh, …etc.
We later passed by Cozmo to get some stuff we need and some chocolates and sweets then headed home.
Today was more of a “Hi Amman, We’re Back” tour, and soon we’ll be going to more places and checking out more stuff.
Something I noticed though is that Amman is more crowded now than 2 years ago. More people, more cars, more buildings, more shopping places, more life.
Anyway, I’ll get going now.
Will post more about our stay here and Amman as we go out more and see more in the days to come 🙂
And hey for you guys who are here or who know Amman. If there are any places you would like to recommend to us, please leave a comment 🙂
Salam MMM,
If you like Naseer Shamma (the Great Arab Iraqi Oud player) you might wanna see this on Jabal AlQal3a theatre, Sunday and Monday 8:30 pm. I’m sure you know Amman well enough to know how to get there;)
again I’m not able to post any links in any of the blogs,wonder why:( But you can check AlRai newspaper,under culture to know more about it
enjoy:)
well this is weird coz yest. my husband was telling me if someone could get us Nasser Shamma’s cd, MMM go there and get us one, and send it by mail, YALA :p
If you guys are interested in cafes, I’ll always recommend Vinigrette at Howard Johnson in Shmesani 🙂
There’s also Wild Cafe in Jabal Amman although it’s a very healthy place that doesn’t serve argeelehs and stuff if you guys are smokers.
Enjoy your stay!
Glad you are enjoying Jordan. But man you gota be kidding you had KFC for lunch. There is sooooo much better traditional food that you can’t match in other places and you go for KFC. I guess being here in Australia I still dream of the Shawirma and other great food. Make sure you get some of that.
Joe
If you guys like Chinese, I recommend you go to Wox in Abdoun. Very nice place!
I totally recommend Saqf Tea House! The only place that serves real tea in Jordan and probably in the region!
At the moment there are more than 35 different kinds of fine quality tea from all over the world.
We will be honored with your visit.
masa el kheir!
Australia’s pasttime is eating too!!! haha
Glad youre ‘tour’ is going well :P, I would love to see some of the highlights in arabia soon 🙂 & lets hope you bump into AMMAR! 😉
Ciao
SYNTAX!
The Wild Jordan Center and Cafe
Noodasia restaurant on Abdoun circle
Marriott Dead Sea (if you fell like spending too much money)
A walk on the almost cultureless Culture Street in Shmeisani
Good stuff guys, though a bit sad that I couldn
Hehe Ahmad, how could I forget Share3 Il Thaqafeh :)Good one.
hey roba, u wanted a gmail, i could send u an invitation if u like, send me ur email
Thanks Orange, that’s really sweet of you 🙂 Some nice guy already invited me though, but thanks a lot either way 🙂
Hi All, thanks so so much for the comments and the suggestions 🙂 I truly appreciate it 🙂
Ahmad & Orange, I’ll check it out and hopefully I can go. I like Naseer Shamma’s music a lot. And Orange, I’ll check out what I can find by him and let you know 🙂
Roba, Thanks for the suggestions. I love Vinaigrette and it’s on my list by default. As for Wild Cafe, we don’t smoke, so it should be great for us 🙂
Joe, well we eat a lot of middle eastern food at home as my mother-in-law is a great cook. And well that day we were in the mall and we felt like chicken, so KFC was a good choice 🙂
Al Mankal Chicken Tikka will be my next destination when I feel like chicken 😉
Natasha, Thanks for the recommendation.
I’ve noted all the places you talked about on your blog during your visit to Jordan and hopefully will be trying to check them all out 😉
Saqf, you’ve got yourself a deal, but just cut out the whole tea thingie, lol, you know I’m not a tea guy 😛
Ahmad Humeid, of course man, I have to pass by Syntax to see you all 🙂
Will also be checking out the other places you mentioned 🙂
I actually passed by El Shmeisani today and saw the cultural street. I can’t really comment much on it as it was totally empty.
M. Abu Khadra, hope you were with us dude 🙂
We’re having a great time here man 🙂
Inshallah next time we’ll all be gathered and have some rocking fun.
Zlatkot, I’ll be updating about my stay in Jordan every now and then so keep tuned 😉
As for bumping into Ammar, well you never know.
I don’t think he’s in the mood for it though 😛
Again, thank you all 🙂
YA meet ahla o sahla 🙂
First of all there’s a house you should pass by, it’s only 50 meters from where you’re staying 😉
If you want an unforgettable adventure, go Hiking in Mujib.
Some nice cafe’s to go to:
“The Cafe” (Wild Jordan)
Books@cafe
Kanabaye
Marshmellows in weibdeh ( This is a must )
If you want some good food,
Vinigrette,
Houstons,
Cambolero,
That’s all I can think of for now 🙂
Enjoy ur stay buddy
i miss amman …. i miss my thursdays at NAI , HARIR , lunch at books@cafe , and salsa nights at KANABAYE , i’m in italy now , doing some voluntary work at rovereto for a year , i’ve been here for 5 weeks and its really great .. missin u jordan mmmmwa
Hi ruba Can I join you??
Hi ruba Can I join you??
Well.. Im in the states now.. its my 7th month and im missin Amman a lot!! cant wait to go back for a visit.
lucky u guys in amman!
cheers xx
Where would some one go to meet friends? I just got back from the US and I don’t know any one. I am starting to get bored.
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