Israel Mourns Teenagers, Strikes Hamas In Gaza

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by finnbow

My son works there as a construction manager in support of the State Department's Foreign Military Sales program. We traveled all over Israel with him and went into Jordan to visit Petra and Wadi Rum (both are fantastic, BTW). My wife and I took a Palestinian public bus from Jerusalem's Damascus Gate area to Bethlehem in order to visit the Church of the Nativity. This involved crossing the border wall and going through the checkpoints in the West Bank. I also went there on vacation in ~1983 while I was living in Germany.

Ah...got it. I hear it's an interesting place to see, but I have zero desire to spend time anywhere in the Middle East.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

Ah...got it. I hear it's an interesting place to see, but I have zero desire to spend time anywhere in the Middle East.

Israel has a bunch of very interesting and historical sites. That said, Petra and Wadi Rum in Jordan are worth the trip alone. The Jordanians were very nice and pleasant people, BTW - much more so than the Israelis.

We'll be going to Morocco, along with southern Spain and Portugal, in May. My niece, her husband and kids live there as he works as a mechanical engineer in the construction of a big phosphate plant there. The Moroccans are also very hospitable, nice folks, BTW.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Israel has a bunch of very interesting and historical sites. That said, Petra and Wadi Rum in Jordan are worth the trip alone. The Jordanians were very nice and pleasant people, BTW - much more so than the Israelis.

I read "The Strong Horse" by Lee Smith. He raves about Jordan & her people.