The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan..

So this week we got back from our AWESOME trip to Jordan. I never thought I'd be in Jordan. It sas a great trip with some really fun sights, as shown below. It was definitely interesting, too...trying to avoid all the bad foods and bad men. We did it, though and even came back with some fun jewelry! (P.S. Sorry the layout's bad, I don't have time to do much playing around.)




The famous temple at Petra. It's huge!





Here I am up at the monastery view
in Petra looking out over Israel.










In the Mosque of Abdullah...





And guys making some really yummy pita bread.

West Jerusalem

So we took a walk around West Jerusalem yesterday.
Cool sights included:
A neat old Windmill in the middle of this pretty park. (Unfortunately it's not windy at all...)


And a cool view from the top of the YMCA tower.


And I have more fun pictures but the internet is slow. So that's all for now!

The Dead Sea

Well this was certainly fun. Here we are floating. Totally floating. It was so WEIRD! Like we were on another planet or something... We could even stand in the water!


And of course....the Dead Sea Mud is to DIE for... (I do look like a monster that could kill someone!)

Walk Like An Egyptian

Ok, so here are some really fun photos from my trip to Africa!

Yes...I actually saw and climbed on an in a wonder of the ancient world. Cool!


And I rode a camel through Luxor. Probably one of the coolest things I've ever done...



And finally, I will treat you all to a preview of Lis and me doing our belly dancing. Yes, apparently the belly dancers in Ancient Egypt were important enough to put on the wall. Next mission: find a belly dancing outfit...

The Old City

I've discovered it's not nearly as much fun as I hoped to be in the Holy Land taking a million pictures and not being able to show them to the loved ones back home (due to really SLOW internet connections, attaching pictures to e-mails is not possible).
So here are a few fun ones:


Me at Dome of the Rock (Those biblical scholars in the crowd may realize that I'm standing on Mt. Moriah!)

Me in the Orson Hyde Memorial Park (Well done, Grandpa Nelson!)

Stayed tuned for more documentation of my Middle East(and Northern Africa) Adventures! (And to put your mind at ease, yes, I did escape Pharaoh's Wrath.)