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B.C. – “Before Christ”
A.D. – “anno domini“, Latin phrase which means “in the year of our Lord (Jesus Christ).”
BC/AD dating system was to make the birth of Jesus Christ the dividing point of world history. However, there is a mistake on which year JC was born.
Year 0 is equivalent to 1 BC and is a [...]

a place holder…

约旦是个很好旅游的的国家, 比埃及容易多了。
这么说吧, 你要是打算去约旦了, 那你一定不是第一次出门的人。基本旅行注意事项, 如何与人交往, backpack的东东你肯定都知道的, huh?
约旦国家不大, 计划一周游比较合适。当然如果你喜欢beach, 潜水, 爬山, 攀岩, 沙漠越野那就再加一周。
去哪里?
约旦旅游点可以分为三个中心。北部：阿曼, Madaba, Jerash; 中南部：Petra(Wadi Musa); 南部: Wadi Rum 沙漠, Aquaba 红海。
北部 – 阿曼：据说‘okay’,‘boring’, ‘big’。 我们没有在阿曼停。
Madaba：著名的基督古城。离阿曼不远, 实际上比阿曼离机场还近。因此我们选择Madaba为北部的住宿交通中心。Madaba有几座非常历史悠久的古教堂, 最为著名的是圣乔治教堂的彩色马赛克圣地地图(St George, Map of the Holy Land)。Madaba 附近有死海, Mount Nebo (摩西死去的地方, 也有很漂亮的彩色马赛克), 耶稣受洗礼的地方(Bapist Site)。
Jerash; 大型罗马古城遗迹。从madaba往北约80公里, 要自己租车。从阿曼坐公共巴士很方便。
从北部到wadi musa (Petra) 走沙漠公路(desert highway)乘车要4小时左右, 路很好, 但也很boring. 西边的kings highway 穿越几个大峡谷, 经过wadi [...]

TBC

To be completed…

Clusters of sunshine is dancing over the curtain, looked like a good day for picnic. Had breakfast with yogurt we bought last night, mashed with strawberry jam, very nice. Buying from grocery shops is alright, 2JD (about GBP1.6 pounds) got us a grand pot of yogurt, 1.5L water and a pack of cigarettes.
Pack up, check [...]

Madaba is a small market town 30km southwest of Amman, Situated on the two cross country highways. It is quite convenient as a ‘base camp’ for travelling around. To the North – Jerash, Ajloun, Mount Nebo (where Moses looked over the Promised Land and died there), Dead sea, Jesus Baptist site all in two [...]

It is that time of the year again. The virtual globe started spinning … Where would we go this time? Somewhere in the 50 must-go places, a place takes less than 7 hours flight, somewhere is interesting and not too cold.
Here comes Jordan and Petra – where Harrison Ford found the Holy Grail in the [...]

I set myself a target – to explore and gain knowledge of great civilisations. Understand the extent and massive work this potentially involve, I would like to take a retrospective approach.
The aim: a rough map and guide to appreciate ancient civilisations and world history when we are travelling there to admire the historic monuments.
The method: [...]

“When was the last bus attack? I mean there was the bus attack yesterday and…”
“Why? Why do you ask?”
“Well I was thinking of taking a tour to the west bank. You think its safe?” I prompted the friendly Jewish driver.
“I mean, you know, with the bus bombs and all.”
“Ohh, heh… it doesn’t work that [...]