Friday, October 10, 2008

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The top picture is of a friend named Justin. He works at the Computer Help Desk for A&M. He is 28 and has been working in Qatar for a year. A 5 year old girl from church was scared that he was going to die in Petra because this is where they shot a movie from Indiana Jones. The little girl's reasoning was that there were still a lot of deadly traps in Petra that could kill him from the Indian Jones movie. So he took this picture and sent it to her. The next picture shows two Bedouin teenagers who are singing and clapping near a hiking trail we took. They live in caves. The last picture shows me resting for lunch on top of a mountain in Petra.

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Sunset overlooking the Dead Sea.



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Here is a picture Justin took while scuba diving in Aqaba, Amman.
This is the Stingray we saw while diving. I didn't even see it until our guide kept pointing it out to me for 5 minutes because it was buried in the sand. The Crocadile Hunter, Steve Irwin, died while trying to ride one of these stingrays. He got stung in the heart by the tail of the stingray.
Here is me relaxing on top of a mountain in Petra.
A picture of underwater vegetation.

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Here is a kite surfer in Tel Aviv.


We are walking through the river valley in Petra.
Same river valley, different picture.

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Here is another picture of me at the Roman ruins.
Here is a picture of a modern day Bedouin. We actually sat down and drank tea with this guy.
Here is me on Mount Nebo. Here is where Moses died.
This statue represents Moses staff that turned into a snake. It us on top of Mount Nebo. It is also the symbol used by many medical facilities in America.
Here is a picture of the Jordan River.

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Here is an old water well that was dug in Amman.
I am climbing up the stairs of the water well.
Here is a Roman theater in Amman.
Here are all the guys.
Here is a picture of the Turkish bath we went to in Amman.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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Here is a picture of us relaxing at the Tel Aviv beach in Jerusalem along the Mediterranean Sea. I was suprised how western Tel Aviv was. There were a lot of tree, girls could were two piece bathing suits, and there were a lot of shops and all natural food stores. It kind of felt a little bit like Europe.
Here is a picture of me at the beach in Tel Aviv.
Some guys are kite surfing in the back.
Here is a picture of us relaxing in a Roman theater in Amman.