By Bus and Paddle Boat

This last Friday I went down to Aqaba with two of my coworkers.  It was a full day.  We left at 8 am and didn't arrive back home till 2:15am.  We took a bus from our home town down south to Aqaba.  Aqaba is Jordan's only port city sitting on the Red Sea.  Check out the pics I posted on the pages section.  It is a beautiful area with low mountains surrounding the water.  The city also had a bit of greenery which was a refreshing change.

I am not sure we did our math too well because we ended up being on the bus for over 11 hours roundtrip and only down in Aqaba for about 6 hours.  All the same we made the most of it with a great meal of a local specialty fish called Sayadea, it was really good.   Then down to the beach and taking paddle boats out onto the Red Sea.  Then we headed up into the town and did some shopping and found some yummy smoothie like drinks with fresh local fruit.

Oh and my bus ride did include a free Arabic tutoring session.  I had my Arabic book with me and was going over the alphabet and basic words.  A young boy on the bus came over with interest in what I was doing and then helped me in correctly pronouncing the words.  I would read it as best I could and then he would correct me.  

Quiz Results

So for how the streets are named.  16th, 26th, and 36th are all named based on their width in meters.  So nothing as intriguing as prophetic omens or lucky numbers but I thought it was interesting when I learned.