Today I payed the last fee and filled out the last form for my trip to Jordan! I am offically ready to go. By "officially" I mean that I have the plane tickets, itinerary, BYU travel license and other official international travel and excavation papers. Unfortunately the packing is still on the "to do" list and I have to provide all my tools (if anyone has a square trowel that I could borrow, that would be great). I am starting to feel more like this trip is actually going to happen! In 34 days I will be on a plane to Amman and won't be back to the U.S. for 6 weeks.
In order to prepare a little better for my up and coming inter-cultural experience, I have been reading up a little on Jordan and the people. Here are some interesting things that my studies brought to light:
- Camels are not only a popular mode of transportation, but a tasty entree as well.
- Mensaf is the national dish and is lamb cooked in yogurt served with rice-- you eat this with your hands
- Friday is their sabbath as opposed to Sunday
- Elementary through high school is only 10 years
- Petra is considered one of the New Seven Wonders of the World
- Jordan's full name is The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and before 1950 was called Transjordan
- One of my favorite movies, Lawrence of Arabia is based off a real British colonel Lawrence stationed in Wadi Rum
- Petra is also known as "The Rose City"
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