From 1175fbb7c0993330d74dfc7980fe40b109369784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Orth Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:05:58 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add tags to content to force nicer summaries --- content/post/another-beautiful-hand-painted-ceiling.md | 2 ++ content/post/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis.md | 2 ++ content/post/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork.md | 2 ++ content/post/buying-baklava-amman.md | 2 ++ content/post/camping-dana-biosphere-reserve.md | 2 ++ content/post/dont-whatsapp-and-drive.md | 2 ++ content/post/eid-mubarak-neighborhood-dumpster.md | 2 ++ content/post/no-noise-near-noisy-mosque.md | 2 ++ content/post/saint-thaddeus-church-amman.md | 2 ++ 9 files changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/post/another-beautiful-hand-painted-ceiling.md b/content/post/another-beautiful-hand-painted-ceiling.md index 691f195e..3e91260a 100644 --- a/content/post/another-beautiful-hand-painted-ceiling.md +++ b/content/post/another-beautiful-hand-painted-ceiling.md @@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ image = "/2016/09/DSC_0008.jpg" Another day, another exquisite, hand-painted ceiling in Amman. Just like the [other hand-painted wood ceiling]({{< relref "post/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork.md" >}}) I posted about a few weeks ago, the work was done by an old Syrian man. This one is actually in my flat, and I may or may not have taken this picture while laying on my back on the living room floor. + + *Technical: Nikon D3100, post processed from RAW with [darktable](https://www.darktable.org/).* diff --git a/content/post/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis.md b/content/post/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis.md index 6f2ec61d..ba62fb40 100644 --- a/content/post/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis.md +++ b/content/post/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis.md @@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ author = "Alan Orth" There's an amazing wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman — in thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years it was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in the past few decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities. + + Learn more about the wetlands on a trip with [Wild Jordan](http://wildjordan.com/) or [Experience Jordan](http://experiencejordan.com/), and *turn off the water in your shower or sink when you don't need it!* diff --git a/content/post/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork.md b/content/post/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork.md index 715e0b75..eca24949 100644 --- a/content/post/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork.md +++ b/content/post/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork.md @@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ image = "/2016/09/IMG_20160916_174409.jpg" {{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160916_174409.jpg" title="Beautiful hand-painted wood panels on the ceiling" alt="Beautiful hand-painted wood panels on the ceiling" >}} There's an old Syrian man who does this fantastic hand painting on wood panels in Amman. A few flats in our building have them installed on the ceiling, but this one takes the cake. I'm not sure if it's typical for the region or not — the man was referencing pictures from a Russian art book — but they are exquisite. + + diff --git a/content/post/buying-baklava-amman.md b/content/post/buying-baklava-amman.md index 12269fc9..90891ef8 100644 --- a/content/post/buying-baklava-amman.md +++ b/content/post/buying-baklava-amman.md @@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ author = "Alan Orth" {{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg" title="Everybody likes baklava!" alt="Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman" >}} There's a shop in one of Amman's downtown markets that sells traditional sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half kilo of _baklawa_ — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it. + + diff --git a/content/post/camping-dana-biosphere-reserve.md b/content/post/camping-dana-biosphere-reserve.md index 0b579351..0f513634 100644 --- a/content/post/camping-dana-biosphere-reserve.md +++ b/content/post/camping-dana-biosphere-reserve.md @@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ image = "/2016/09/DSC_0031.JPG" {{< figure src="/2016/09/DSC_0031.JPG" title="Just after sunrise at a camp in the Dana Biosphere" alt="Just after sunrise at a camp in the Dana Biosphere" >}} A few weeks ago I slept in a tent on the cusp of Jordan's Rift Valley. [Wild Jordan](http://wildjordan.com/) has regular hiking and camping trips to the reserve and they are very affordable. The staff are friendly and genuinely care about nature conservation. Trips to this and other national parks are part of an impressive [government effort](http://www.rscn.org.jo/) to preserve Jordan's natural spaces. + + diff --git a/content/post/dont-whatsapp-and-drive.md b/content/post/dont-whatsapp-and-drive.md index cf8a04ca..443d0e10 100644 --- a/content/post/dont-whatsapp-and-drive.md +++ b/content/post/dont-whatsapp-and-drive.md @@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ image = "/2016/09/IMG_20160810_162505.jpg" {{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160810_162505.jpg" title="Billboard in Amman cautions against using your phone while driving" alt="Billboard in Amman cautions against using your phone while driving" >}} I can't even read Arabic but I'm pretty sure that billboard is telling people to *put their fucking phones down while driving*. It's like an epidemic here. I've never seen people look less at the road while driving than here in Amman. + + diff --git a/content/post/eid-mubarak-neighborhood-dumpster.md b/content/post/eid-mubarak-neighborhood-dumpster.md index 52f5f5cd..55522959 100644 --- a/content/post/eid-mubarak-neighborhood-dumpster.md +++ b/content/post/eid-mubarak-neighborhood-dumpster.md @@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ image = "/2016/09/sheep-dumpster-eid-al-adha.jpg" {{< figure src="/2016/09/sheep-dumpster-eid-al-adha.jpg" title="Sheep carcass lazily discarded in neighborhood dumpster" alt="Sheep carcass lazily discarded in neighborhood dumpster" >}} As Muslims around the world are busy wishing each other a blessed [Eid al-Adha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha), some poor bastard has to clean up this lazily discarded sheep carcass from my local dumpster (note the entrails spilled below). Keep it classy, Jordan. + + diff --git a/content/post/no-noise-near-noisy-mosque.md b/content/post/no-noise-near-noisy-mosque.md index 9d5b0e20..f69ed22c 100644 --- a/content/post/no-noise-near-noisy-mosque.md +++ b/content/post/no-noise-near-noisy-mosque.md @@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ image = "/2016/09/no-noise-near-mosque.jpg" {{< figure src="/2016/09/no-noise-near-mosque.jpg" title="Sign forbidding sound near mosque on Rainbow Street, Amman" alt="Sign forbidding sound near mosque on Rainbow Street, Amman" >}} The irony is rich with this one, because this mosque has a sound system from another planet. If I wasn't worried about my personal safety I'd put up a sign right next to it saying: _Please mute your mosque, there is a sleeping Alan 50m away_. + + diff --git a/content/post/saint-thaddeus-church-amman.md b/content/post/saint-thaddeus-church-amman.md index 2b65a6a1..89718b2a 100644 --- a/content/post/saint-thaddeus-church-amman.md +++ b/content/post/saint-thaddeus-church-amman.md @@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ description = "Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman." {{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" title="Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman" alt="Armenian church with pointy steeple" >}} Even if the number number of mosques in Amman *didn't* outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. It caught my eye once a few weeks ago and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafieh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself "*Is that an Armenian church?*" I finally went on an epic scavenger hunt and found it. + +