From a7e173a3dcfa63d81fc8b6bc3b6660e5a3f8b511 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Orth Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:33:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Regnerate public --- .../index.html | 12 +- .../2016/09/buying-baklava-amman/index.html | 18 +- .../09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/index.html | 8 +- .../10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/index.html | 12 +- public/categories/architecture/index.xml | 4 +- .../categories/architecture/page/4/index.html | 4 +- public/categories/food/index.html | 4 +- public/categories/food/index.xml | 2 +- public/categories/index.html | 2 +- public/categories/index.xml | 9 + public/categories/nature/index.xml | 6 +- public/categories/nature/page/2/index.html | 6 +- public/categories/page/2/index.html | 2 +- public/categories/page/3/index.html | 2 +- public/categories/page/4/index.html | 2 +- public/categories/page/5/index.html | 2 +- public/categories/page/6/index.html | 6 +- public/categories/page/7/index.html | 12 +- public/categories/page/8/index.html | 6 +- public/categories/page/9/index.html | 2 +- public/categories/travel/index.html | 190 ++++++++++++++++++ public/categories/travel/index.xml | 32 +++ public/categories/travel/page/1/index.html | 1 + public/en/sitemap.xml | 43 ++-- public/index.html | 2 +- public/index.xml | 14 +- public/page/2/index.html | 2 +- public/page/3/index.html | 2 +- public/page/4/index.html | 2 +- public/page/5/index.html | 2 +- public/page/6/index.html | 6 +- public/page/7/index.html | 12 +- public/page/8/index.html | 6 +- public/page/9/index.html | 2 +- public/posts/index.html | 2 +- public/posts/index.xml | 14 +- public/posts/page/2/index.html | 2 +- public/posts/page/3/index.html | 2 +- public/posts/page/4/index.html | 2 +- public/posts/page/5/index.html | 2 +- public/posts/page/6/index.html | 6 +- public/posts/page/7/index.html | 12 +- public/posts/page/8/index.html | 6 +- public/posts/page/9/index.html | 2 +- public/sitemap.xml | 2 +- public/tags/amman/index.xml | 6 +- public/tags/amman/page/3/index.html | 8 +- public/tags/aqaba/index.html | 4 +- public/tags/aqaba/index.xml | 2 +- public/tags/baklava/index.html | 190 ++++++++++++++++++ public/tags/baklava/index.xml | 32 +++ public/tags/baklava/page/1/index.html | 1 + public/tags/church/index.html | 4 +- public/tags/church/index.xml | 4 +- public/tags/index.html | 2 +- public/tags/index.xml | 6 +- public/tags/oasis/index.html | 6 +- public/tags/oasis/index.xml | 6 +- public/tags/page/2/index.html | 2 +- public/tags/page/3/index.html | 2 +- public/tags/page/4/index.html | 2 +- public/tags/page/5/index.html | 2 +- public/tags/page/6/index.html | 6 +- public/tags/page/7/index.html | 12 +- public/tags/page/8/index.html | 6 +- public/tags/page/9/index.html | 2 +- public/tags/red-sea/index.html | 4 +- public/tags/red-sea/index.xml | 2 +- public/tags/wetland/index.html | 6 +- public/tags/wetland/index.xml | 6 +- 70 files changed, 643 insertions(+), 169 deletions(-) create mode 100644 public/categories/travel/index.html create mode 100644 public/categories/travel/index.xml create mode 100644 public/categories/travel/page/1/index.html create mode 100644 public/tags/baklava/index.html create mode 100644 public/tags/baklava/index.xml create mode 100644 public/tags/baklava/page/1/index.html diff --git a/public/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/index.html b/public/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/index.html index 252c5ece..4d142e46 100644 --- a/public/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/index.html +++ b/public/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/index.html @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ - + @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ "url": "https:\/\/picturingjordan.com\/2016\/09\/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis\/", "wordCount": "107", "datePublished": "2016-09-24T21:28:31+03:00", - "dateModified": "2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00", + "dateModified": "2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Orth" @@ -126,13 +126,13 @@
Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert.
-

A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.

+ alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/>
+

A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon

-

There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent 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 or Experience Jordan, and turn off the water in your shower or sink when you don't need it!

+

There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent 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 or Experience Jordan, and turn off the water in your shower or sink when you don't need it!

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@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ -

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.

+

There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “baklawa” in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

diff --git a/public/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/index.html b/public/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/index.html index 2c892980..fd9a08aa 100644 --- a/public/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/index.html +++ b/public/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/index.html @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ - + @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ "url": "https:\/\/picturingjordan.com\/2016\/09\/saint-thaddeus-church-amman\/", "wordCount": "77", "datePublished": "2016-09-20T14:58:34+03:00", - "dateModified": "2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00", + "dateModified": "2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Orth" @@ -126,12 +126,12 @@
Armenian church with pointy steeple
+ alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/>

Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman

-

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once 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 scavenger hunt and found it.

+

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “Is that an Armenian church?” I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.

diff --git a/public/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/index.html b/public/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/index.html index 38b6dd41..13f10f25 100644 --- a/public/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/index.html +++ b/public/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/index.html @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ - + @@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ "width": "1440" }, "url": "https:\/\/picturingjordan.com\/2016\/10\/aqaba-dirty-disappointing\/", - "wordCount": "109", + "wordCount": "111", "datePublished": "2016-10-05T10:46:23+03:00", - "dateModified": "2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00", + "dateModified": "2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Orth" }, - "keywords": "Red Sea, Aqaba", + "keywords": "Travel, Red Sea, Aqaba", "description": "After a few days in Aqaba you\x27ll be wishing you were stranded on Mars." } @@ -117,6 +117,8 @@

Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing

by Alan Orth in + Travel +  , @@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ -

I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

+

I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

If that sounds too good to be true, it is! Sadly, I found Aqaba to be dirty — used diapers on the beach, locals arrogantly throwing trash on the street, trash floating around the reef, etc — and full of obnoxious, poorly behaved tourists.

diff --git a/public/categories/architecture/index.xml b/public/categories/architecture/index.xml index a3732bbf..f9406cac 100644 --- a/public/categories/architecture/index.xml +++ b/public/categories/architecture/index.xml @@ -177,12 +177,12 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" - alt="Armenian church with pointy steeple"/> <figcaption> + alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/> <figcaption> <h4>Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman</h4> </figcaption> </figure> -<p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn't</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafieh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> +<p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn't</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> diff --git a/public/categories/architecture/page/4/index.html b/public/categories/architecture/page/4/index.html index 26e78acd..fb624f0e 100644 --- a/public/categories/architecture/page/4/index.html +++ b/public/categories/architecture/page/4/index.html @@ -130,12 +130,12 @@
Armenian church with pointy steeple
+ alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/>

Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman

-

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once 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 scavenger hunt and found it.

+

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “Is that an Armenian church?” I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.

Read more → diff --git a/public/categories/food/index.html b/public/categories/food/index.html index 8165f6c9..d288c0d2 100644 --- a/public/categories/food/index.html +++ b/public/categories/food/index.html @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@  Food - , + ,

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ -

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.

+

There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “baklawa” in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

Read more → diff --git a/public/categories/food/index.xml b/public/categories/food/index.xml index 6adf8e22..8bc892d7 100644 --- a/public/categories/food/index.xml +++ b/public/categories/food/index.xml @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ </figcaption> </figure> -<p>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 <em>baklawa</em> — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> +<p>There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called &ldquo;<em>baklawa</em>&rdquo; in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> diff --git a/public/categories/index.html b/public/categories/index.html index 60e8b72c..b39e4287 100644 --- a/public/categories/index.html +++ b/public/categories/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/categories/index.xml b/public/categories/index.xml index 69c3e6db..6c211108 100644 --- a/public/categories/index.xml +++ b/public/categories/index.xml @@ -57,5 +57,14 @@ + + Travel + https://picturingjordan.com/categories/travel/ + Wed, 05 Oct 2016 10:46:23 +0300 + + https://picturingjordan.com/categories/travel/ + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/public/categories/nature/index.xml b/public/categories/nature/index.xml index badea381..31952729 100644 --- a/public/categories/nature/index.xml +++ b/public/categories/nature/index.xml @@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" - alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert."/> <figcaption> - <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.</h4> + alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/> <figcaption> + <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon</h4> </figcaption> </figure> -<p>There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p> +<p>There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p> diff --git a/public/categories/nature/page/2/index.html b/public/categories/nature/page/2/index.html index c9e219e0..75f49505 100644 --- a/public/categories/nature/page/2/index.html +++ b/public/categories/nature/page/2/index.html @@ -104,12 +104,12 @@
Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert.
-

A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.

+ alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/>
+

A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon

-

There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

+

There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

Read more → diff --git a/public/categories/page/2/index.html b/public/categories/page/2/index.html index 3039b07d..316bf275 100644 --- a/public/categories/page/2/index.html +++ b/public/categories/page/2/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/categories/page/3/index.html b/public/categories/page/3/index.html index cfdeb5d4..b2c5d1bc 100644 --- a/public/categories/page/3/index.html +++ b/public/categories/page/3/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/categories/page/4/index.html b/public/categories/page/4/index.html index bafe00fa..1f9816ef 100644 --- a/public/categories/page/4/index.html +++ b/public/categories/page/4/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/categories/page/5/index.html b/public/categories/page/5/index.html index ef247104..739698b6 100644 --- a/public/categories/page/5/index.html +++ b/public/categories/page/5/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/categories/page/6/index.html b/public/categories/page/6/index.html index 220aba7d..00acfd63 100644 --- a/public/categories/page/6/index.html +++ b/public/categories/page/6/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } @@ -137,6 +137,8 @@

Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing

by Alan Orth in + Travel +  , @@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ -

I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

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I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

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Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert.
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A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.

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A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon

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There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

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There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

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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.

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There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “baklawa” in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

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Armenian church with pointy steeple
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Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman

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Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once 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 scavenger hunt and found it.

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Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “Is that an Armenian church?” I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.

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Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing

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A picturesque view where you can't see the trash on the beach

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I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

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Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)"><em>The Martian</em></a>, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.</p> + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/public/categories/travel/page/1/index.html b/public/categories/travel/page/1/index.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..74b26db7 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/categories/travel/page/1/index.html @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +https://picturingjordan.com/categories/travel/ \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/public/en/sitemap.xml b/public/en/sitemap.xml index b4bf87f5..567462df 100644 --- a/public/en/sitemap.xml +++ b/public/en/sitemap.xml @@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/tags/amman/ - 2020-01-18T21:14:36+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/categories/architecture/ - 2020-01-18T21:14:36+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/categories/ - 2020-01-18T21:14:36+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/ - 2020-01-18T21:14:36+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/posts/ - 2020-01-18T21:14:36+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/tags/ - 2020-01-18T21:14:36+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/tags/church/ - 2018-07-31T00:58:52+03:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/categories/nature/ - 2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/categories/food/ - 2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 @@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/tags/aqaba/ - 2018-07-31T00:58:52+03:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 @@ -469,12 +469,17 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/ - 2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/tags/red-sea/ - 2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 + + + + https://picturingjordan.com/categories/travel/ + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 @@ -514,32 +519,32 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/ - 2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/tags/oasis/ - 2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/tags/wetland/ - 2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 - https://picturingjordan.com/tags/baklawa/ - 2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00 + https://picturingjordan.com/tags/baklava/ + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-amman/ - 2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/ - 2018-03-09T18:13:37+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html index 03bb62ec..43d94965 100644 --- a/public/index.html +++ b/public/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/index.xml b/public/index.xml index 92ad86ab..dc309ab1 100644 --- a/public/index.xml +++ b/public/index.xml @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ </figcaption> </figure> -<p>I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)"><em>The Martian</em></a>, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.</p> +<p>I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)"><em>The Martian</em></a>, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.</p> @@ -329,12 +329,12 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" - alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert."/> <figcaption> - <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.</h4> + alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/> <figcaption> + <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon</h4> </figcaption> </figure> -<p>There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p> +<p>There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p> @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ </figcaption> </figure> -<p>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 <em>baklawa</em> — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> +<p>There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called &ldquo;<em>baklawa</em>&rdquo; in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> @@ -361,12 +361,12 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" - alt="Armenian church with pointy steeple"/> <figcaption> + alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/> <figcaption> <h4>Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman</h4> </figcaption> </figure> -<p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn't</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafieh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> +<p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn't</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> diff --git a/public/page/2/index.html b/public/page/2/index.html index cabc1ab5..afd43f1c 100644 --- a/public/page/2/index.html +++ b/public/page/2/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/page/3/index.html b/public/page/3/index.html index b1b3215e..d9bac40a 100644 --- a/public/page/3/index.html +++ b/public/page/3/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/page/4/index.html b/public/page/4/index.html index b0eb56e6..1ddafd19 100644 --- a/public/page/4/index.html +++ b/public/page/4/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/page/5/index.html b/public/page/5/index.html index 400c34d2..aebf4fc3 100644 --- a/public/page/5/index.html +++ b/public/page/5/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/page/6/index.html b/public/page/6/index.html index 649c34c3..bf826603 100644 --- a/public/page/6/index.html +++ b/public/page/6/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } @@ -137,6 +137,8 @@

Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing

by Alan Orth in + Travel +  , @@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ -

I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

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I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

Read more → diff --git a/public/page/7/index.html b/public/page/7/index.html index 8d72e5c5..76e0594b 100644 --- a/public/page/7/index.html +++ b/public/page/7/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } @@ -145,12 +145,12 @@
Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert.
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A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.

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A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon

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There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

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There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

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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.

+

There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “baklawa” in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

Read more → diff --git a/public/page/8/index.html b/public/page/8/index.html index 9ff80397..8c985bd3 100644 --- a/public/page/8/index.html +++ b/public/page/8/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } @@ -119,12 +119,12 @@
Armenian church with pointy steeple
+ alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/>

Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman

-

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once 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 scavenger hunt and found it.

+

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “Is that an Armenian church?” I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.

Read more → diff --git a/public/page/9/index.html b/public/page/9/index.html index ab315b2c..27a87b41 100644 --- a/public/page/9/index.html +++ b/public/page/9/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/posts/index.html b/public/posts/index.html index 1a3fa74b..ec38e77e 100644 --- a/public/posts/index.html +++ b/public/posts/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/posts/index.xml b/public/posts/index.xml index d12f9bc0..f62eacab 100644 --- a/public/posts/index.xml +++ b/public/posts/index.xml @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ </figcaption> </figure> -<p>I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)"><em>The Martian</em></a>, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.</p> +<p>I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)"><em>The Martian</em></a>, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.</p> @@ -320,12 +320,12 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" - alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert."/> <figcaption> - <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.</h4> + alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/> <figcaption> + <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon</h4> </figcaption> </figure> -<p>There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p> +<p>There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p> @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ </figcaption> </figure> -<p>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 <em>baklawa</em> — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> +<p>There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called &ldquo;<em>baklawa</em>&rdquo; in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> @@ -352,12 +352,12 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" - alt="Armenian church with pointy steeple"/> <figcaption> + alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/> <figcaption> <h4>Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman</h4> </figcaption> </figure> -<p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn't</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafieh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> +<p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn't</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> diff --git a/public/posts/page/2/index.html b/public/posts/page/2/index.html index 1cdfa1c3..ebf860bd 100644 --- a/public/posts/page/2/index.html +++ b/public/posts/page/2/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/posts/page/3/index.html b/public/posts/page/3/index.html index f097627b..7ca3878c 100644 --- a/public/posts/page/3/index.html +++ b/public/posts/page/3/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/posts/page/4/index.html b/public/posts/page/4/index.html index 2453fce4..bc88f0b4 100644 --- a/public/posts/page/4/index.html +++ b/public/posts/page/4/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/posts/page/5/index.html b/public/posts/page/5/index.html index e3534885..092484c2 100644 --- a/public/posts/page/5/index.html +++ b/public/posts/page/5/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/posts/page/6/index.html b/public/posts/page/6/index.html index 57291666..4dd776b0 100644 --- a/public/posts/page/6/index.html +++ b/public/posts/page/6/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } @@ -137,6 +137,8 @@

Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing

by Alan Orth in + Travel +  , @@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ -

I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

+

I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

Read more → diff --git a/public/posts/page/7/index.html b/public/posts/page/7/index.html index 83114577..d865c98f 100644 --- a/public/posts/page/7/index.html +++ b/public/posts/page/7/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } @@ -145,12 +145,12 @@
Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert.
-

A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.

+ alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/>
+

A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon

-

There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

+

There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

Read more → @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@  Food - , + ,

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ -

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.

+

There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “baklawa” in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

Read more → diff --git a/public/posts/page/8/index.html b/public/posts/page/8/index.html index 99eec38d..f22c975e 100644 --- a/public/posts/page/8/index.html +++ b/public/posts/page/8/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } @@ -119,12 +119,12 @@
Armenian church with pointy steeple
+ alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/>

Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman

-

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once 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 scavenger hunt and found it.

+

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “Is that an Armenian church?” I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.

Read more → diff --git a/public/posts/page/9/index.html b/public/posts/page/9/index.html index 3e001688..c98f0dbb 100644 --- a/public/posts/page/9/index.html +++ b/public/posts/page/9/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/sitemap.xml b/public/sitemap.xml index 6d52e3a8..cea601ee 100644 --- a/public/sitemap.xml +++ b/public/sitemap.xml @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/en/sitemap.xml - 2020-01-18T21:14:36+02:00 + 2020-01-22T17:32:34+02:00 diff --git a/public/tags/amman/index.xml b/public/tags/amman/index.xml index 3e9a842e..77be5295 100644 --- a/public/tags/amman/index.xml +++ b/public/tags/amman/index.xml @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ </figcaption> </figure> -<p>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 <em>baklawa</em> — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> +<p>There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called &ldquo;<em>baklawa</em>&rdquo; in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> @@ -145,12 +145,12 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" - alt="Armenian church with pointy steeple"/> <figcaption> + alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/> <figcaption> <h4>Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman</h4> </figcaption> </figure> -<p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn't</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafieh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> +<p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn't</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> diff --git a/public/tags/amman/page/3/index.html b/public/tags/amman/page/3/index.html index 2f2a6835..542ce74d 100644 --- a/public/tags/amman/page/3/index.html +++ b/public/tags/amman/page/3/index.html @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@  Food - , + ,

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ -

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.

+

There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “baklawa” in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

Read more → @@ -157,12 +157,12 @@
Armenian church with pointy steeple
+ alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/>

Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman

-

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once 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 scavenger hunt and found it.

+

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “Is that an Armenian church?” I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.

Read more → diff --git a/public/tags/aqaba/index.html b/public/tags/aqaba/index.html index 007cf569..5dcbc1d5 100644 --- a/public/tags/aqaba/index.html +++ b/public/tags/aqaba/index.html @@ -122,6 +122,8 @@

Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing

by Alan Orth in + Travel +  , @@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ -

I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

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I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

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Buying Baklava in Amman

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+ Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman
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Everybody likes baklava!

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There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “baklawa” in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

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+ + + + + diff --git a/public/tags/baklava/index.xml b/public/tags/baklava/index.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..675bb2a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/tags/baklava/index.xml @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ + + + + Baklava on Picturing Jordan + https://picturingjordan.com/tags/baklava/ + Recent content in Baklava on Picturing Jordan + Hugo -- gohugo.io + en-us + Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. + Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:15:16 +0300 + + + + + + Buying Baklava in Amman + https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-amman/ + Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:15:16 +0300 + + https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-amman/ + <figure> + <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg" + alt="Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman"/> <figcaption> + <h4>Everybody likes baklava!</h4> + </figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called &ldquo;<em>baklawa</em>&rdquo; in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/public/tags/baklava/page/1/index.html b/public/tags/baklava/page/1/index.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6ce4f4cc --- /dev/null +++ b/public/tags/baklava/page/1/index.html @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +https://picturingjordan.com/tags/baklava/ \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/public/tags/church/index.html b/public/tags/church/index.html index e85fd013..017b6028 100644 --- a/public/tags/church/index.html +++ b/public/tags/church/index.html @@ -131,12 +131,12 @@
Armenian church with pointy steeple
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Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman

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Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once 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 scavenger hunt and found it.

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Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “Is that an Armenian church?” I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.

Read more → diff --git a/public/tags/church/index.xml b/public/tags/church/index.xml index 4e2e888d..ad8c06e1 100644 --- a/public/tags/church/index.xml +++ b/public/tags/church/index.xml @@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" - alt="Armenian church with pointy steeple"/> <figcaption> + alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/> <figcaption> <h4>Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman</h4> </figcaption> </figure> -<p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn't</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafieh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> +<p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn't</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> diff --git a/public/tags/index.html b/public/tags/index.html index 69f614ff..5c2444ff 100644 --- a/public/tags/index.html +++ b/public/tags/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/tags/index.xml b/public/tags/index.xml index 949bab8c..f0bf9e87 100644 --- a/public/tags/index.xml +++ b/public/tags/index.xml @@ -247,11 +247,11 @@ - Baklawa - https://picturingjordan.com/tags/baklawa/ + Baklava + https://picturingjordan.com/tags/baklava/ Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:15:16 +0300 - https://picturingjordan.com/tags/baklawa/ + https://picturingjordan.com/tags/baklava/ diff --git a/public/tags/oasis/index.html b/public/tags/oasis/index.html index 829c081d..17aa2e5f 100644 --- a/public/tags/oasis/index.html +++ b/public/tags/oasis/index.html @@ -104,12 +104,12 @@
Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert.
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A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.

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A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon

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There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

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There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

Read more → diff --git a/public/tags/oasis/index.xml b/public/tags/oasis/index.xml index 58725952..f67e2d71 100644 --- a/public/tags/oasis/index.xml +++ b/public/tags/oasis/index.xml @@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" - alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert."/> <figcaption> - <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.</h4> + alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/> <figcaption> + <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon</h4> </figcaption> </figure> -<p>There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p> +<p>There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p> diff --git a/public/tags/page/2/index.html b/public/tags/page/2/index.html index b5d3dc8e..6b295655 100644 --- a/public/tags/page/2/index.html +++ b/public/tags/page/2/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/tags/page/3/index.html b/public/tags/page/3/index.html index 7262ffdd..c286b1a3 100644 --- a/public/tags/page/3/index.html +++ b/public/tags/page/3/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/tags/page/4/index.html b/public/tags/page/4/index.html index 5b00f4e2..57299714 100644 --- a/public/tags/page/4/index.html +++ b/public/tags/page/4/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/tags/page/5/index.html b/public/tags/page/5/index.html index e081466f..55b86a71 100644 --- a/public/tags/page/5/index.html +++ b/public/tags/page/5/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/tags/page/6/index.html b/public/tags/page/6/index.html index 1c7b3c09..ada201e5 100644 --- a/public/tags/page/6/index.html +++ b/public/tags/page/6/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } @@ -137,6 +137,8 @@

Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing

by Alan Orth in + Travel +  , @@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ -

I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

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I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

Read more → diff --git a/public/tags/page/7/index.html b/public/tags/page/7/index.html index b1fb60f5..4cfc917b 100644 --- a/public/tags/page/7/index.html +++ b/public/tags/page/7/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } @@ -145,12 +145,12 @@
Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert.
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A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.

+ alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/>
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A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon

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There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

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There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

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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.

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There's a shop in Amman's main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “baklawa” in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

Read more → diff --git a/public/tags/page/8/index.html b/public/tags/page/8/index.html index e44cf49a..8d1dbbe0 100644 --- a/public/tags/page/8/index.html +++ b/public/tags/page/8/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } @@ -119,12 +119,12 @@
Armenian church with pointy steeple
+ alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style"/>

Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman

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Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once 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 scavenger hunt and found it.

+

Even if the number of mosques in Amman didn't outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “Is that an Armenian church?” I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.

Read more → diff --git a/public/tags/page/9/index.html b/public/tags/page/9/index.html index dd5dafdb..c10a3f48 100644 --- a/public/tags/page/9/index.html +++ b/public/tags/page/9/index.html @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ "name": "Alan Orth" }, "dateModified": "2020-01-16T09:23:20+02:00", - "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", + "keywords": "architecture,design,food,islam,nature,travel,ajloun,amman,aqaba,art,baklava,bedouin,camping,church,community,dead-sea,desert,driving,eid,fabric,graffiti,greek,jerash,jerusalem,kanafeh,mosque,noise,oasis,olives,painting,pella,petra,red-sea,roman,sheep,wadi-rum,wetland,whatsapp,yemen,", "description": "Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." } diff --git a/public/tags/red-sea/index.html b/public/tags/red-sea/index.html index 220ad6fd..747a6e3c 100644 --- a/public/tags/red-sea/index.html +++ b/public/tags/red-sea/index.html @@ -95,6 +95,8 @@

Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing

by Alan Orth in + Travel +  , @@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ -

I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

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I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in The Martian, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

Read more → diff --git a/public/tags/red-sea/index.xml b/public/tags/red-sea/index.xml index 82050944..1e3b9d4b 100644 --- a/public/tags/red-sea/index.xml +++ b/public/tags/red-sea/index.xml @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ </figcaption> </figure> -<p>I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)"><em>The Martian</em></a>, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.</p> +<p>I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking — imagine Matt Damon in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)"><em>The Martian</em></a>, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.</p> diff --git a/public/tags/wetland/index.html b/public/tags/wetland/index.html index 3e4de7a4..76878da2 100644 --- a/public/tags/wetland/index.html +++ b/public/tags/wetland/index.html @@ -104,12 +104,12 @@
Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert.
-

A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.

+ alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/>
+

A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon

-

There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

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There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

Read more → diff --git a/public/tags/wetland/index.xml b/public/tags/wetland/index.xml index b7484f4c..e48a2def 100644 --- a/public/tags/wetland/index.xml +++ b/public/tags/wetland/index.xml @@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" - alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert."/> <figcaption> - <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.</h4> + alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/> <figcaption> + <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon</h4> </figcaption> </figure> -<p>There's a unique 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 Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p> +<p>There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p>