224 lines
7.6 KiB
HTML
224 lines
7.6 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
|
||
<html lang="en">
|
||
|
||
<head>
|
||
<meta charset="utf-8">
|
||
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
|
||
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
|
||
<!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags -->
|
||
|
||
<meta property="og:title" content="Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing" />
|
||
<meta property="og:description" content="After a few days in Aqaba you'll be wishing you were stranded on Mars." />
|
||
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
|
||
<meta property="og:url" content="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/" />
|
||
|
||
<meta property="og:image" content="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/10/IMG_20161002_131313.jpg" />
|
||
|
||
|
||
<meta property="og:updated_time" content="2016-10-05T10:46:23+03:00"/>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<meta itemprop="name" content="Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing">
|
||
<meta itemprop="description" content="After a few days in Aqaba you'll be wishing you were stranded on Mars.">
|
||
|
||
|
||
<meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2016-10-05T10:46:23+03:00" />
|
||
<meta itemprop="wordCount" content="109">
|
||
|
||
<meta itemprop="image" content="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/10/IMG_20161002_131313.jpg">
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<meta itemprop="keywords" content="architecture,food,nature,amman,aqaba,art,baklawa,camping,church,driving,eid,mosque,noise,oasis,painting,red-sea,sheep,wetland,whatsapp," />
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/>
|
||
<meta name="twitter:image:src" content="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/10/IMG_20161002_131313.jpg"/>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing"/>
|
||
<meta name="twitter:description" content="After a few days in Aqaba you'll be wishing you were stranded on Mars."/>
|
||
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@mralanorth"/>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<meta name="google-site-verification" content="BAi69DROASu2b2mkVNA_EyUsobfH7Mq8BmSg2Rn-Zp4" />
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<meta name="msvalidate.01" content="2CA373095D945D1AA256B1CD8A3DF872" />
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<meta name="yandex-verification" content="96b099438f75a04a" />
|
||
|
||
|
||
<meta name="generator" content="Hugo 0.17-DEV" />
|
||
|
||
|
||
<base href="https://picturingjordan.com/">
|
||
<link rel="canonical" href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/">
|
||
|
||
<title>Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing | Picturing Jordan</title>
|
||
|
||
<!-- combined, minified CSS -->
|
||
<link href="https://picturingjordan.com/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet">
|
||
|
||
<!-- RSS 2.0 feed -->
|
||
<link href="https://picturingjordan.com/index.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate">
|
||
|
||
|
||
</head>
|
||
|
||
<body>
|
||
|
||
<div class="blog-masthead">
|
||
<div class="container">
|
||
<nav class="nav blog-nav">
|
||
<a class="nav-link " href="https://picturingjordan.com/">Home</a>
|
||
|
||
<a class="nav-link" href="https://picturingjordan.com/about/">About</a>
|
||
|
||
</nav>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
<header class="blog-header">
|
||
<div class="container">
|
||
<h1 class="blog-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/" rel="home">Picturing Jordan</a></h1>
|
||
<p class="lead blog-description">Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</header>
|
||
|
||
<div class="container">
|
||
<div class="row">
|
||
<div class="col-sm-8 blog-main">
|
||
|
||
|
||
<article class="blog-post">
|
||
<header>
|
||
<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/">Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing</a></h2>
|
||
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-10-05T10:46:23+03:00">Wed Oct 05, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
|
||
|
||
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/tags/red-sea" rel="tag">Red Sea</a>, <a href="/tags/aqaba" rel="tag">Aqaba</a>
|
||
|
||
</p>
|
||
</header>
|
||
<figure >
|
||
|
||
<img src="/2016/10/IMG_20161002_131313.jpg" alt="A picturesque view where you can't see the trash on the beach" />
|
||
|
||
|
||
<figcaption>
|
||
<h4>A picturesque view where you can't see the trash on the beach</h4>
|
||
|
||
</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 quite striking — imagine Matt Damon in <em>The Martian</em>, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.</p>
|
||
|
||
<p></p>
|
||
|
||
<p>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.</p>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<footer>
|
||
<header>
|
||
<h4>Share</h4>
|
||
</header>
|
||
<nav class="nav nav-inline">
|
||
<a class="nav-item" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f10%2faqaba-dirty-disappointing%2f" title="Share on Facebook"><span class="fa fa-facebook fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a>
|
||
<a class="nav-item" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f10%2faqaba-dirty-disappointing%2f" title="Share on Google+"><span class="fa fa-google-plus fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a>
|
||
<a class="nav-item" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f10%2faqaba-dirty-disappointing%2f" title="Share on LinkedIn"><span class="fa fa-linkedin fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a>
|
||
<a class="nav-item" href="https://twitter.com/home?status=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f10%2faqaba-dirty-disappointing%2f" title="Tweet this"><span class="fa fa-twitter fa-2x"></span></a>
|
||
</nav>
|
||
</footer>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
</article>
|
||
|
||
|
||
</div> <!-- /.blog-main -->
|
||
|
||
|
||
<aside class="col-sm-3 offset-sm-1 blog-sidebar">
|
||
|
||
<section class="sidebar-module sidebar-module-inset">
|
||
<h4>About</h4>
|
||
<p><em>Picturing Jordan</em>, sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.<br><br><a href="/about">Read more →</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<section class="sidebar-module">
|
||
<h4>Recent Posts</h4>
|
||
<ol class="list-unstyled">
|
||
|
||
<li><a href="/2016/10/sheikh-zayed-mosque-pearl-aqaba/">Sheikh Zayed Mosque: the Pearl of Aqaba</a></li>
|
||
|
||
<li><a href="/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/">Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing</a></li>
|
||
|
||
<li><a href="/2016/09/king-hussein-mosque-night/">King Hussein Mosque at Night</a></li>
|
||
|
||
<li><a href="/2016/09/another-beautiful-hand-painted-ceiling/">Another Beautiful Hand-Painted Wood Ceiling</a></li>
|
||
|
||
<li><a href="/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/">Azraq Wetland, a Disappearing Oasis</a></li>
|
||
|
||
</ol>
|
||
</section>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<section class="sidebar-module">
|
||
<h4>Links</h4>
|
||
<ol class="list-unstyled">
|
||
|
||
<li><a href="https://alaninkenya.org">Alan in Kenya</a></li>
|
||
|
||
<li><a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">English Bulgaria</a></li>
|
||
|
||
<li><a href="https://mjanja.ch">Mjanja Tech</a></li>
|
||
|
||
</ol>
|
||
</section>
|
||
|
||
</aside>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
</div> <!-- /.row -->
|
||
</div> <!-- /.container -->
|
||
|
||
<footer class="blog-footer">
|
||
<p>
|
||
|
||
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>.
|
||
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>
|
||
<a href="#">Back to top</a>
|
||
</p>
|
||
</footer>
|
||
|
||
</body>
|
||
|
||
</html>
|