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<h1 class="blog-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/" rel="home">Picturing Jordan</a></h1>
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<p class="lead blog-description">Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/camping-dana-biosphere-reserve/">Camping in the Dana Biosphere Reserve</a></h2>
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<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-19T09:48:23+03:00">Mon Sep 19, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<h4>Just after sunrise at a camp in the Dana Biosphere</h4>
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<p>A few weeks ago I slept in a tent on the cusp of Jordan’s Rift Valley. <a href="http://wildjordan.com/">Wild Jordan</a> has regular hiking and camping trips to the reserve and they are very affordable. The staff are friendly and genuinely care about nature conservation. Trips to this and other national parks are part of an impressive <a href="http://www.rscn.org.jo/">government effort</a> to preserve Jordan’s natural spaces.</p>
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<p></p>
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<a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/camping-dana-biosphere-reserve/'>Read more →</a>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork/">Beautiful Hand-Painted Woodwork</a></h2>
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<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-17T15:48:23+03:00">Sat Sep 17, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<i class="fa fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/categories/architecture" rel="category tag">Architecture</a>
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<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/tags/painting" rel="tag">Painting</a>, <a href="/tags/art" rel="tag">Art</a>
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<img src="/2016/09/IMG_20160916_174409.jpg" alt="Beautiful hand-painted wood panels on the ceiling" />
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<h4>Beautiful hand-painted wood panels on the ceiling</h4>
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<p>There’s an old Syrian man who does this fantastic hand painting on wood panels in Amman. A few flats in our building have them installed on the ceiling, but this one takes the cake. I’m not sure if it’s typical for the region or not — the man was referencing pictures from a Russian art book — but they are exquisite.</p>
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<p></p>
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<a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork/'>Read more →</a>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/dont-whatsapp-and-drive/">Don’t WhatsApp and Drive</a></h2>
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<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-15T14:10:48+03:00">Thu Sep 15, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/tags/whatsapp" rel="tag">WhatsApp</a>, <a href="/tags/driving" rel="tag">Driving</a>, <a href="/tags/amman" rel="tag">Amman</a>
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<img src="/2016/09/IMG_20160810_162505.jpg" alt="Billboard in Amman cautions against using your phone while driving" />
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<h4>Billboard in Amman cautions against using your phone while driving</h4>
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<p>I can’t even read Arabic but I’m pretty sure that billboard is telling people to <em>put their fucking phones down while driving</em>. It’s like an epidemic here. I’ve never seen people look less at the road while driving than here in Amman.</p>
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<p></p>
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<a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/dont-whatsapp-and-drive/'>Read more →</a>
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<h4>About</h4>
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<p><em>Picturing Jordan</em>, sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.<br><br><a href="/about">Read more →</a></p>
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</section>
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<section class="sidebar-module">
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<h4>Recent Posts</h4>
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<li><a href="/2016/12/grandeur-petra/">The Grandeur of Petra</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/12/kanafeh-classy-palestinian-dessert/">Kanafeh: the Classy Palestinian Dessert</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/11/red-orange-yellow-rice-bab-al-yemen/">Red, Orange, and Yellow Rice at Bab al-Yemen</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/11/harvesting-olives-ajloun/">Harvesting Olives in Ajloun</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/11/contemporary-arab-design-jrf-showroom/">Contemporary Arab Design at the Jordan River Foundation Showroom</a></li>
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</ol>
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</section>
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<h4>Links</h4>
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<li><a href="https://alaninkenya.org">Alan in Kenya</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">English Bulgaria</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://mjanja.ch">Mjanja Tech</a></li>
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