Jordan Here

We’re in Jordan at last…
Our plane got here at 10PM last night, and my wife’s family were there at the airport to welcome us.
It was great seeing them all after such a long time πŸ™‚

On the way back to their place in Daheyat El Rasheed, we didn’t really see much of Jordan and if much changed in it, so we made up our minds to get out this morning to start checking it out.

So, today we picked ourselves up, went to Gardens street to change some money and started by heading to Mecca Mall, which is the biggest mall in Jordan for the time being. I hear that bigger ones are planned.
I really liked it, especially Prime Megastore and the Grand Cinema Theatres. The Food Court is quite impressive too with every fast food place you could ever imagine, reflecting the typical favourite Arab pass-time, eating πŸ˜›
Anyway, I’m sure I’ll be going back to Mecca Mall to buy a lot of stuff from Prime Megastore and to watch a number of movies.

After having lunch at KFC there, we left and went for a drive around Amman. El Medina Street, Al Rabyeh, Umm Udheina, El Sweifiyeh, …etc.

We later passed by Cozmo to get some stuff we need and some chocolates and sweets then headed home.

Today was more of a “Hi Amman, We’re Back” tour, and soon we’ll be going to more places and checking out more stuff.

Something I noticed though is that Amman is more crowded now than 2 years ago. More people, more cars, more buildings, more shopping places, more life.

Anyway, I’ll get going now.
Will post more about our stay here and Amman as we go out more and see more in the days to come πŸ™‚

And hey for you guys who are here or who know Amman. If there are any places you would like to recommend to us, please leave a comment πŸ™‚

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Mohamed Marwen Meddah is a Tunisian-Canadian, web aficionado, software engineering leader, blogger, and amateur photographer.

20 thoughts on “Jordan Here”

  1. Salam MMM,
    If you like Naseer Shamma (the Great Arab Iraqi Oud player) you might wanna see this on Jabal AlQal3a theatre, Sunday and Monday 8:30 pm. I’m sure you know Amman well enough to know how to get there;)
    again I’m not able to post any links in any of the blogs,wonder why:( But you can check AlRai newspaper,under culture to know more about it
    enjoy:)

  2. well this is weird coz yest. my husband was telling me if someone could get us Nasser Shamma’s cd, MMM go there and get us one, and send it by mail, YALA :p

  3. If you guys are interested in cafes, I’ll always recommend Vinigrette at Howard Johnson in Shmesani πŸ™‚
    There’s also Wild Cafe in Jabal Amman although it’s a very healthy place that doesn’t serve argeelehs and stuff if you guys are smokers.
    Enjoy your stay!

  4. Glad you are enjoying Jordan. But man you gota be kidding you had KFC for lunch. There is sooooo much better traditional food that you can’t match in other places and you go for KFC. I guess being here in Australia I still dream of the Shawirma and other great food. Make sure you get some of that.
    Joe

  5. I totally recommend Saqf Tea House! The only place that serves real tea in Jordan and probably in the region!

    At the moment there are more than 35 different kinds of fine quality tea from all over the world.

    We will be honored with your visit.

  6. masa el kheir!
    Australia’s pasttime is eating too!!! haha

    Glad youre ‘tour’ is going well :P, I would love to see some of the highlights in arabia soon πŸ™‚ & lets hope you bump into AMMAR! πŸ˜‰

    Ciao

  7. SYNTAX!
    The Wild Jordan Center and Cafe
    Noodasia restaurant on Abdoun circle
    Marriott Dead Sea (if you fell like spending too much money)
    A walk on the almost cultureless Culture Street in Shmeisani

  8. Thanks Orange, that’s really sweet of you πŸ™‚ Some nice guy already invited me though, but thanks a lot either way πŸ™‚

  9. Hi All, thanks so so much for the comments and the suggestions πŸ™‚ I truly appreciate it πŸ™‚

    Ahmad & Orange, I’ll check it out and hopefully I can go. I like Naseer Shamma’s music a lot. And Orange, I’ll check out what I can find by him and let you know πŸ™‚

    Roba, Thanks for the suggestions. I love Vinaigrette and it’s on my list by default. As for Wild Cafe, we don’t smoke, so it should be great for us πŸ™‚

    Joe, well we eat a lot of middle eastern food at home as my mother-in-law is a great cook. And well that day we were in the mall and we felt like chicken, so KFC was a good choice πŸ™‚
    Al Mankal Chicken Tikka will be my next destination when I feel like chicken πŸ˜‰

    Natasha, Thanks for the recommendation.
    I’ve noted all the places you talked about on your blog during your visit to Jordan and hopefully will be trying to check them all out πŸ˜‰

    Saqf, you’ve got yourself a deal, but just cut out the whole tea thingie, lol, you know I’m not a tea guy πŸ˜›

    Ahmad Humeid, of course man, I have to pass by Syntax to see you all πŸ™‚
    Will also be checking out the other places you mentioned πŸ™‚
    I actually passed by El Shmeisani today and saw the cultural street. I can’t really comment much on it as it was totally empty.

    M. Abu Khadra, hope you were with us dude πŸ™‚
    We’re having a great time here man πŸ™‚
    Inshallah next time we’ll all be gathered and have some rocking fun.

    Zlatkot, I’ll be updating about my stay in Jordan every now and then so keep tuned πŸ˜‰
    As for bumping into Ammar, well you never know.
    I don’t think he’s in the mood for it though πŸ˜›

    Again, thank you all πŸ™‚

  10. YA meet ahla o sahla πŸ™‚

    First of all there’s a house you should pass by, it’s only 50 meters from where you’re staying πŸ˜‰

    If you want an unforgettable adventure, go Hiking in Mujib.

    Some nice cafe’s to go to:
    “The Cafe” (Wild Jordan)
    Books@cafe
    Kanabaye
    Marshmellows in weibdeh ( This is a must )

    If you want some good food,
    Vinigrette,
    Houstons,
    Cambolero,

    That’s all I can think of for now πŸ™‚

    Enjoy ur stay buddy

  11. i miss amman …. i miss my thursdays at NAI , HARIR , lunch at books@cafe , and salsa nights at KANABAYE , i’m in italy now , doing some voluntary work at rovereto for a year , i’ve been here for 5 weeks and its really great .. missin u jordan mmmmwa

  12. Well.. Im in the states now.. its my 7th month and im missin Amman a lot!! cant wait to go back for a visit.
    lucky u guys in amman!
    cheers xx

  13. Where would some one go to meet friends? I just got back from the US and I don’t know any one. I am starting to get bored.

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