Hello from Jordan!

[Fahad Alabhoul]

Hey guys my name is Fahad a new diver who is also a med student.
I spend most of mu time either daydreaming about diving or studying and sometimes play video games.
I signed up right away when i heard about scuba board, just wanted to say hi and get to know new people!
hit me up if you are visiting Aqaba or Kuwait !

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Assalam Ulaikum, Fahad.

 

[Compressor]

Welcome to ScubaBoard @Fahad Alabhoul. A great place to be during surface intervals. Good to have you onboard.

 

[ScubaSam]

Welcome to SB! It's a great site with lots of good diving information.

I visited Jordan in 2012, and had a great time. We stayed in Aqaba when we visited the Red Sea. We also visited Petra, Jerash, Amman, Madaba, Jordan River, Dead Sea, Wadi Al Mujib (reminded me of the Grand Canyon) and Wadi Rum.

Enjoyed the best hummus I've ever had along with great pita, grilled meats, and sweet treats with nuts and fruits. On our last night, we visit a hookah cafe and watched some belly dancers which is quite an art to it. Wonderful memories of Jordan!

Good luck with your studies, and safe dives!

 

[iamrushman]

howdy and welcome from southeast florida usa...good luck with your studies...

 

[stepfen]

Welcome to SB.
Together with my family (wife and 2 kids) we visited Jordan last November for 10 days. Amazing country and most importantly amazing people. Diving in Aqaba was a bit disappointing though although I had time only for 2 dives. Or maybe these sites were just not as good.
Anyway, I have a question for you. During our stay we rented a car and we drove quite a bit (about 3000km over 10 days if not mistaken). During that I got two tickets from your traffic police for speeding. One of them was in the main highway connecting Aman to Aqaba. There were some works and at the detour the limit was 60km per hour (although the detour had like 3 wide lanes). They got me with a portable radar and stopped me a bit further down in a check point. It was about 20euros/25usd.
The second one was somewhere in Aman, a fixed photo camera and I received the ticket few weeks after the trip through the rental company - they send me a nice website with picture/date/plate number etc. Another 20euros or so.
My question is this: Don't the locals care about these tickets??? I mean I was one of the slowest cars around. Eg in the highway detour even lorries were moving faster than me. Yes I admit I drove faster than the limit but I was usually much slower than any other vehicle on the road. How on earth???
Thanks

 

[Fahad Alabhoul]

Assalam Ulaikum, Fahad.

wa alykum alsalam bro

 

[Fahad Alabhoul]

Welcome to ScubaBoard @Fahad Alabhoul. A great place to be during surface intervals. Good to have you onboard.

thanks man, glad to be around!

 

[Fahad Alabhoul]

Welcome to SB! It's a great site with lots of good diving information.

I visited Jordan in 2012, and had a great time. We stayed in Aqaba when we visited the Red Sea. We also visited Petra, Jerash, Amman, Madaba, Jordan River, Dead Sea, Wadi Al Mujib (reminded me of the Grand Canyon) and Wadi Rum.

Enjoyed the best hummus I've ever had along with great pita, grilled meats, and sweet treats with nuts and fruits. On our last night, we visit a hookah cafe and watched some belly dancers which is quite an art to it. Wonderful memories of Jordan!

Good luck with your studies, and safe dives!

man you legit had the full Jordan experience! glad you liked it, and if you plan to visit again hit me up

 

[Fahad Alabhoul]

howdy and welcome from southeast florida usa...good luck with your studies...

Thanks bro