I made it to jordan

So, I realized that I hadn't posted in a while and decided that it might be a good idea to let everyone know that I made it to jordan. Jordan is ridiculously different from dubai. Most people dress more conservatively, and you will definitely get comments in Arabic in certain areas if you look the slightest bit foreign. Most Muslim women in dubai will wear (and forgive the un-technical terminology) the long black coverings, but here, most wear these floor-length suit coat looking things called (I think) jalaleebs. Unfortunately, I won't be able to put any pictures with this post because I forgot my camera.

My apartment is extremely different from my dorm in dubai. We don't have a stove, we kind of have a fridge. The water is solar heated so the best time to take a shower is in the afternoon. There are cockroaches and we do not have internet access (which is why I am sitting in a Gloria Jeans, using the internet).

I actually got to use my Arabic today! We (me and some Miami peeps) went to a souk in downtown Amman and the shopkeepers that we actually talked to pegged me as Lebanese right away. I asked how and they said it's the way that I say "yes" in Arabic. I'm going to try and pass for jordanian, but I'm not sure it's going to work. I promise that the next time (soon) I post I will have pictures.