If you’re planning your holiday in Tunisia around the resorts of Sousse, Tunis, or Hammamet, you might not realize that just a few hours south lies another world to discover. The Sahara desert transforms the landscape and you’ll find the lifestyle and culture is vastly different from the resort areas. The beauty, adventure, history, and culture […]
Validating someone else’s experience is a foundational step toward truly connecting. In cross cultural communication, this is often one of the biggest challenges to overcome. Other cultures have other narratives they live by. They tell history differently. Their heroes and villains aren’t the same as ours. Being able to say, “You are right”, not necessarily […]
The northern region of Jordan has a beautiful landscape, full of rolling hills and olive tree farms. Unfortunately, most people traveling in Jordan rarely go further north than the Roman ruins at Jerash, or at best only go so far as the crusades era Ajloun Castle. Here are things to […]
Jordan’s Wadi Rum has been the location for films like Lawrence of Arabia, The Martian and Prometheus, and Petra was a site for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which undoubtedly helped spike tourism to the area. Still, these […]
During my recent trip to Jordan, I had the pleasure of participating in a homestay at the Orjan Village in Al Ayoun, Jordan. My group and I stayed with Abu Mahmoud and Um Mahmoud in their beautiful home. We were welcomed in warmly, and treated better than I treat myself at home. Though […]
Typically, travelers visiting Jerash drive in from Amman, see the ruins, then return to Amman afterwards. This limits the travelers’ time to explore Jerash, and they miss out on other great opportunities. There are a number of places to stay near Jerash in order to get the most out of your time in this incredible […]
Although the most popular way to enter Petra is from the front gate and through the main trail, there are several methods in which you can enter and gain a different experience leading up to Al-Khazneh, or the Treasury. Here are three we’ve explored.
We recommend entering Petra through the unconventional, backwards path. […]
Jordan will serve as the host country for the 2016 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup from Sept. 20 through Oct. 21. Matches will be played in Amman, the capital city, as well as Irbid and Al Zarqa. If you’re planning on traveling to Jordan for the U-17 Women’s World Cup, Engaging Cultures Travel would […]
