Jordan

Reading Time: 7 minutes They say the best way to truly connect with a culture is through its food, and in the case of Jordan, this couldn’t ring truer.

Reading Time: 7 minutes From witnessing Bolivia’s salt flats, to staring in wonder at the cherry blossoms in Japan. Here’s your guide for where to travel in April.

Reading Time: 5 minutes I was more anxious about keeping up with the group on longer hikes. I didn’t want to slow everyone down, but I also didn’t want to push myself too far.

Reading Time: 6 minutes Amman is not merely a gateway to Petra and Wadi Rum. Jordan’s capital provides a peek into the core of Jordan’s past, present and future.

Reading Time: 6 minutes From history to hip hop and geology to religion, Usama offered our trekking group an education in all things Jordan over the course of this 8-day trip.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Jordan is home to a Mars-esque red desert, warm seas and some of the most hospitable people I’ve ever met.

Reading Time: 7 minutes We embraced a rare kind of slow travel, which allowed us not only to see Jordan, but to feel the country through sand-tinged eyelids and faces covered in sweat.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Believed to be one of the best Roman sites outside Italy, the ancient city of Jerash in Jordan is not to be missed.

Reading Time: 6 minutes It was the walking bit that attracted me to this trip, though I admit feeling a bit apprehensive, too. The word that made me nervous was “itinerary.”