Traveling in Jordan: Day 2: Mount Nebo

A view from Mount Nebo. Far to the left is the Dead Sea.

Here we are having our photo taken at an overlook in the mountain. We are posing with our driver/tour guide Riphe.

Beautiful views of the mountainous country of Jordan.

Old carvings found on Mount Nebo

Here I am standing at the Moses Memorial.

People tied tissues to this tree. There was no real reason for it other than tradition. 

This giant stone was once someones door.

The original mosaic floor of an old church.

This tree is a Pope John Paul II memorial.

We were able to see exactly which cities were located in the valley below

More awesome scenery

Info about the mountain

To start our second day in Jordan, we woke up and hand an early breakfast. Our driver/tour guide, Riphe (the gentlemen in the 2nd photo), picked us up at the hotel, and we began our drive towards the south of Jordan. Our first stop on our tour was Mount Nebo. This mountain gave a lovely scenic view of Jordan, and is historic/biblical as well. The mountain was supposedly cross by Moses, and is therefore considered to be somewhat holy. The scenery was truly beautiful, where you could see mountains and valleys and villages and the sea. There were some awesome statues and monuments as well. One of the ones (as shown in photo 5 and 6), and faces carved into them, and were fairly old. I got to stand at the Moses memorial. It was kind of cool to stand on the same mountain that a biblical figure stood on so long ago. It's one thing to read stories, but to actually be there gives you a whole different feeling that is hard to explain, but awesome nonetheless. There were other cool sites as well. The giant circular stone we are sitting in front of was once a door. Before there were conventional doors like there are today, people use to use round doors that they could roll in front of the doorway. We also visited a very old church on Mount Nebo as well. The church is not used currently, but it contain an original mosaic floor, dating way back as well. Although there are parts of the mosaic floor that are gone, it is still amazing to see. This floor took a very long time to complete, especially considering the work and labor that goes into making a mosaic. Outside of the church, there was a tree dedicated to Pope John Paul II, which is pictured above as well. The tree was protected by a small fence so that people would not touch it or pick the leaves. Finally, from Mount Nebo, we were able to see where different cities were located in Jordan, as well as Palestine. Palestine was visible from this mountain, and we could see it below on the other side of the river. Our visit to Mount Nebo really was breathtaking with its amazing views and history. After this first stop, I couldn't wait to see what other cool things Jordan had to offer.