We left Dana, the stone city to head north, but since it was independece day and hot out, the buses were not running so we decided to hitch. We took a car out to the Desert Highway where we held out our hands palms down (the middle east version to the hitchhiker thumb). In no time a semi truck pulled over and the diver offered us a ride. So With all 4 of us in the cab of the truck we headed of to amman (300 km away). I dont think i have ever had or ever will have a more pleasant hitch hiking expereince. Our friend Mohammed bought us sodas and candies and went out of his way to drop us off downtown. We chatted about his family and country. Discussed Arnold movies like terminator and learned that if you're the biggest car on the road you can go where ever you want.
After arriving in Amman, we drove to the dead sea to do the "been there done that expereince". We attempted to swim around for a while, which is tough when you float so high out of the water. With out treading standing upright in the water you float at armpit level and its tough to get your head under. After the sea we went and jumped in a pool where all of us struggled not to just sink to the bottom. A very strange comparasion.
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