ABOUT THE COUNTRY
Amazing Jordan is a country sandy and rocky deserts with green oases, surrounded by low mountains and plains. This is the country where the events took place major Biblical events. In Jordan two seas – the Dead Sea and the Red Sea. The official language is Arabic, but here English is widely used. The official currency is the Jordanian dinar. It is better to take dollars with you, you can take them here exchange for local currency.
You can get a visa 2-3 days before departure at the Embassy of Jordan in Nursultan, or to issue it on the basis of arrival at the airport. The cost of it is $ 58 and valid for up to 2 months. Required documents: international passport (validity period is not limited to less than 6 months from the date of entry into the country); air tickets; voucher for accommodation; insurance.
The most favorable time for a visit to Jordan, it is considered spring and autumn, though tourist the season here lasts all year round. In summer, the weather here is hot, in the north country temperature +34-37 degrees, and in areas of the Dead the sea reaches 40 degrees. But not forget that at night the temperature is drops sharply, so for the night - take warm sweaters.
It is not customary to abuse it here to walk around drunk with alcohol the view. Women need to observe standards of decency in clothing, so as not to cause unrest among local residents. And women are not allowed to sit in the front seat of a car, this is it is considered the height of indecency.
National cuisine:
A popular dish is Maklube - pyramid of steaming rice, with cardamom and raisins, decorated with top with meat, onion, colored cabbage and herbs. Taste it arabic shawarma. Farukh-chicken, grilled on a spit, as well as shish tavuk-sharp chopped chicken kebab. From the first courses try the mluhiya meat soup. The national dish of lamb in the Jordan is commonly considered a Mansaf, served on a pillow of rice and fried nuts. Kunafa – an unusual dessert made of dough and cream cheese, doused with syrup.
First of all, go to Petra-the majestic pink the city that is called the eighth the wonder of the world. Visit the Martian the desert of Wadi Rum, in which they make numerous films about the planet Mars. In this country you are you can not only see the place the baptism of Jesus Christ, but also perform the ritual of ablution, More one Christian Shrine is Mount Nebo. According to legend Here Moses first saw the promised land.
Glasses, various wine glasses and jugs from the most beautiful matt Nabatsky glass. Various nuts, lukum, as well as tea and coffee. Cosmetics, containing the following products The Dead Sea. Buy it we recommend it in large shopping centers centers. Gold in Jordan has a high sample.
