Monday 20 January 2014

Amman n Petra, Jordan - Part 4

Hari ke Tujuh (11 Dis 2013)
Salam

Ahhh !!!!! Hari nii merupakan hari akhir kami di Jordan. Kami bersarapan di hotel sahaja. TL telah menginggatkan kami, bagasi diletakkan diluar bilik pada jam 10.15 pagi. Kami  melakukan aktiviti bebas di hotel sahaja. Hari nii kami hanya melakukan satu lawatan sahaja iaitu ke Asyabul Khafi (Seven Sleepers Cave). Tepat jam 11.00 pg bergerak ke Seven Sleepers Cave. Tiba je di situ, kami terasa cuaca yang sanggat sejuk dan di tambah pula dengan hujan yang agak lebat juga.   



View Papan tanda.......


View Dari sebelah dalam gua

 
View Antara barang lama yang ditinggalkan oleh tujuh sahabat ini


View sebahagian dari kubur. Dari pintu gua, sebelah kanan ada 4 kubur. Manakala sebelah kiri pula ada 3 lagi kubur



View lubang kaca tu... kita boleh lihat tulang salah satu sahabat

 
View sebelah kanan ada 4 kubur di sini

Untuk pengetahuan semua pembaca blok nii. Kami difahamkan oleh penjaga kubur kubur nii, kesemua sahabat (7) di tanam dalam gua nii oleh penduduk tempatan apabila mereka meninggal dunia.


View bahagian dalam gua.. tak besar mana pun...

 
View dari luar gua...pintu masuk gua


View Masjid Al Syabul Khafi...berdekatan dengan gua tersebut

Jam 11.40 pg bergerak ke restoren tempatan utk makan tengahari. Menu hari nii ialah masakan arab plus kebab. Agak sedap juga dan restoren ni sungguh besar..



View tenggah tunggu main course....

Kemudian kami bergerak pula ke Kedai Kurma (tiada dlm iteanery). Agak mahal barang yang ditawarkan.. Yaa lah nak bagi komisyen pada TG and driver bas.


View pokok kurma dalam kawasan kedai tersebut

 
View agak cantik decorationnya.. bahagian laman
 

View kedainya kecil je...

Di kedai kurma kami agak lama.. boringggg. Ini kerana baranya agak mahal. Tepat jam 2.00 ptg bergerak pula ke Amman International Airport, Jordan. Telah menunggu Airport Officer dan akan membantu mengguruskan check in bag n urusan immigresan. Tepat Jam 5.50 ptg berlepas meninggalkan bumi Jordan ke Muscat Airport, Oman. Selemat tinggal Jordan,,,

Jam 9.50 mlm tiba di Muscat International Airport. TL mengguruskan urusan transit. TL juga membawa peserta ke surau utk solat. Peserta bebas me;lakukan aktiviti dan akan berkumpul di gate 21 pada jam 12.00 am.



Hari ke Lapan (12 Dis 2013)

Tepat jam 1.35 pg berlepas ke KLIA. Tiada sebarang masalah. Kami mengambil kesempatan tidur sepuasnya... Tepat jam 12.15 selamat mendarat di KLIA. TL uruskan pengambilan bagasi. Alhamdulillah semua bag ada. Selepas bersalaman.. kami bersurai.

Terima kasih POTO TRAVEL......


Tuesday 14 January 2014

Amman n Petra, Jordan - Part 3

Hari Ke Enam ( 10 Dis 2013)

Salam

Rindu pada masjid Al-Aqsa masih lagi terasa. Bila agaknya dapat pergi lagi. Wake up call jam 4.30 pg. Than jam 7.00 pg peserta bersarapan di hotel. TL dah inggatkan kami, tepat jam 8.30 pg akan bergerak Ajloun Castle yang terletak di Jerash. Di pertengahan jalan singgah di Kilang Olive Oil (Tiada dlm iteanery). Kami akan melihat bagaimana minyak zaiton (olive) diproses sehingga menjadi minyak. 

View Perjalanan ke Jerash..Semua nii kawasan Yahudi...

 
View Yang nii gereja tahu.....mcm masjid binaannya..
 

View Kilang Olive Oil......


Kami menghabiskan masa selama 1 jam di Kilang Olive Oil. Kami juga ditawarkan untuk membeli minyak zaiton tu.. tapi pakai botol mineral sahaja... bungkus sendiri.. Kami meneruskan perjalanan ke Ajloun Castle..


View Tu dia castlenya..atas bukit...



View Wajib berhenti sebelum naik bukit lagi.. daftar dan gi toilet.



View Memang istana tp tinggalan sisa bangunan sahaja

 
Info
" Ajloun Castle is an Ayyubid castle that stands a top Jabal Auf, near Ajloun, in northern Jordan.  The fortress was built by Izz al-Din Usama, a commander and nephew of Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin), in AD 1184-1185. The fortress is considered one of the very few built to protect the country against Crusader attacks from Karak in the south and Bisan in the west. From its situation, the fortress dominated a wide stretch of the northern Jordan Valley, controlled the three main passages that led to it (Wadi Kufranjah, Wadi Rajeb and Wadi al-Yabes), and protected the communication routes between south Jordan and Syria. It was built to contain the progress of the Latin Kingdom of Transjordan and as a retort to the castle of Belvoir a few miles south of the lake of Tiberias. Another major objective of the fortress was to protect the development and control of the iron mines of Ajlun.

The original castle core had four corner towers. Arrow slits were incorporated in the thick walls and it was surrounded by a fosse averaging 16 meters (about 52 feet) in width and 12–15 meters (about 39–49 feet) in depth. Jerash, the Gerasa of Antiquity (Ancient Greek: Γέρασα), is the capital and largest city of Jerash Governorate, which is situated in the north of Jordan, 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of the capital Amman towards Syria. Jerash Governorate's geographical features vary from cold mountains to fertile valleys from 250 to 300 metres (820 to 980 ft) above sea level, suitable for growing a wide variety of crops

In the latter Ottoman period, the city of Jerash's name was abandoned and changed to Sakib, yet this was not a permanent development, as the name "Jerash" reappears in Ottoman tax registers by the end of 16th century.
A strong earthquake in 749 AD destroyed large parts of Jerash, while subsequent earthquakes along with the wars and turmoil contributed to additional destruction. Its destruction and ruins remained buried in the soil for hundreds of years until they were discovered by German Orientalist Ulrich Jasper Seetzen in 1806.[4] He began excavation and a return to life of the current Jerash by inhabitants of older villages. 70 years later, this was followed by the Muslim community, Circassians, who emigrated to Jordan from the Caucasus in 1878 after the Ottoman-Russian war. Subsequently a large community of people from Syria came to the area at the beginning of the 20th century".


 

View Dr penjuru istana.. nampak keseluruhan lembah Jerash



View Layan je lahhhh


View Salah satu bilik yang ditempatkan barang barang sejarah..






 










View Biasalah... mamat nii nak buktikan ia dah sampai di sini




View Kebetullan pembebasan belon warna oren.. "Hari menghormati wanita".....



View Tak pergi pun..bas tak boleh masuk..nak jalan kaki tak sanggup..




Tepat jam 11.30 pg bergerak ke restoren tempatan untuk makan tengahari. Menarik makan kebab...

Jam 1.45 ptg bergerak pula ke Roman Imperial City. Kami tiba di pintu masuk Roman Imperial City setengah jam kemudian dan meneruskan lawatan. Agak penat juga.. kawasan nii cukup luas. Tapi pemandangan dengan runtuhan peninggalan kota lama nii sungguh menarik.


View Gerai jualan di pintu masuk....

 
View Peta laluan Roman Imperial City

View Bangunan tinggalan tarikan utama












View Biasalah mamat niii





View Biasalah....

 










 Jam 3.30  ptg bergerak ke Amman semula. Jam 5.00 ptg kami singgah solat di Masjid King Abdullah (tiada dlm iteanery). 


View Pintu masuk masjid yg utama
 
 



View Mimbar... petunjuk waktu solat

 
View Bahagian solat lelaki

 





Jam 5.30 ptg kami bergerak ke Downtown untuk membeli belah di pasar terbuka.








Jam 6.30 ptg bergerak semula ke Hotel di Amman. Jam 7.30 mlm sampai hotel. Makan mlm di hotel. TL inggatkan para peserta agar 'pack'kan bagasi dan letakkan diluar pintu bilik jam 10.15 pg. Besok 'check out' hotel jam 11.00 pg.