Day 15 - part 2

This is the path that led to the traditional site of Christ's baptism. It was believed to have taken place somewhere in the general area. However, I had a hard time believing that anyone was taking notes and drawing a map about the exact location.

Our guide was interesting. This is the traditional site of Christ's baptism. Over the years, the river has moved away from this particular spot. Our guide kept insisting that because the man-made structures formed a cross with the water that it was proof that this is the actual spot. I thought, maybe - maybe not. But it was still neat to visit.

There were some women on the Israeli side of the Jordan River dipping themselves in the river.
I think it was some sort of cleansing rite, like when Naman dipped himself in the river at Christ's command to be healed of Leprosy.
There are several churches here. I just thought this one had a very attractive dome.

When we got to the location of the present Jordan River, I saw this cute little girl with her hand in a baptismal font. It is very popular for people to come and be baptized there. A priest was on hand. We were told that some people come here yearly for their baptism.

You can see the Jordan River in the background. This other side of the river is Israel.

At the end of our visit here, we went to Amman. That night, we went with our guide and some of our tour group members to this fantastic Jordanian restaurant. We had a fabulous meal with all local foods. We had hummus, veggies, shish Kabob (the lamb one was incredible), freshly made Bedouin bread. Dessert was fruit. I chose an orange. The waiter peeled it in a fancy way using a fork and knive, never touching it with his hands. It was amazing.

As we left, we noticed that in the lobby was this old woman sitting on the floor cooking the Bedouin bread over a flame and what looked like on oversized wok turned upside down.