We are a family of five that decided to leave our normal lives behind and travel around the world for 180 days. Joey and I are both physicians back home in Lexington, KY and our kids are Wilson (a smart, funny, pragmatic 14 year old who approaches life with the wisdom of an 80 year old and the mischievous grin of someone who gets the inside joke), Bailey (an opinionated, strong-willed, compassionate 12 year old who never misses anything and may rule the world someday), and Gus (an energetic, passionate 9 year old who lives every second of his waking life with everything he has and would give the shirt off his back to ease the suffering of an earthworm). We love traveling, trying new things, meeting awesome people, eating good food, and adventure sports. In this blog, we will be sharing the stories of the places we experience along the way. We will share our successes and our failures in hopes that this is inspiring, helpful, and entertaining to our friends, family, and anyone else who happens to discover us. For more on why we decided to do this, see our blog post on “Traveling is my favorite thing”. Read More About Our Philosophy.
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Where to stay in Amman Jordan: Jabal Al Lweibdeh, a vibrant, diverse neighborhood that has it all.
The Dead Sea and Petra inspired us to add Jordan to our around the world itinerary and Amman, the capital city, was the natural starting point for a week in Jordan. I had no idea what Amman would be like and I’m not sure I had even seen a picture of the city before planning the trip. When booking a place to stay in Amman, my primary motivation was finding a place within walking distance of the major attractions. Beyond that, I knew nothing about the various neighborhoods. Despite this lack of foresight, we somehow ended up in an amazing and absolutely perfect neighborhood…
Plan A Day Trip to the Dead Sea in Jordan
loating in the Dead Sea is a truly out of this world experience. I wore my Chaco water shoes while swimming and they are slightly buoyant in fresh water. In the Dead Sea, it felt like I had balloons strapped to my feet and I could barely keep my feet under me. While casually floating, half of my chest was out of the water and the resultant feeling of weightlessness was truly invigorating. If you know me, you know I was giggling with excitement the whole time.
Visiting Petra: Tolerating a full 8 hours of constant harassment in the most spectacular place on earth.
Petra is a deserving member of the “seven wonders of the modern world” and may be the most spectacular place on earth. If a more spectacular place exists, I can’t think of it now. It is truly remarkable. The swirling patterns of yellows, reds, oranges, whites, and blues of the sandstone walls and the magical narrow crevasse of the Siq are spectacular enough on their own to land Petra in the top 20 coolest places on earth…..With all that amazingness in mind, it is hard to believe how visiting Petra could be as unpleasant as it was. You can imagine that it would take a lot to ruin such an amazing place, but, somehow, the people offering animal rides in Petra have managed to do it.
The Sun Rising over Kauai from Poipu Beach. January 23rd, 2022