Madaba – City of Mosaics
After leaving Petra, we continued up the Kings Highway towards Amman. A small detour off the main road to Madaba. Madaba is quite a large City but is well known for theRead More…
Madaba – Mosaics in the Byzantine Church of St George
In Madaba, the Byzantine Church of St George is the home of the Mosaic Map. This mosaic is a map of the area of Jordan and Israel. It shows important locations ofRead More…
Madaba – Fruit and Veg
Whilst travelling through many parts of the Middle East, we came across corner stores that have plenty of great looking, colourful fruit and vegetables for sale. This photo is just one ofRead More…
Madaba – Still making Mosaics
Travelling from Madaba city towards Mt Nebo, we stopped off at a large building – workshop. Here we were shown the art of making mosaics that still is a thriving business activityRead More…
2014-03-29 – Amman to the Dead Sea
Today we travelled from Amman through to Madaba where the Mosaics are. We proceeded to Mt Nebo which looked into the Promised land – just like Moses. Then down the valley –Read More…