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We spent a relaxing morning at the hotel before driving to Amman's City Mall\r\nwhere we saw the Oasis truck for the first time. It's pretty damn awesome.
\r\nCity Mall is a large shopping complex and one of the most Westernised places\r\nI've seen so far, for the most part with no dress code observed by either\r\nlocals or tourists. If you're in Amman and missing home, a taxi will take you\r\nthere from the centre for 3JOD. After enjoying their version of Subway, we hit\r\nthe massive Carrefour on the bottom level to buy supplies for the evening\r\nmeal.
\r\nAn hour drive from here took us to Madaba where we briefly visited a church\r\nfilled with intricate mosaics, the most promient being a map of the holy land.\r\nWe explored the small town and the guys hunted for beer (with success).
\r\nFurther driving through winding steep mountain roads eventually took us to our\r\ncampsite for the evening, on the side of Mt Nebo. We pitched our tents and\r\nadmired the incredible view over the Dead Sea and Israel. We watched the\r\nsunset from this perspective too and Israel became an unearthly spectacle of\r\nglittering lights. We saw plenty of shooting stars, and cooking duties were\r\ngained and lost in wagers about the solar system (resolved by flaky 3G access\r\nand texts home).
\r\nEventually we slept, woken periodically by the haunting call to prayer, all\r\nthe more beautiful for not being artificially amplified. A great introduction\r\nforme into the world of bush camping.
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