first impression of Jordan

Leaving the airport, the coach drove up the highway leading into Amman. The population of Jordan is at around 6 million, of which around 1.3 million live inside the Amman Governorate , and adding to the fact that Friday is the rest day for the week, which explains why that the road appears to be quite empty.

A peculiar observation about the city was that while the capital appears to be very modern, the architecture and building we saw were mostly of recent construction, for a country which has such rich history, there was an conspicuos absence of a wider spectrum of architecture from different era.