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Hi, today I will talk about what's I've been up to since I got into the airport in Istanbul on Thursday to catch the flight to Jordan.

Thursday night I was pleasantly surprised to meet my parents at the Turkish Airlines lounge in Istanbul Airport. They were apparently going to Jordan too, so they decided to surprise me. I was of course very happy with the surprise, since I hadn't seen them in some time, and because that meant that my stay in Jordan would be much more luxurious than I expected.
Friday we met my parents business partner in Amman (Jordan), and he took us to a Lebanese restaurant, to a mall (Mecca Mall) and to a café overlooking the city.

The city of Amman as seen from the café

Saturday we went to a resort by the Dead Sea. On the way, we stopped to take a look at the spot where Jesus Christ was supposedly baptized by John the Baptist. The place, where the Jordan river used to run, is now dry, but we went to a spot in the river itself where people are still baptized nowadays. We also saw a Greek Orthodox Church nearby.

The place were Jesus was baptized

People being baptized in the Jordan river

The church

We then arrived at the resort, where we decided to enter and float in the Dead Sea, which is 10 times more salty than a normal sea.

Sunday (today) we entered the sea once more, and even covered ourselves in the mud by the shore, which is supposedly very healthy for the skin.

Me covered in mud

Me floating in the sea