In which Zach has a chance to escort three friends (2 foreigner, one native) down to the Wadi Rum desert for an overnight trip of camping, “sandboarding” and hiking.
The Personal Blog of Zach Heise
In which Zach has a chance to escort three friends (2 foreigner, one native) down to the Wadi Rum desert for an overnight trip of camping, “sandboarding” and hiking.
In which Zach discusses what the new iPhone/iPod software update means for the Arab World: most obviously, Arabic language support.
Summer has definitely hit Amman with a vengeance. When I arrived in late August, I was freshly hardened from our mind-meltingly hot and humid Wisconsin weather, and Jordan seemed like a dry, stiff vacation in comparison. It also helped that within a month and a half things had simmered down to a perfectly comfortable 19-21 […]
The Dozan wa Awtar choir works very quickly and efficiently to find, practice, and most importantly perform new music to Amman’s choir-loving community. There aren’t very many choirs in Jordan, and most of them are through schools and are gender-segregated. This leads to me jokingly describing Dozan wa Awtar as the “best” or “national” choir […]
I remember back when I first arrived in Jordan, many taxis and other cars had bumper stickers bearing the cryptic phrase “Jordan Rally 2008.” It wasn’t for a long time that I discovered that meant rally as in “race car” rally. The previous ruler before Abdullah II, the late King Hussein, really liked cars of […]
In which Zach summarizes his opinions about his recent trip to Tajikistan and Central Asia, describing the corruption of their government and the failure of the rest of the world to acknowledge and attempt to correct it. He offers his observations on differences in the country’s culture, clothing, and food, and some statistics.