You know you’re close to a border when your cell service suddenly changes and “Welcome to Israel” appears on the screen. Except we weren’t in Israel. We were in the northwest corner of Jordan, near the boundaries of Israel and Syria. Borders in this region are more than lines on a map. They mark the […]
Archive | October, 2014
My ‘Between Friends’ Travel Log
I’m heading back to Jordan today and my friend, Lisa, asked if I’d take her along. She was joking, of course, but then we began to talk and she asked me to write to her about the things I see in a personal way. A “between friends” way. So that’s what I’ll be doing on […]