A Day at Ajloun Castle

Sorry for the hiatus -- our internet is so terrible we can barely check email, and blogger apparently requires a lot of bandwidth or whatever.  Anyway, I think 3 weekends ago we took a little day trip to one of Jordan's historic Northern towns, Ajloun.  I think we intended to do more exploring, but the 12th c. castle was so amazing we ended up spending the whole afternoon there.  Unlike in the US or Europe, there were no rules, no monitoring, no roped off sections or "no entry" signs; everything was open for walking around, leaning over, sitting on or even climbing on.  It was spectacularly beautiful (we both commented how ironic it was that often the most beautiful ancient ruins were those originally built for the purpose of war), and the view from the top was insane.  We were told we were looking all the way across Palestine to Lebanon.  To top it off, it had drizzled while were inside the castle, and when we got to the roof there was a huge rainbow in perfect view.  What does it mean!?!?

 The most green we'd seen in Jordan

 A little girl comes up to investigate Abe

 I think this picture is sufficient to start a new religion around Abe as a Messiah figure

 ya salaaaaaaaam!

Some guys decide to just scale the castle