tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5993257199134137466.post5004135046180880635..comments2023-09-12T11:51:12.187-04:00Comments on John Predmore: To the Frontiers - Ignatian Artists, Poets, Writers, and Seekers: AqabaJohn Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5993257199134137466.post-4258873181996174042013-03-08T07:58:31.651-05:002013-03-08T07:58:31.651-05:00I decided to come here while the heat was not oppr...I decided to come here while the heat was not oppressive. It is about 82 today. I can't imagine it here any later than this. <br /><br />I've seen the Intercontinental. It looks great and has terrific views = probably good restaurants as well. I'm at the Mina. I don't even know what breakfast was supposed to be. It looked odd. The Intercontinental seems like an all-inclusive. There is a restful quality about this place. The Friday markets were jammed, but I wasn't interested in buying anything = to the dismay of merchants. <br /><br />Yes, I relate to your comment about seeing three others. Quite cool.<br /><br />Did your staff, though, turn into a serpent?John Predmore, S.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5993257199134137466.post-22246520356040706982013-03-08T04:55:56.013-05:002013-03-08T04:55:56.013-05:00I'm glad that you made it to Aqaba! That was m...I'm glad that you made it to Aqaba! That was my first stop in Jordan; I was in Eilat and I literally walked across the border, which was very weird and wonderful. Talk about hot, it was late May, early June - blazing. <br /><br />I was only there overnight and did not see too much of the town. My hosts put me up at the very swanky Intercontinental Hotel on the beach, which was lovely. After the crowded, crazy, touristy overdone style of neighboring Eilat, I welcomed the peace of simply resting on the quiet beach. <br /><br />And in both Eilat and Aqaba, I was so intrigued by the fact that I was in one country, and could truly see three others!<br /><br />Oddly enough, the Red Sea did not part one centimeter for me! :-) Sorry, a terrible attempt at humor!Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.com