Its late. Yes I had a meltdown. Yes I let Mr. Tour leader know I was upset! Fortunelty, I was able to meet up with the group, as it turned out I was only a few
blocks away from the resturant. The bottom line is, at night a Taxi will not
pick up a single woman. Yes, its a mans world here in Jordan. A woman can kinda
walk around the neighborhood alone, in the day, but at NIGHT no way!
Now, here's why I was left behind. We went to the Royal Film Academy. One of the
films, Our Kuffiya, absolutely ungluded me. I am here to see/investigate the problems
in the middle east, including the Palestinian issue and the impact of the war. I did
not realize, on my second day, I would confront these issues head on. The film is
maybe 15 minutes long but it was so powerful, I had to leave the room to get myself
together. The film director is trying to get me a copy of the film.( My goal is to
get it to Sarah and hopefully Zack and maybe enter it in the Tribeca Film Festival?)
Sorry, I now have to write everything here as AOL is FUBAR!!!
Anyway, I was having a deep conversation with the director of the center and
another film maker, a Palestinian. The group left and I didn't see them go. I figured
my buddy, or the TOUR leaders would count off and find me when I was looking for them. But when stuff goes wrong, stuff goes wrong. So anyway, I did rejoin my group,
give tour leaders the WHAT WHAT for not following their own procedure and I have
somewhat calmed down,, okay NOT.. anyway its late and i'm going to read
everyone's comments and try and answer as this cafe closes in 20 min.
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I will try to call when I figure out what time it is there. I would hate to wake you. So, we are in Ithaca and Cooper is beautiful. We get to baby sit tomorrow and Wed as Whitney has school curiculum seminars to attand. We flew out of OAK on Rogers Gulfstream 4. Straight to Ithaca in 4.5 hours instead of 13 via Phillie. I never want to fly commercial again. Whitney said it would have cost ue $36,000. Rog had to get the plane back for overhauling and couldn't wait for someone to buy the flt. So we got a free ride. Great food. Johnboy got to sit in the junpseat in the cockpit for takeoff and landing. Whats the time difference???
The time diff is 10 hours..
glad cooper is beautiful and
I envy your flight.. it took
us two days to get here..give
coop a hug for me..
Glad to hear about all these new experiences. We are always thrown out of line when we as residents of N. Amerika travel and really take time to learn and listen. Even when we take the time to read and listen to other media sources it is never the same when we meet face to face w struggle itself. For me it came in the form of a 12 yr old in Guatemala that sold candies at a University. Either way, congrats on your trip, be safe, smart, and open. Amor y luz.
.ben
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