Madaba, Mt. Nebo and Dead sea

People go to Madaba for the Mosaic in Orthodox Greek church, go to Mt.Nebo for the lookout where Moses is said to have seen the Promised Land and go to Deadsea for the floating experience in the high-salinity water.I did all in one day.I actually experienced more than that! In Madaba, I was terribly offended by a creepy Arab man who was working in the church. He touched my hair! Hair is considered very sexy in Muslim world and hair touching is considered a form of "sexually groping"! A Bedouin style taxi ride took me to Mt. Nebo from Madaba. My cab driver is very enthusiastic and knows how to make a fun ride in the Bedouin music played from his car stereo.Standing at the biblical lookout point of Mt. Nebo, the Promised land seems more of a flat and barren desert where Jerusalem can be seen in the distance. At some point, there were only two tourists at the lookout spot: me and an Asian-looking student from Cal State in SD. He somehow managed to carry his SoCal attitude typical of students from that school all the way to the sacred spot. I recognized his sloppy attitude from his tone of voice and his jersey shirt. Many Bedouins live in that region. They still keep their tents and camels yet not nearly living a traditional Bedouin life (a nomad life in desert)nor dressed in a traditional Bedouin robe. Floating in Dead Sea is a quite experience. The gorgeous swimming pool in the beach resort is absolutely an oasis in desert. The pool experience is felt extremely luxury in the background of steaming sand desert and sand blowing wind.I managed to hitch back to Amman that evening though it's much more of a hassel than I thought.
I met Allison at the Wild Jordan Café that evening. Wild Jordan Café is one of the coolest hangout spots on the top of a hill with lots of characters and a great view. And they have miraculous Mint Lemonade- the best drink ever! Miraculous is the word on my mind to describe my feelings about what I have seen for the first three days in Jordan. This vast desert is a purely a miracle where thousands of years of history, religion and cultures had evolved into a part of "Middle East" terrain. It's not something I'm able to sort through within a few days.