Jordan: Ajloun Castle and Amman Citadel

After a couple travel days flying back to Cairo and then to Amman (international flights in Egypt can only go via Cairo), we are now spending a few days touring Jordan which we know much less about (other than Petra!)

Today we’re being driven an hour or so from Amman to Ajloun Castle which is a youngster compared with Egypt buildings, not even 1000 years old!

On the way back our driver/guide stopped at a nice view for “real” Turkish coffee:

We next visited the Amman Citadel, another “modern” ruin …

From the citadel we could see an impressive Roman Amphitheater down in the town, and we went there to get a closer look:

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