Trying DELICIOUS Jordanian food🇯🇴

Harry, Mac and Sofia drive back up to Amman from Aqaba for a deliberately slow day — a café with good wi-fi, a new Airbnb, and a walk out to eat alone.

It is the cluster’s quiet summing-up video, and two of the things he says in it are the most quotable in the whole Jordan series. First, on cost: of the Middle Eastern countries, Jordan is one of the more expensive — said straight after a 13-dinar lunch, and immediately qualified, because he was in the upmarket business district and could have walked ten minutes for less. Second, on safety: walking Amman he never feels in danger, even down a properly dark street, and he says that isn’t something many countries give him.

He also calls Amman one of his favourite cities in the world, having arrived nine days earlier knowing nothing about the country.

Key moments

• [00:00] Driven up from Aqaba; a café day, working off its wi-fi.
• [00:30] What he likes about Amman — convenience, and internet noticeably better than elsewhere. It is becoming one of his favourite cities.
• [01:01] Being driven round the city, and an agreement that driving here is hard.
• [01:31] Mac reveals Harry hit a large kerb that morning; Harry denies the existence of any footage.
• [01:31] The Airbnb: spacious, light, good views, a kitchen.
• [02:02] About $28 per person per night; ten minutes’ drive or twenty minutes’ walk from the centre.
• [02:33] An Uber into town about 2 dinars — and taxis in Amman are very cheap generally.
• [02:33] Out alone for food, into the business district: skyscrapers, offices, a mall with international chains.
• [03:04] Masks required in the mall and mostly not worn; a Christmas tree going up in November.
• [03:35] He orders without knowing what it is, on a recommendation, and gets a small show with it.
• [04:10] Chicken under melted cheese, the white sauce that is in everything, peppers and tomatoes, and a lot of bread.
• [04:41] He says he’ll start making it at home.
• [05:12] 13 dinars, about £15–16 — and the verdict: Jordan is one of the more expensive Middle Eastern countries.
• [05:47] The qualification, immediately: this was an upmarket area, and ten minutes away would have been cheaper. Everywhere has both.
• [05:47] The central market, extremely busy.
• [07:03] A man selling something recommends somewhere instead; they follow his advice. Harry offers it as the country in miniature.
• [08:08] Walking home: he never feels in danger here, even down dark streets, and says that is rare — while flagging it might be his own ignorance.

Extracted pages

• Jordan
• Amman
• Aqaba
• Mac