Insomnia

I'm still up at 5 am. Listening to the adhan, lying in my bed without a chance of falling asleep. I thought this would be the perfect time to update.

Today, (or yesterday, but let's pretend) I woke up rather late. We went to lunch at a restaurant affiliated with the nature center here in Amman. It was quite a Westernized restaurant which was especially apparent in its many mottos written on the menu including "be naughty", "be wild", and "be cosmopolitan." Hm. But the food was amazing (spicy chicken curry. I wimped out on the spicy though and let Ali choke down the chili pepper.)

After this we drove to the outskirts of town where the Palestinian refugee camp that Ali's cousin and his family live in. It was considerably different from the rest of Amman just because the buildings were much simpler in their structure. Ali's cousin and his wife were extremely hospitable and good natured. Their children were adorable and charming. We drank sage tea with sugar (which was yummy!) and yellow cake and fruit. It was a relief that we did not receive too much food as we had just eaten.

After this we went to the local mall which was like any large shopping mall in the States. Bought some food and supplies for our camping trip (which took quite a bit of time considering Daoud and Ali's attention to detail) and were on our way.

We came back to the apartment and now here I am. Being a complete insomniac.

Camping trip tomorrow that I'm psyched about. Hopefully we get some great pictures.