My experience traveling JORDAN Q&A تجربتي بالسفر في الأردن, سؤال و جواب
Good afternoon guys, and welcome back to another video here on the channel. And in today's video, I’m gonna be sharing with you all of the responses to the questions you asked on my Q&A on Instagram. So for those of you who haven't seen any of my Q&As before, basically I have them in a specific format where you go on the Instagram story, and you submit your question during that 24 hours where I ask what are all your questions about this country. And then, I take all of those questions, and I have the little
screenshot of the question. And as I’m answering them throughout this video, I’ll go through pretty much all of the questions unless some of them are repeated. So, make sure to follow me on Instagram if you want to submit your questions because at the end of every country I’m gonna try and do a Q&A for you guys. So that way, I can answer any travel questions, my experiences, the culture, the- anything. Yeah, anything you guys might have on your mind, I’m more than happy to answer. Let’s go ahead, and jump right into today's video. It's going to be all about Jordan, and I got maybe over 100
responses. Some of them like I said are doubles, they're not in any specific order by the way. They're just literally randomly how Instagram has them put in. The first question we have here, and some of these, it's funny some of these aren't even questions about Jordan but I’m just going through each one, and I’m gonna read through them. yonko.straw.hat, “Will you visit turkey?” Yes, I definitely will but I’m not sure when. Next one,
wajih_mhanna23, “Is Jordan the same like Lebanon?” No, they're two very different countries with very different cultures. Although, I connected with both of them, there are commonalities between them. They both have good manousha. I think Lebanon's better though, sorry guys. Jordan's very much known for their za’atar or their time, and it's very good. Also, yeah like I was talking about like generally speaking, you can easily go up to people in Lebanon, and in Jordan, and they're very welcoming. They're gonna help you and show you a really nice time. dara.shali,
“Do people speak French there?” Well since I don't speak French. I didn't necessarily come across people that speak French but it's not one of their main languages that I know of. junee_mohd, “Hi Mac, I’m June from Malaysia. I need to know arrival at the airport is need visa to entry or visa on arrival?” So yeah Junee, basically when you arrive to Jordan, I would always check your country's regulations but as an American, and then also for my buddy Harry, who's from the United Kingdom, you get your visa right when you come, and you arrive. You walk up to the spot, you make the payments, or unless you have the Jordan pass. So, if you purchase the
Jordan pass, you might have seen in my other videos I talked about it but you can spend like 70 Jordanian dollars which is like 95 US dollars and that gets your visa waived, the cost for a visa which I think is around 40 or 50 US dollars. And then it also gets you entrance to Petra which is around 50 dollars right there. So, if you purchase that, you already cover your cost if you're going to Petra, and you're entering the country. And then any other places like archaeological remains, ruins things like that, you get your entrance free. So, if you're going to a lot of places, it definitely makes sense financially to get the Jordan pass. And then if you do have the Jordan pass, make sure you have the screenshot available on your phone, and then you can show it to the customs officer. He's gonna go ahead, and scan it. Make sure the GR code works, make sure
it's legitimate, and then you're able to enter the country, and you don't have to pay the visa fee rate on arrival. Everyone I know that didn't get the Jordan pass on arrival regretted it, so let me just tell you, you should probably get it. I know it's not sponsored in any way. I’m just telling you because it'll save you money. Okay shorouk_sh_eid, “You and Luke make a good pair. You should always stay together, that makes your vlogs better.” Well, thank you. Yeah, Luke and I have a fun time traveling together, definitely and we travel as much as we can but we also have different itineraries, different plans on countries we wanna go to, for sure I mean anytime we get the chance to travel together, and have a good time make some video series we will. I’m sure we'll do it quite a bit in 2022 when our schedules align, so keep looking out for those videos.
Avelin.mary, “How was the pandemic in Jordan?” I would say Jordan's still very strict in terms of like wearing your masks. I personally didn't run into too many encounters but I was talking to some friends that live in Jordan. And they were telling me that if you're in the car with people other than your family members, you need to be wearing a mask or the police can fine you, and it actually had happened to them, I think a few weeks before. Most public places like outside you're not required to wear a mask but certain places when you enter in the restaurant, they might ask you to wear a mask. In airports, definitely but it seems like things are getting better
there. That's just my perception. I’m not going off any statistics though. _Istanbul_state, “What was your favorite city to visit?” Like from a city standpoint, I would say Amman was like the most enjoyable because I was able to both have a really enjoyable time getting to know locals, have delicious food, and it also had great things that I needed to like upload videos, and you know keep up with my YouTube channel, and all the like the fast internet speed, good coffee shop. So it kinda just checked a bunch of boxes for me but like my favorite place would be more like Wadi Rum because it was just- it just felt like another planet. And if you haven't seen the Wadi Rum videos, guys check the link in the description below because it is incredible. Alright, cpa.adventures, “Off topic but you are doing amazing for doing daily vlogs while traveling.” Thank you so much. I’m
doing my best to put them out every single day, and I hope I can keep that up for a very long time. For me, it's super enjoyable to be able to share with you guys as much as possible. I used to do a completely different style of videos at the beginning of this year, and I didn't have as strong of connections with you guys. You know, I didn't have a strong of connections in my own travel experiences. Now I, you know, really push myself to meet even more locals because I want you guys to see the locals, and see these nice people that are in all these countries that I’m traveling to. So, it's been a really meaningful experience both for me as well as the opportunity to you know introduce some of these new cultures to some of you guys who may not have had the opportunity to be there. So I appreciate you making that comment, and recognizing it because it's a lot of work to keep up with daily vlogs but you guys make it all worth it, honestly.
Alright, sargeesho, “What website do you use to book hotels, can you just use your bank card to withdraw money?” I switch it up a lot of the times. I’ll use Airbnb if I’m traveling with friends, and I want the apartment style. Sometimes I use booking.com, sometimes use hotels.com, sometimes I use kayak.com. So, I’m not really specific on it. It just kinda depends on you know where the
best price is. So, I’ll do a lot of research when necessary. As for using a bank card, yeah you can use your bank card, and you like pay a small ATM fee, and you get Jordanian dinar out. And so, it uses the ATMS currency conversion rate, so if you have US dollars in your bank account, it's going to use the ATM's currency conversion rate to pull out Jordanian dinar. evedee2021, “Come to Tri ton Bay, West Papua. Indonesia is more beautiful than Raja Ampat. Greetings from Indo” Would love to, as soon as southeast Asia is in a good place for people to visit after Covid. I will make it out there, I promise.
I can't wait to make it to that side of the world. evedee2021, “Weird things you experience in Jordanian toilets?” No, I’d say in Jordan, you get a mix of sometimes you get the western style toilets, and sometimes you get the squatters. I’ve used them both in the past. So, ofcourse, I kinda prefer to sit down. Maybe that's too much information for you guys but you know, I answer all your questions on here, and I hope you enjoy it even if you don't like imagining that. But in reality though, I would say yeah, I mean in a lot of places no matter what country I go to. If you go to some
dodgy gas stations, sometimes the bathrooms might be kinda gross but I’ve been to some nice gas stations in Jordan where the bathrooms are clean. So it really just kinda depends on the establishment you're in but you can find all different types. mhmd96linear, “Did you try Jordanian shisha tobacco "Mazaya"? What are your favorite flavors of all time?” Jordanian shisha, tobacco masaya. I don't know if that's like a nickname for it. But did I have shisha in Jordan? Yes I did. I tried hamunana or like lemon mint, and that's usually my go-to because it's slightly different between all the Middle Eastern countries I’ve gone to but Jordan's flavor was very good. Moh_kha96, “What do you think about the chocolate brownies that you ate at rainbow street, is it yummy or just?” Yeah, I thought the chocolate brownies were so, so good. I mean come on, you got ice cream on there loaded up with a warm
brownie. When you put those two together, and you eat them, you're like oh it's so good. I could go for another one right now. adleenhadchiti, “What was better, Lebanon or Jordan? Be honest, all my Lebanese friends and followers, you guys always wanna know which is better. Let me just put it this way, I don't want to necessarily compare places because I find special meanings in places in all different ways. Every country I’ve ever been to I can share with you so many good experiences, and it's also an unfair comparison. I only spent 13 days in Jordan while it felt like much longer because I made so many videos. It was
only 13 days in Jordan, and I spent almost three months this year in Lebanon. So, you can imagine like Lebanon, I’m more connected in terms of like relationships I’ve made there because I’ve spent so much time with like my friends there. And you know, I’ve- I’ve just experienced so much more of the country. So, it's hard to compare the two but both are very special and both are worth a visit.
fivebyfifteen, “What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear word Jordan?” Before probably Michael Jordan because you know coming from the US, he was like the basketball star. Now that I’ve been to the country of Jordan, like the thought of the star Michael Jordan no longer comes to mind. I just think of this specific Martian landscape in Wadi Rum that I remember walking by, and I just felt like I was in a movie scene on another planet. It was just mesmerizing. Definitely guys watch the Wadi Rum
videos, I’ll drop a link in the description below. It’ll be the playlist of all my Jordan videos. They will blow your mind. You won't even believe, they're on earth. It's where they film like transformers star wars, and a few other like huge movies like that. noorridha, “I recently found your
account, and I’ve been loving it right now, binge watching all of the other videos, love it.” Thank you. Thank you so much. Like you inspire me like when you guys leave these comments, and you send me these messages. I know I can't always get back to everyone, and I apologize but just know it's because every single day I’m waking up at the literally the crack of dawn. Sometimes I’m recording two, three, four videos in a day. Just in case, like when I go back
home over the holidays, and I can spend time with my family, I’m doing this extra work. So I can get more, and more videos out, so that way I can keep up with daily videos even when I’m taking some time off with my family. So when you guys send me these messages, you drop those comments, and you recognize it like it just means so, so much to me because you see that, it's not easy sometimes. You
know sometimes, I just wanna sleep in, and hang out and relax but I’m like you know what I really wanna shoot some more videos today, make sure I can keep up with the content. So, it's all worth it because my number one intent with all this is to help change perceptions of the world, and share some amazing sides of this world, and your feedback, and your comments, and your support is so meaningful to me. Osamaazam9, “In your opinion which Arab country got the hottest women?” Oh come on, that's unfair. That's an unfair question to ask. I’ve seen beautiful women in all of all the Arab countries that I’ve been to. In Iraq, in United Arab Emirates, in Egypt and Lebanon, and Jordan, Kurdistan, everywhere. Yeah, I’ve seen beautiful
women in all of them. So, I’m not gonna pick a favorite though. Sorry. Alright, next one here, “Go to Tawaheen AlHawa restaurant and also you can't leave without having mansaf and kunafa.” Well the first one, I wasn't able to do because I’m only looking at these questions now, and I’m actually in another country where I’m filming this. I didn't mention this at the beginning. And
mansaf and knafeh I had both, you guys probably saw the videos. If you did link in the description. Next one, mo7ammed_obeiadt, “Hi, I’m Mohammad. I send you message in private. I wish you read at heart.” Thank you so much for sending the message. I’ll do my best to try, and find them but once again like I it's hard to
keep up with all the messages, all the comments but I- I reply to as many people as I can every single day. So, just know that if I don't get back to you, it's nothing personal at all. It's just simply that my number one thing is to get daily YouTube videos out, and so that's what I have to prioritize, and keeping up with you guys, I do as much as I can. And if I haven't replied you know for a couple days, maybe send me another message, with your request, and it'll go up to the top of my messages. I kindly ask though, I have had people that started messaging all my friends to get a hold of me. I find that just a little bit invasive. You know if I haven't been able to get back to, it's
not because I’m ignoring you ever. It's because I just simply don't have the time at the exact moment to get back to you. So please be patient, and understand, and respect the privacy of my friends if you are trying to get a hold of me. Another one here, aehabhaji, “Please answer my messages. I really wanna talk to you about important things.” Just once again, it goes on the same thing. I said like
I’ll try and get back to you as quickly as possible. But I you know humbly speaking, I’m overwhelmed with an amazing amount of feelings with how many of you guys messaged me, and so I well I’ve been in the Middle East for so long. I’ve gotten so used to putting my hand over my heart but like you know it's truly coming from the heart. I’m grateful for all of your messages. I just wanna re-emphasize because I don't want anyone to think
that you know, I’m getting all these messages, and I’m just tossing them aside like I- I do value each and every message. qusai_queue, “Coming back?” I’m guessing, you're talking about coming back to Jordan. Yes, I would love to. leen.kayid2 “Go to Swedish village or sweifieh village” I will when I come back
if possible. leen.kayid2 , “Where do you go? List the places.” Check my YouTube channel in the description below ,and you'll find all of them. "How was it?" Amazing. Jordan's in my top five favorite countries now. I really enjoyed it, the people, the culture, the landscapes, there's just so much to offer there, and it's a very safe country. mazen.o255, “Are you going to go to Palestine?” I’m going to every country in the world, InshaAllah [God willing]. So yes, at some point. I’m not sure when, I really don't plan
too far in advance actually. mazen.o255, “Kurdistan, Jordan or Lebanon make your top three.” I enjoyed all of them guys. I don't wanna put one higher than the other because like I said, right now Lebanon is like one of my most favorite countries because it has had such an impact on me with the connections I’ve made, and the amount of time I’ve spent there. So it's
an unfair comparison because Kurdistan I was only there for two weeks, and Jordan I was only there for 13 days. So, I need to go back to both of those places when I have the time, and I’ll share way more of them. shorouk_sh_eid, “Open-minded to different types of people and culture? Yes, very open-minded.
I believe that in order to change your perceptions of the world, you need to go with an open mind, and if you can approach any culture, and stop thinking about, hey this is how I was raised, this is how I think, and nobody can do it perfectly, like it's my intention to change perceptions of the world. But of course like we're all humans, like we all sometimes will have an issue with our own cultures like in terms of how we perceive others but like that's the thing, the more we try and forget those perceptions we have, the more we can break down barriers, and become you know closer together worldwide. You know it's my ultimate goal with all this content that I’m creating. shorouk_sh_eid,, “You're a fast adapter and quickly get along with the vibes of anything new, nice personality, open mind.” Thank you. Yes, it's- it's my goal to
you know connect with people. Everyone's got a story, there's something unique about everyone, even people that are upset, mad, angry, happy, in a hard place, everyone's got their own story, you know. So, the more people I can meet, the more people I can learn about and you know hopefully share with you guys as much as possible on camera the better because it helps connect the world, and it's a really amazing experience. Once again guys, I’m gonna say this throughout the video I’m sorry if I’m butchering people's usernames. I’m reading through them very quickly. “Rate it out of ten.” I’d give Jordan an eight or nine, great
country, a lot to do. I would say that from what I understand and definitely if you're Jordanian or if you just know about this, and you've traveled it seems like just more on the western side of Jordan is where most people go the eastern side is a lot more mountains. So, I would say that you can visit most of the country just within a couple weeks. Now, I did a lot of the country but I didn't get into the weeds or I didn't like get off the beaten path as much I did a lot of the tourist stuff because I was really excited to see those things. And maybe on my next trip to Jordan, I’ll get more off the beaten path, and be even more kind of like soaked in with the locals or assimilated in with the locals. Majdb44, “Which would you recommend to someone who had one trip left in their life, Lebanon or Jordan?” I swear, you guys have the most complicated questions sometimes that really make me think but I appreciate them because that's a good question, you know me. I’m gonna answer it in
such a funny way, the usual way I answer this type of question, and it is it depends. It depends on the type of person you are. So, if you're someone that's maybe looking to go explore landscapes, feel like you're going to another planet and have just this almost like extraterrestrial experience when you go to places like Wadi Rum in Jordan where you go to Petra, it brings you back in time. If you're looking for more of that historical landscape type of experience, then I would recommend Jordan. Now with Lebanon, if you're looking to you know it's hard me talking about one versus the other, I’m not saying the other one doesn't have these things. I’m just saying what stands out more. So, like
Jordan for me what stands out more is the landscapes as well as the food, and the culture. Those are amazing things. Lebanon, you're going to have a bit more, I would say maybe westernized, you can go from city to city in Lebanon, and have very different experiences based on what that city offers based on the religion, based on just the various like cultures they have. I find Lebanon to almost feel like a bunch of different countries within that small little country right there in the Mediterranean because it just has so much culture packed into it, and that's what I love most about it. I really
enjoyed going to the south of Lebanon which I didn't see that much of it yet but I wanna see more the north as well. I enjoyed all of it, and so you really get such a well-rounded experience, and you can meet so many people from so many different backgrounds. And also with Lebanon, if you like to party they're good with the partying, that's for sure. But yeah, there's a lot for both. It's a hard question to answer. I think, it just depends on the type of person you are. Coach_areej_al_abbadi, “Did you ate the traditional Jordanian dish mansaf from the traditional dessert knefah?” Yup, check my other videos if you guys missed those.
pasoa_world, ”Is it expensive?” Yes, for most of the Middle Eastern countries. I’d say, it's very expensive. Dubai and the UAE is still more expensive but Jordan in terms of prices. especially when you're near like Petra, Wadi Rum, the tourist attractions Aqaba, you're gonna definitely pay quite a bit more. But generally speaking, you know comparing to the United States, it's quite a bit cheaper still. ayvantot.ludovice, “How's your travel experience been so far, and what would you recommend places to visit in J?” I would say, Wadi Rum, Petra, Dead Sea, all the places I went to. I would honestly, I would watch all the videos because I tried to show many sides of Jordan, and I showed you know from like restaurant hopping in Jordan or sorry in Amman to exploring, and swimming and going to resorts, I showed like a well-rounded view. So, it's more about your personal choice on what type of vacation you like.
If you like the cultural immersion, if you want more like the holiday hanging out by the pool, they have a bit of everything. So watch my videos, and you make that decision. Gretatron, “What would be differences for female travelers to think about or do differently?” So, I’m going to give that question to my friend Sophia, who you probably saw in the videos, and she's gonna answer it. Because for me, I will say that going on
this trip to Jordan because sometimes, I travel with like you know my buddy Luke or Harry, and it's just you know a couple guys traveling. And in some countries, obviously traveling as a male versus a female is a very different experience, and so I try and give you guys the most real information. I’m not one of the content creators that shows you a perfect life, a perfect beach, and everyone's nice, and no there's good, and evil in the world, and I try and share all of it. Of course, I try and share more of the positives because I wanna change perceptions, and bring- bring the world together but I’m also real with you guys. So, if something bad happens, I wanna share that as well. But generally speaking, when it comes to my experience as a male versus a female, it's hard for me to properly answer that. You know you get a lot more looks and if
you saw the Aqaba videos, that place was a little intense for her because you know everyone was just staring at her all the time, and there was areas where it was like men only and so, it's a bit intimidating. It wasn't like that in Amman at all but in Aqaba, it was so. I’m gonna go ahead without further ado, and share with you her feedback. Hi, so I think Mac got asked a question relating more to a woman being in Jordan, and the question reads, “What would be the differences for female travelers to think about or to do differently?” I would just say in general, in Jordan or in any part of the middle east definitely something you need to think about is what you're wearing. But for Jordan specifically, I honestly felt really, really safe there. I could walk around at night by myself in places like Amman, and feel really safe. Like I didn't
have to worry too much about anyone hassling me too much or things like that but that did change when I went to Aqaba, and I did have to have more of my guard up. Now that doesn't mean that you don't need to go around or you don't need to be out but really it just means you just need to be more mindful, and you need to be ready to receive more stares or more just people glancing your way. That's just really the differences between Aqaba, and Amman. But in general, I would say a woman just needs to consider what she's wearing, what time of the day she goes out. So, I would say, evenings are fine but no I wouldn't stay
out till 11 or 12 at night. One of the examples I gave the boys was we were out at 11:15 and I was with them. So, I felt comfortable and a car came by and honked at us, and they were like, hey what's up. And I was telling them that the different perspective for me in that situation if I was alone is that for them a car honking at them at 11:15 at night is like hey you know what's up for me if I was by myself and the car was honking at me at 11:15, and I wouldn't have that same response or that same attitude towards that situation. So, I think really
the main differences that you need to keep in mind is how well women are received when they're alone. And in Jordan, it's been absolutely amazing but you are gonna have those people that come up, and hit on you. You are gonna have those people, that are going to want to take photos with you, that happen to me. So, the main thing, I would say is just to be
aware of your surroundings and to just have firm boundaries. If you don't want to take photos or if you don't wanna go into a shop et cetera, et cetera but overall the Jordanians, they're absolutely amazing. And if you are a woman, and it's your first time coming to the Middle East, I absolutely recommend Jordan for sure because I spent two months in the Middle East this year, probably a little longer and I was really, really pleasantly surprised with how easy it was for me to move through Jordan. So I hope, this is helpful and I definitely think that if you are a woman, and you do want to go to Jordan even if it's by yourself you should definitely do it. bon_confuzed, “I
wanna thank you for your content. What motivates you to travel doing, what you do great videos?” Thank you once again. I really appreciate all these messages, and these submissions about- about it. It means a lot. What motivates me is you
know when I studied abroad. My brother pushed me to study abroad in 2012, and I fell in love with traveling, and then I realized it changed who I was. It changed you know no matter what country you're from you have perceptions of the world, and they're wrong. They’re not completely wrong. They're just your view but your view until you've been exposed to other things is limited, and it's limited to based on what you consumed, media, your family, your friends, how your country views the world. And for me, when I go to other countries, I have truly my own perception, I- I’ve created this. It's not based on reading something or watching a video, like the media.
It is just an honest view of how I see this part of the world, and I go into it very open-minded because I believe everywhere has good parts about it, and every country has bad parts. And so, when I really unlocked that, and I realized how much I love making videos. I was like wow I really want to hopefully be that inspiration for others to travel the world, and go to some of these places both on the beaten path, and off the beaten path. Maybe places that hadn't had a bad reputation from things
that happened in the past, and bring some light to them, bring some tourism there. And for me, it's- it's turned into my life goal, and I enjoy every second of it. Like I work harder than I’ve ever worked in my life. Like I tell you, like a lot of times I don't even sleep for more than four or five hours. But honestly, I can't wait to wake up even if I’m tired because I enjoy it and the comments of people saying, wow I was never planning on going to Jordan and now I’m gonna go or wow you showed me a part of Iraq that I never knew existed. I didn't know it was like that. You know just unfortunately the media only goes after stories that are going to bring them in the most views which brings them the most money. And they're of course, sharing world events but it's not always in the right light, and it doesn't cover everything. And so, this YouTube channel that I’m starting
and I’m not starting but I’ve been doing it for a while but I’ve really put the effort in in 2021 is my outlet you know. It’s my own form of media to try and bring you guys just what this world is like as best as possible from an unbiased perspective. But of course, you guys have commented through sometimes when I was a little biased but I’m trying to get better and better at it. So
I always appreciate when you guys comment below, and like hey well you got to look at it like from this perspective of that perspective. So I know that was like this answer all the way over there but like there's as you can imagine, I’m so passionate about traveling the world, bringing people together, meeting people that it was worth it to have a longer response. Josephhanna1, “Jordan or Lebanon winkface?” Already answered that one.
nerimemories, “What did you best like about Jordan, what place was your favorite?” Well, I kinda already answered this one but once again Wadi Rum was amazing, it was just Martian like. So alright, narrow memories again, “I’m sure you noticed that Jordan is not a partying place like Lebanon.” Yeah I did notice that but if you wanna go out for beers in Jordan, you definitely can. There's
liquor stores all over the city. There are multiple places you can go out, and have a beer or a mixed drink. You will pay quite a bit more than like I think I was paying maybe seven or eight dollars, maybe eight dollars for a beer. So, it's not cheap but you have the option if you'd like. It's just not the party scene like you guys might have seen in some of my Lebanon videos. nerimemories again, “I heard Shemsani is nice area. Did ever get
cruise around the richest areas? They have some nice houses.” Unfortunately, I never made it there. Hopefully, the next time I’ll go. If anyone else has been there, drop a comment. momendraihi, “Recommends some places to visit there.” I’d say watch my YouTube videos as I said, and see which one are your preferences but you know Wadi Rum, Amman, Dead Sea, Petra, those are the most common that people go to. dbrar_10, “You are so damn cute.” Thank you. I really appreciate it.
alawadi_ruqaia “Iraq or Jordan overall from people to food and everything?” I think both countries are in very different states. You know like it's hard to compare Iraq which you know has faced a lot of challenges over the last couple decades you know. So, it's in a recovery stage, and you know Jordan wasn't in that same you know sort of situation over the last two decades. You know, it has its own
issues that it's experience or is experiencing but it wasn't as affected in the same way. So, it's more like developed in a lot of places. So, it depends on the type of experience you know like with Iraq, I really got a true- Sorry guys we ran out of battery there, and I decided to switch spots here, so you could look at me from a different angle because I know some of these Q&A's are kind of long might as well change the scenery a little bit right. So, I was in the middle of it. I was basically saying the difference between Iraq and Jordan like they're just in two very different economical states but on the Iraq side, I really enjoyed the just the- the true authentic feel of where very few tourists have been. And to experience Iraq culture was a very life-changing experience for me. Whereas, Jordan was more of I definitely felt more of a tourist there because going all these hot spot tourist places while Petra is amazing and beautiful. You definitely get that you know wonder of the world, very populated areas type of tourism. That said, I still recommend you to go.
It’s just a very different type of experience. So they're hard to compare, and it depends on what you're looking for. avelin_mary, “How was the pandemic in Jordan?” Already answered that one. mahmpud_hout, “How has it compared to Lebanon?” Answered
that one. Assaf.fouad, “Is their nightlife in Jordan?” So, we kinda answered this one but generally speaking, yes there is night life. You can go out. I haven't seen any like clubs but I wanna say that I heard, there are clubs to go to. It's nowhere near like in terms of Lebanon's amount of nightlife but like there's definitely a lot of options you can go, and have beers and things like that. So
nightlife is available, a lot of shisha places, I must assaf.fouad again my brother, “Top places for tourists to visit in Jordan?” Well as I said, I’ve already answered this question in terms of my top favorite places and check out the other videos, and those will answer the questions for you. eghaoui, “How was the manousha?” It was quite good. I had manoushes probably two or three times while I was in Jordan. I tried not to have it too many times because I wanted to try other things. I had so much manoushe in Lebanon that I
was like, alright I need to give this belly a rest. As you guys can see, I could probably put on a couple kilos since I first started daily vlogging in Lebanon because that's all the manoushss but you know sometimes you gotta sahtein, enjoy. The manoushe was good though. I wanted to get a proper comparison, I will say Lebanon's manoushe is better though. KhalilKharwa, “Please share experiences between Lebanon and Jordan in terms of costs of food, Uber, tours, people.” So, as you guys know, Lebanon have you seen my series of Lebanon. Lebanon is of course in a very tough financial crisis that right now doesn't seem like it's getting better in the next days, weeks, months. It's gonna
take quite a bit of time and changes that I don't even know how to answer on. So, with that like people used to make two years ago six hundred dollars per month for their salaries. Now with the crisis, they're making like thirty dollars per month that they have to live off. So, it's in a very tough place. And of course. that means you know businesses and
prices and a lot of things are much, much lower but two years ago before the crisis, I believe Lebanon was much more expensive. KhalilKarwa, “Are you going to Palestine?” Already answered that one. Tonychakartc “Jordan or Lebanon?” Answered that one. chaniiraq, “What is the best thing in Jordan?” I’ve kinda already answered that one. Wadi Rum’s my favorite place but you know also like walking into the Dead
Sea where you can just like float and you don't have to move a muscle in your body to float like that even if you're like super skinny, and don't have any body fat to make you float like you would maybe in like a swimming pool, it's a bit harder for you to float right, if it's not- if there's no salt water in it. That is like crazy when you go into the Dead Sea because you can. I’ve seen people go in the Dead Sea, and they're just floating there reading a book while they're laying there. And like I was in water that was like this maybe this deep one of the places, I swam in and you know normally in a pool or an ocean my bottom would touch the floor of the pool or the bottom of the sea, and I didn't. I just literally floated on top that's how buoyant you are. So, it's just crazy. That part will really blow your mind. Since I’d already been to Siwa in Egypt which I believe is more beautiful
than the Dead Sea. It wasn't as mind-blowing but I put myself in the perspective of if I hadn't been to Siwa, I was in the Dead Sea for the first time that would be up there with like Wadi Rum because it's just crazy how salty it is. mh.amad, “Jordan or Kurdistan?” Already answered that. melodiespapi, “Amman, is it modern and buildings like Dubai?” I would say in Amman, you get a mix of both. Dubai
is modern on every square inch of that entire place besides like a few areas like old Dubai, and then a couple like outskirts areas. Downtown Dubai is so modern. There's few places I’m sure that compared to it but Amman does have a very modern side. There are skyscrapers there. There are like very modern hotels. There are like super modern restaurants, and you get a mix of many different things but generally speaking, they're very different. sritika_07, “What was the overall
experience here, what would you rate it out of 10?” I already answered that one. Adeeb_alkhouri, “How was your overall experience? Where do you recommend to hike, explore?” My overall experience was amazing. I loved Jordan and it was so spontaneous. I don't know if I ever even shared how I ended up there but the next
country I’m in is actually Pakistan. So that's where tomorrow's video is going to be in. That's where I’m filming actually right now. So, the story behind it was my friend Harry, and I who you saw in some of these videos. We were
originally gonna go straight to Pakistan. The visas weren't approved, and so we stumbled upon gonna Jordan. Now I was planning on coming to Jordan at some point. Anyways, I just didn't know when it was close to Lebanon where I was spending a couple weeks before here, and before Jordan. And so I was like, let's go
to Jordan. Let's meet there, and then if the Pakistan visa gets approved, we'll go there after. And so, we ended up doing 13 days there, and it was just so spontaneous to end up in Jordan. It was amazing, so happy. You know I will tell you, that's one thing, I’ll leave you guys with is that whenever you think something's going wrong if you shift your mindset to think, how could this turn into something right. How could this thing that I perceive as
bad my plan that I had of this or that how can I look at it as a good thing, I know not everything you can look at like that that easy but I would say just in terms of my happiness, that's one of the things that keeps me happy is whenever I see something going wrong, I just try and look like is there anything positive that I can take away from this no matter what it is. I always try and take something positive away, and it helps me maybe get through something that I was let down on or I was upset by or someone said something rude, you know whatever it might be. I- I look at try and look at everything with what did I learn from it, and I recommend you to think like that. It helps a lot. Yeah, but I went way off the question. Where do I recommend to hike?
There’s one place, that's very well known and it's right near the Dead Sea. It's called I think it's called Wadi something. You guys, some of you guys watching this will know exactly what I’m talking about. Just drop a comment below,
and then anyone else that's looking to figure that out look in the comments because this place is similar to the Zion Narrows National Park, like a beautiful area you can hike through in between the crazy high cliffs. Yeah, it's right near Points de vue on the Dead Sea. There's a place you can hike close to there, and then I believe there's a lot of other hiking you can do in the mountains. I didn't do much hiking outside of like you know hiking around Petra which I don't know if someone even called it hiking. It's more strolling around but kind of. jameswilliam2793, “What food you
like the most in Jordan?” Probably what is that one called, funza f-u-h (Fukhara) I can't remember the name now but it was the one if you guys saw in the videos in Amman, where it was like a clay plate with like chicken, some sauce, some vegetables in there. And then there was a piece of bread covering the top, and it was cooked inside. So, it was almost like a large pot pie, and that was very good. vanessakassabian, “Is it expensive and do
they try to scam tourists?” The very few times was I scammed or attempted to scam. I would say like generally speaking some of the prices I found in Amman in the marketplace looking back or people's comments, I might have paid too much but most salesmen actually gave me a pretty good price up front. And you know there was even times where like for example, this bracelet broke and I went into a shop to get a fix, and I tried to pay the guy and he kept insisting no. I still left the money anyways because I didn't feel right because I spent like five ten minutes just trying to get my bracelet fixed. Yeah I think, like generally speaking most people are very honest
there. But once in a while, you know there's just some tourists that aren't paying attention. Like I had a guy when I was at Point de vue on the Dead Sea, that tried to charge me like five JD or five or seven JD per Coca-Cola, and I was like what if I think it was five JD which was like seven US dollars but I caught them. You know I kept them honest, and so you probably saw it in the video but it- it's not that often. But just keep in mind, if it seems like it's way too expensive, question of it. marylyn_hayek20 “What was your favorite dish?” I already answered that one. serinekkaddoura, “Does it look like Lebanon?”
No, it's looks so different. I think maybe some. No, no, it doesn't. It looks completely different. I was trying to think if there was any comparison but those two places look very, very different, both extremely beautiful though. roropaulie2, “My first thought was Lebanon or Jordan, and which food is better?” I answered both of those. shada_9_, “Kurdistan or Iraq which one love you from Slemani,
Kurdistan?” I enjoyed my experiences in both. I know you guys want me to pick a favorite but I had two very different experiences in Kurdistan, and Iraq. If you guys are curious, check out my Q&A on both. Kurdistan, I have a Q&A, and then Iraq, I have a Q&A. So check there for my responses. Hassan.Gaspar, “What's your favorite place you visited so far on Jordan?” Answer that. Itstherealzara, “Is
there anyone made you feel uncomfortable or racism in Jordan?” No, but I know my friend Sophia when we were in Aqaba, had a guy that you know asked her to take a photo, and then like when she was taking a photo with him, he like grabbed her butt. So, she was pretty upset about that, and you know so was I. But in the moment, we didn't even know what happened like me and Harry and she was kinda uncomfortable to say anything. Yeah, just
be careful when you're taking pictures with people like I noticed when we were with Sophia in Aqaba. This didn't happen anywhere else that we were with her, and she said it didn't happen to her when she was like traveling Amman by herself or the rest of Jordan by herself. She just said pretty much in Aqaba, people were very like the men were a little bit more intense with her. And we noticed because like one night, we were walking on the road all everyone was just staring. So, just be prepared for that, you might wanna wear a little bit more covered up because one of the nights you know might have been a little bit more exposed. I’m not saying you should cover up because I know maybe someone who's gonna say that's like sexist to me to say that. I’m not saying
you should or shouldn't. I’m just saying if you don't wanna feel uncomfortable, that's what people do to avoid those looks. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions on that. I get sometimes uncomfortable answering those questions because my meaning is you make the decision you wanna do, and I fully support that everyone equal rights and everything 100 percent. I’m just saying that if you're exposing more skin, a lot of men stare at you in Aqaba. Harry and I saw them, we were blown away. We were kinda stressed out even for
Sophia because it was quite intense. cynthiaantonios, “No questions but honestly your posts are addictive.” Thank you so much. I really appreciate it, just like I said to everyone else it means the world when I get these messages. mbotaleb, “Come to Egypt, man.” I actually was there earlier this year for about three weeks. I’ll definitely come back. I don't know when I will but I promise I
will at some point. afafelabed “Did you try falafel, Abu jbarra?” Nope, hopefully on the next visit. Saraganawi, “What's your favorite thing about Jordan?” Answer that one. mariewendell, “Did you ever feel unsafe?” When Harry and I first got the rental car, we were driving from Amman to Petra. The GPS took us down some
super dark places that was just dangerous to drive. So, like I felt more unsafe in terms of like if something happens. We're literally in the middle of nowhere, and there's no cars around but I never felt like a threat from another person a single time. It felt so safe there. Saraghanawi, “Did you make any new friends in Jordan?” Honestly daily. People there are so open to talking to you, and you know showing you their culture, inviting you for tea, getting to know you. It’s a really awesome experience. What is the similarities you like and saw
between Lebanon and Jordan?” I think that was one of my first questions I answered. “Rate Jordan out of 10.” Answer that one. ritarita9662, “Boring country.” I disagree with you, and watch my videos and you'll know why. FawadZahid97, “Do you have sex there?” I didn't but do people? Yes, they definitely do. They're humans like every other country in the world. ass.0.ia, “I love your all video I
am your biggest fan.” Thank you, much love back to you. btw.its.aman4, "When will you come to Pakistan? Learn from Luke who loves Pakistan, especially paratha. Now we are waiting for you.” I’m in Pakistan right now. Yes, big series coming starting tomorrow. avelin.mary, “How was Jordanian foods, Mac?” Delicious, delicious, delicious, delicious. I loved it. They made such good types of food, and try the mansaf, try the one that starts with an f that I just cannot remember, focularia for- (Fukhara) I don't know but a lot of good ones. Kev7_11, “How would you describe the
experience in the Dead Sea?” Insane, especially when you rub all the mud all over you, then you go into the water. You come off and you clean yourself off with the non-salty water, the fresh water, and your skin feels so smooth after very clean. It's a nice cleanse like going into the Dead Sea, when we were over near the Ramada, our hotel's private beach was cool. We just floated, hung out then when we went to Point de vue, the views were just insane. So, I highly recommend you guys to make a trip over there, you'll be blown away. Celinesalameh, “Hi Mac, I’m
trying to reach you. Please, can you answer me urgently. I wanna talk to you.” I’ll like do my best to get back to you. avelin.mary, “Is your trip pricey or is it worth it?” Yeah I’d say, I don't know exactly how much I spent in Jordan in the two weeks. I’d say probably one to two thousand dollars. I didn't track my costs exactly because for me it was more important to show all of the places I could as best as possible to you guys, and sometimes if I wanna stay like for example in the Wadi Rum bubble places, I’ll stay in a nicer place, so I can experience it, share that with you guys in these videos. So you get a full experience of of Jordan.
So I think you could probably do it more on a budget like taking buses between cities, maybe staying in lower cost accommodations. It's there's always ways to do things cheaper. You can stay in hostels in Amman. We did that for a couple nights, and that saved quite a bit on accommodation costs. John1237266, “Is driving in Jordan safe?” I felt very safe there especially for a lot of the Middle Eastern countries I’ve been to, I was the most comfortable in terms of getting behind the wheel. A lot of these street rules and regulations are similar to the US. You also are in the driver's side, so you drive on the right side of the road. So for me, that's you
know similar to where I came from how I learned how to drive. So, I was very comfortable in that setting. You still need to be you know watch where you're coming from sometimes people like you know swerve between lanes, you just kind of gotta drive defensively and watch out. niveen.yehya, “What are the main differences between Jordan?” Already answered that one. ghenwakhouryy, “How would you compare Jordan, Lebanon? Answered that. haris0hamza,
“How were the people compared to Iraqis?” Both Iraqis and Jordanians were so welcoming. Like in the Middle East, I’ve noticed it's in all the countries I’ve been. Of course all the countries are very different in their own ways but you can feel the Middle Eastern hospitality amongst every place but in their own ways. You know like in Kurdistan, I probably was invited for tea the most, and in Iraq, I had so many people that were just so excited to have me there, have me and Luke there because they don't get as many toursits. In Jordan, you know you can walk down the road and ask anyone a question, and they'll walk you over to where you need to go. In Lebanon, you know
people will invite you in for food but these things will happen in all of those countries. Just so you know like it's Middle Eastern hospitality. They take care, they take such good care. “Did you eat monsaf at mom's restaurant?” Nope, hopefully next time. ziadmerhe, “Does it make sense now that Lebanese think that they're different from the Arab world?” Yeah I think Lebanon is a unique country. Definitely you know I think even within Lebanon like I was saying earlier in this video like you can go to different parts of Lebanon, and feel like you're in a different country. Like from Ehden to Saoufar for example, those feel like two
different countries to me but I love both of them in their own ways. Celinesalameh, “Are you coming back to Lebanon?” I’ll definitely come back multiple times. Lusistudios, how you doing Lusi? Good to hear from you. “Is it expensive?” Yeah, like I said before it's- it's a little bit expensive but it's more of a tourist place than some of the other like places I’ve been recently. You know when you're
going to the world wonders like Petra, you're going to water. I’m staying in a bubble tent when you're at the Dead Sea, these are huge worldwide well-known tourist attractions. So of course, that brings in higher prices, more expensive hotels, and accommodations but there are ways to do it cheap, like I was saying. faisal_mansour1, “One where does it rank in your list of countries so far?” Everyone hates this question I know. It’s so hard to answer these favorite countries but I’d say, it's in my top five. Diaz, “Jordan versus Lebanon versus
Iraq, who's the winner here in the eyes of nomac and why?” I already said earlier like they all have a special place in my heart in different ways but Lebanon is the place that I would most likely live if I needed to stay for a longer period of time. But it's unfair comparison, not sure where that last question cut off guys but the battery died again. zaid_bosnjaci, “Have you tried the night life in Jordan, if not you must try it?” I didn't try like any clubbing. I did get a couple messages from people saying, I should go but I was-
I was on a pretty fast-paced trip. So besides going out for a couple beers or having a couple drinks here and there, I didn't like do any like night life like clubbing style party. makram_makramalla, “Just I wanna tell you did you visit Madaba, Jordan?” No. That was like the number one place that I really wanted to go to that I didn't have a chance. So I’ve heard from many people, Madaba is a great place to visit. So if I come back to Jordan at some point, I’m definitely
going to have that as one of my number one places to visit. mh.amad1234567, “Do you know the sea in Jordan why called Dead Sea, biologically answer me?” I don't know biologically but I believe people call it the Dead Sea because nothing can survive in there because of the high salt concentration, cut salt. I don't think that's a question. Yes, it's salty in the Dead Sea. Meet.Lebanon, "if you could compare Jordan, Lebanon, what would be one major difference?” Yeah I mean, it's a hard one for me to answer this question. I would say like since Lebanon is going through such a massive and challenging economic crisis is you know right now there's a lot of like sadness and negativity and you know rightfully so because they're going through such hard times. And so there's a lot of places in Lebanon
that you can really feel how bad things are, and not to say that you know there's still a lot of Lebanese people in that are so happy all the time but like you know there's- there's a lot of sadness in the country right now from the challenges and so. Jordan's economy while I don't know the exact information on it, it's in a better obviously situation than Lebanon. So, you don't feel as much of that just, kinda when you're walking on the street sometimes in Lebanon, there’s you know some places I’ll go to where you can just really feel how- how bad the crisis hurts. And that's like-
that's like the difference that I’ll say that, that is like the most prevalent but I would say that about comparing Lebanon to anywhere but Jordan and Lebanon are two very different countries but they have similarities, similar cuisines a lot of things. But I would watch my videos and those will give you a better like in-depth feeling. Like people speak English in both places to a certain extent. You can you know find great places to eat in both places both like western food as well as local Middle Eastern food. You got all those options in both of them. So, I find a lot of similarities but also so many differences. qteashat, “You
must visit another city like salt irbid jaresh" I went to Jaresh, that was awesome. Irbid and salt, I hope to go. Oh so, that's what your other comment meant qteashat, salt is another city. I’ll definitely have to make it there. Alright, and we're down to our last two questions here guys. “Did you try mansof? Yes, I did. Definitely check out
the vlog if you didn't see it already. I really enjoyed it. I thought it was delicious, maybe had it two or three times actually. Zuzangelo, “Why do vloggers argue prices in nations in need but they don't argue prices in rich countries?” What a final last question. I can't speak for other vloggers. I can only speak for myself. But generally speaking, places that I that me personally when I decide to negotiate versus when I don't is based on if there's negotiating in the culture. If I’ve read or people told me, it's common to negotiate the price
then I will negotiate it. But there's also a lot of places like I wouldn't walk into a clothing store in the US, and like try and negotiate a price. It doesn't work like that. It would just look at you and be like what no, that's the price, look at the price tag. We're not negotiating this. Now of course,
there's some you know when you're buying a car and there's still times you'll negotiate in the US. It's not like it's completely obsolete from the culture but it's just different. Whereas, like you know in a lot of the Middle Eastern countries that I’ve been to especially in like marketplaces when you're buying like things, clothes, souvenirs things like that, it's common. You know I’m not gonna say it's a one size fits all because there's no such thing as a one size fits all when you're talking about multiple countries. But generally speaking, in a lot of countries where negotiations more common, you as the seller, you start with a higher price and you expect the buyers going to negotiate down, and you find somewhere to meet in the middle. And I know the value of things especially because I’ve worked in retail before, and I know a lot about exports and imports. I’m no expert of course about every country in the world,
but I know a lot of people got really annoyed with me when I was negotiating the jacket, and I pinned a comment in there. I spent a lot of time writing out this comment because a lot of people thought that I was rude because I negotiated. At the end of the day, the guy didn't have to sell me the jacket if it wasn't profitable for him. So, just look at that first of all. If he sold me the jacket, he was still happy. He still smiled and, we walked away both happy. Second of all, that was an import from china, and I know that type of material because I buy a lot of those types of imports, and you know china has really good imports, and they also have you know like low cost of production clothing that they export, and that's how they're able to even ship stuff all the way across the world and sell it at a very low price because they do it in mass quantities. They do it sometimes in lower quality not in all cases but this is one of those types of products and I like those products for me personally especially because I really like beat my clothes up when I’m traveling. And so when I felt the jacket
and like I could feel the zipper would get stuck and that same jacket after I wore for a couple times, this zipper already gets stuck those details aren't in the vlog, and a lot of people like were angry with me that I negotiated that price so much but I was negotiating based on the quality, and the fact that I can buy in the United States off Amazon.com a jacket at the same quality or better for less money. And so here I am in Jordan negotiating for it, and I was respectful to him and he agreed with the price finally. Yeah did he make as much money as he could have if he got another tourist? No, but like sometimes I’ll pay more for things guys and sometimes I won't. That's really up to me.
You’ll see me giving extra money to people, and I’m not saying the jacket guy wasn't honest. But like in general, as you like see me travel through Pakistan since I’m already a few videos ahead, there was like a really honest rickshaw driver, tuktuk driver that you'll see in an upcoming video, that was so honest and so nice. And I had been scammed recently by a couple others. That was kind enough to give me like just the true locals price, and so I give them a lot of extra money because I like to reward people that are super, super honest. And sometimes when I’m
negotiating clothes, I don't necessarily like tip. I probably find myself tipping most for like taxis or services like food things like that but when I’m like negotiating an item. I don't really tip on an item you know I agree on the price and that's- that's what it is. So I wanted to explain some of the logic because I think that sometimes if you guys only see one side which is the camera, and you don't know maybe why I’m negotiating a certain way or you don't know why I’m giving extra money for this versus that it's good to kinda have that full explanation. Yeah, there's a reason why I do everything. I like to get an honest price and if I felt like the person was nice, then I’ll give them extra money. If
I think the value or the quality is very low, and I’m getting charged too much for it. Yeah I’m gonna try and get a better price. If they don't think it's good for them, and it's not profitable then don't sell it to me. Honestly, do you really think the guy was selling it to me at a loss. No, that was a bit of a ramble guys. But anyways, that was all the questions. I wanna say first of all
thank you so, so much for all your questions because not only does it make this video more entertaining for you guys to watch because there's so many different types of questions. But it also helps other people that are considering coming to Jordan when you ask these questions, maybe it's their first time finding my channel, and they're watching this Q&A and they're like wow, I learned all these like kind of raw things that you don't necessarily see in my normal videos. I know some of you guys comment that you don't enjoy these Q&A's because they're long and maybe they're not as exciting as me walking around but they're a good addition to have for people that just want to know something that is more about my opinion of the country or facts or just things that have happened and it's a good way to kinda recap everything, and encompass it all in one. So, guys I’m gonna stop rambling because you're probably tired of listening to me. So, as always, thank you so, so much for watching if you've made it this far. If you wanna see more videos both here in
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