What can you learn from Jordan and Israel

1. NEVER to taste Dead Sea salt...it's downright yucky.

2. That Isreali customs are really strict...there's no escaping them!

3. It's really hot.

4. VERY hot.

5. Drink a lot of water, we are lucky people.

6. Did I say it was hot?

7. Never get caught in a sandstorm, your eyes will hurt.

8. You never see Malaysians in Israel, and they are missing out a lot!

9. Jordan can also be a person's name.

10. You get a lot of discounted items if you are a Muslim shopping in Jerusalem.
(This is 100 shekels. What, you are Muslim? I give this to you 30 shekels...)

11. As a birthplace of religion, people tend to be open. Very open.
(I am Christian. You are Muslim? We worship same god! Peace, peace (and a hug)...)

12. Hugging is a fact of life there.

13. Wear shoes, the sand from a sandstorm can never get off your sandals.

14. Your money can halve if you are changing money to Jordanian dinar. (SGD$1 = JD 0.490)

15. The dinar has 1000 fils, not 100 (that means three d.p. for money)

16. Never look too affluent, there are a lot of sneaky pickpockets in Hebron.

17. Appreciate the artwork on the Bethlehem wall.

18. Learn to tolerate endless meals of flat bread and/or salad and/or meat and/or kebab.

19. That Middle Easterners can be like a desert pear, sharp and stinging on the outside and sweet on the inside.

and finally...

20. Learn how to run wildly out there in the wilderness, and have fun doing so.