surprise! still a gringo.

I knew drivers in the Middle East are crazy, but really there is nothing like being in a huge SUV, driving around a traffic circle where cars are streaming in from all directions and there are no lanes. The traffic was jammed because of construction on a major highway, so all these smaller streets in Amman were absolutely clogged. I was driving around with a girl from the area to do some errands, and she was a pretty badass driver, right down to leaving me in the car that she left idling right in the middle of a main road, next to a row of parallel parked cars, while she sent a fax.

Not too much going on today except for more general confusion about being surrounded by Arabic and not understanding more than three words. I picked up a few more - dob (bear), tsharafna (nice to meet you), tamam (perfect), khara (shit), esh (what). This post may be more for my benefit than yours, because I am too lazy to write these words down anywhere besides the Internet.

Jordanian food is so cheap...I bought a whole bag of fruit and vegetables - oranges, cucumbers, tomatoes, lemons, onions, etc for 2 JDs. Got some pasta too...I figure I will have to budget out my food so I can go out at night, once I have friends. If I get some friends.