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Blog No. 2 From Jordan! |
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Dr. John's Personal Blog
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By host on
4/28/2006
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Jordan has turned out to be an amazing adventure. I have met some of the kindest people anywhere who are very welcoming to strangers. The hotel that the Royal Office has given us is the luxurious five-star Grand Hyatt Hotel. For the last few days the King of Spain occupies the top floor while Bunny and I have rooms on the third floor. This was the hotel where the terrorist bombing took place last December. Nine members of the hotel staff were killed in the blast and when I talk to some of the staff now, they tear up because these were friends not just colleagues. Jordan is a very safe country by Middle East standards, but last week there were tanks circling the hotel because of a top-level meeting between the King of Spain and the King of Jordan. The newspaper has also talked about large arms caches that have recently been seized that were earmarked for bombing in Amman. Yet there is very little crime here like we have in the U.S. so in many ways we feel very safe here in Jordan.
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Dr. John In Jordan! |
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Dr. John's Personal Blog
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By host on
4/25/2006
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Bunny Bullock and I landed last night and hit the road running (Bunny serves as Board Secretary for TeenAIDS).We were met at the airport by representatives of the Royal Protocol Office who whisked us through immigration without visas. Because we were invited by King Abdullah our trip has been organised from beginning to end. The King had attended the same secondary school as I had in the United States, Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
We have been assigned a wonderful driver by the name of Majid who is with us from early morning to late at night . His English is limited but he is full of enthusiasm. He is officially our driver , Guide , and bodyguard ( I find this funny because...
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Vlog #9 - April 18, 2006 |
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Dr. John's Vlog
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By teenaids on
4/18/2006
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 Dr. John speaks on Patriot’s Day, a New England-specific holiday. Soon, John will be leaving to Amman, Jordan with TeenAIDS-PeerCorps board member Bunny Bullock. After his stay in Jordan, he will continue on to Cyprus. On May 14, Dr. John will be going to Seoul, South Korea, sponsored by the AIDS Committee on South Korea.
View Vlog 9 in your browser or right-click (Control-click on Mac) to save the following file: John's Vlog #9 (QuickTime 7 format). Get help with viewing videos.
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