I arrived to Amman on Friday evening. My host lived close to the Baraka Mall. We met his friend from Norway who was working in Jordan and we had a dinner together in the restaurant. The following day we travelled by car to the Dead sea and we stayed on the beach in a hotel where we had to pay an entrance fee.
As soon as we arrived to the beach I entered the sea and I was floating there for a very long time, maybe one hour. The concentration of the salt was so high that my skin got itchy but I didn't mind because I really enjoyed bathing there although the water felt kind of oily. Then we covered ourselves in the mud which was in the bucket on the beach.
Dead sea
We had a dinner in the hotel where we were staying during the day. Afterwards we returned to my host's place and that was when my troubles started because my host tried to abuse me and he became pushy despite I repeatedly said no. I certainly knew that it wasn't very safe for a girl alone to visit guys in Africa and Middle East so I counted on it, but I didn't expect it from this guy because he initially looked trustworthy.
Finally he let me be and we agreed that he was going to spend a night at this parents' house and I would stay in his flat with his flatmates. I wanted to visit Amman so I went out in the evening when it was already dark. I was walking next to the busy road and I attracted attention of many drivers, they were obviously not used to seeing a tourist walking alone in the evening in Amman. I put myself to troubles again because one guy stopped a car and I got in and he took me to the city center where we had a drink together and visited the city, we climbed the hill and I saw a Citadel. I spent a good time but the problems started when I asked him to bring me back home, he didn't want to let me get out of the car and asked me for more. I opened the door while he was still driving and threatened to jump out. At last I gave him some money and I returned home by taxi. I had a conversation with my host's flatmates in the evening and the next day I visited one of them. He ordered a taxi which took me to Israeli border in the evening.
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