Arising from Travels Abroad, is the Postcards from Abroad Series. Travels Abroad is essentially a chatty travel journal, crammed full of colour photos. But there were other lovely black-and-white photos from those trips, which didn’t fit into the format of that book. This gave rise to four companion books, including this one, Postcards From Jordan: A visual celebration, in black-and-white, of this land of contrasts.

Max and Sue Hoppe have been married for four decades, and as long as either can remember, Petra in Jordan has been high on both of their bucket lists. So when they were planning their second visit to The Emirates in 2015, they decided to see if it would be possible to go there. Imagine their delight, when it turned out to be cheaper to fly Cape Town-Amman-Dubai return than Jo’burg-Dubai direct! The full journey is covered in Travels Abroad.

But through these beautiful black-and-white images you will :

• Wander the bustling streets of old Downtown Amman
• Discover Jordan’s famous confectionery
• Take an early morning bus to picturesque Wadi Musa
• Walk in breathless awe through Little Petra and Petra itself
  Ride horses and camels through ancient rock clefts
• Explore Wadi Rum, the beautiful desert area with spectacular rock outcrops
• Sleep over in the desert, in a Bedouin tent
• Visit Madaba, known for its historic mosaics and churches
• Look over the Jordan Rift Valley, from Mount Nebo
• Swim in the Dead Sea
• Explore the ancient ruins on the Citadel in Amman
• Jordan is a delightful, friendly country, with many layers of culture, a place to enjoy ancient history and modern development, and a place that beckons visitors to return regularly!

Enjoy the journeys!

Arising from Travels Abroad, is the Postcards from Abroad Series. Travels Abroad is essentially a chatty travel journal, crammed full of colour photos. But there were other lovely black-and-white photos from those trips, which didn’t fit into the format of that book. This gave rise to four companion books, including this one, Postcards From Jordan: A visual celebration, in black-and-white, of this land of contrasts.

Max and Sue Hoppe have been married for four decades, and as long as either can remember, Petra in Jordan has been high on both of their bucket lists. So when they were planning their second visit to The Emirates in 2015, they decided to see if it would be possible to go there. Imagine their delight, when it turned out to be cheaper to fly Cape Town-Amman-Dubai return than Jo’burg-Dubai direct! The full journey is covered in Travels Abroad.

But through these beautiful black-and-white images you will :

• Wander the bustling streets of old Downtown Amman
• Discover Jordan’s famous confectionery
• Take an early morning bus to picturesque Wadi Musa
• Walk in breathless awe through Little Petra and Petra itself
• Ride horses and camels through ancient rock clefts
• Explore Wadi Rum, the beautiful desert area with spectacular rock outcrops
• Sleep over in the desert, in a Bedouin tent
• Visit Madaba, known for its historic mosaics and churches
• Look over the Jordan Rift Valley, from Mount Nebo
• Swim in the Dead Sea
• Explore the ancient ruins on the Citadel in Amman

Jordan is a delightful, friendly country, with many layers of culture, a place to enjoy ancient history and modern development, and a place that beckons visitors to return regularly!

Enjoy the journeys!

Max and Sue Hoppe are a couple from Port Elizabeth who are, well, let’s just say ‘past their prime.’ They love to travel and see the world, with open eyes and minds, and are taking every opportunity to explore some places that have been on their bucket-lists for ages, and some they would never have even thought of, until their kids moved there and they went to visit.

In Travels Abroad, we’ll look for hidden treasures in Turkey, Bulgaria, The Emirates and Jordan…

• Exploring iconic cosmopolitan and exotic Istanbul
• Strolling through an ancient Greek city and swimming in a hot spring with carved pillars which were
  destroyed in an earthquake, centuries ago.
• Wander down an exquisite white hillside covered in travertine
• Gape at the underground cave cities and fly in a hot air balloon over Cappadocia
• Spend some time in a little rural village in Southern Bulgaria, and visit Sozopol on the Black Sea
• Do a road-trip to the Balkans and back via Plovdiv
• Discover a fascinating side to Dubai which is way nicer than bling and designer shopping!
• Explore rugged mountains and ancient forts and mosques in Fujairah and Ras-al-Khaimah
• Gallop on Arabian horses through the desert at sunset
• Discover the delights of old Amman in Jordan
• Wander in awe through the ancient carved-rock city of Petra
• Spend a night in a Bedouin tent in Wadi Rum after exploring its natural beauty
• Float in the Dead Sea
• Discover more of the Emirates, especially Sharjah.
• Explore a haunted abandoned fishing village at sundown