Floating in the Dead Sea was a really bizarre experience that is hard to describe. The water is around 6 times more dense than normal salt water, and as a result it is impossible to sink. As you can see in the pictures below, it's possible to float without any effort - as Jason and I both have both our arms and legs out of the water. It's also possible to sit Indian style in the water and to just float. Very strange but cool feeling. The water is also so salty that if you have any open cuts or wounds, or if you have recently shaved, the salt will cause painful burning.
We visited the Dead Sea on the Jordan side. The opposite side of the Dead Sea is Israel (under the sunset below). There are many more resorts on the Israeli side, but the view from the less crowded Jordan side was quite nice.
We also did some sightseeing in the Dead Sea area. We headed to the top of Mt. Nebo, where Moses died after looking out over the Promised Land.
The view was cool and you could see a number of ancient towns including Jericho, Bethlehem and Ramallah.
The terrain on the Jordanian side was quite isolated and was primarily desert canyon.
Finally, we played around an ancient castle, Kerak, that overlooked a crossroads on ancient trading routes for the past two thousand years.
Very cool castle, but tough to capture its size and antiquity.
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