Today I traveled back to the River Jordan and to the site of the baptism of Jesus near Bethany (see photo below).
This time I am in Jordan looking across to Palestine. And maybe because it isn't very hot and not many people it seems more poignant than the first time or perhaps it is the completion of this journey that is affecting me. Having visited Mt Nebo and stood, possibly, where Moses stood and then traveled through the desert to the River Jordan, I too can see the promised land. It's odd but I can feel the pull of Jerusalem from here and yet in Israel I couldn't, perhaps my vision was clouded by religion and politics!
Tomorrow I head home... (to good coffee and temperatures below 30!)
(Below are some photos that fit the theme including the mosaic map of the biblical lands and Jerusalem found in a church at Madaba, and finally a haloed mountain or something...)
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