Thursday, March 29, 2012

Kembara Bumi Jordan 2011 - Kampus JUST

Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) is a comprehensive, state-supported university located on the outskirts of Irbid, in northern Jordan, 70km north Amman, the capital city of Jordan. JUST was established in 1986 as an autonomous national institute of higher education with the main objective of producing outstanding professionals in specializations that match the needs of Jordan and the region.

Since its establishment, JUST has been at the forefront of higher learning in the Arab World. It also maintains a high reputation among the Middle Eastern universities due to its faculty and administrative staff, multi-disciplinary educational system and broad diversity of students. The university was described as the best scientific institution in the Kingdom by King Abdullah II during his last visit, and it was ranked as the top research university in the country, and amongst the top 50 universities in the Islamic World, according to a study carried out by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Center for Islamic Countries (SESRIC).









Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Kembara Bumi Jordan 2011 - Laut Mati

Laut Mati (Bahasa Ibrani: ים המלח; Bahasa Arab: البحر الميت‎) merupakan tasik air masin yang terletak di sempadan Jordan dan Tebing Barat. Pantainya berada di kedudukan serendah 418 m di bawah aras laut yang merupakan kedudukan terendah di atas daratan dunia dan juga tasik masin yang terdalam dengan kedalaman 330 m. Airnya mempunyai kemasinan kedua tertinggi di dunia selepas Laut Asal di Djibouti dengan kemasinan sebanyak 33.7 %. Ini lebih kurang 8.6 kali lebih masin dari laut biasa. Oleh sebab itu tiada satu pun hidupan yang boleh hidup di dalamnya dan kapal tidak boleh berlayar di atas permukaannya. Tasik ini berukuran 67 km panjang dan 18 km lebar. Cabang sungai utamanya ialah Sungai Jordan.

Kawasan Laut Mati








Friday, March 23, 2012

Kembara Bumi Jordan 2011 - Aqaba & Laut Merah



Flag Pole & Aqaba Port ====================>Lokasi Laut Merah


Aqaba (Arabic: العقبة‎, Al-ʻAqabah) is a coastal city in the far south of Jordan, the capital of Aqaba Governorate at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba. Aqaba is strategically important to Jordan as it is the country's only seaport. Aqaba is best known today as a diving and beach resort, but industrial activity remains important to the area, and the town is an exporter of phosphate and some shells. Aqaba is also the largest city on the Gulf of Aqaba.

Aqaba is well known for its beach resorts and luxury hotels, which service those who come for diving, fun in the sand as well as watersports like windsurfing and Scuba diving. It also offers activities which take advantage of its desert location. Its many coffee shops offer mansaf and knafeh, and baqlawa desserts. Another very popular venue is the Turkish Bath (Hamam) built in 306AD, in which locals and visitors alike come to relax after a hot day. Aqaba and Wadi Rum are the sites of the annual Jordan – Middle East Distant Heat Festival, an annual electronic dance festival. It takes place on 31 July and 1 August.


Sumber : Wikipedia





Thursday, March 22, 2012

Kembara Bumi Jordan 2011 - Petra

Petra (Greek "πέτρα" (petra), meaning stone; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ) is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduit system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourist attraction. It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate Prize-winning poem by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage". Petra was chosen by the BBC as one of "the 40 places you have to see before you die".


(Sumber : Wikipedia)








Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Kembara Bumi Jordan 2011 - Kota Jerash

Kota Jerash merupakan salah satu di antara kota-kota Decapolis dan merupakan kota yang amat penting pada setiap zaman yang memerintahnya. Kota Jeras adalah kota tinggalan Rom terlengkap di luar Itali. Kota ini merangkumi keseluruhan kemudahan yang ada pada sesebuah bandar lama.

Gerasa merupakan nama Jerash yang telah diubahsuai oleh kerajaan Rome. Pada 332 Sebelum Masihi Jerash berada di bawah penaklukan Alexander The Great yang ingin menyatukan timur dan barat di bawah perundangan Greek.









Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Kembara Bumi Jordan 2011 - Kota Ajlun

Perjalanan dari Umm Qays terus menuju ke sebuah kota pertahanan yang hebat di Ajlun. Lokasi yang dikunjungi ialah Qala'ah Ar Rabad yang pernah menjadi kubu hebat tentera Islam di dalam perang Salib. Kota ini telah dibina oleh Panglima Izzudin Usamah yang merupakan anak saudara kepada Panglima Sallehuddin al Ayubi. Qala'ah Ar Rabad ini dibina untuk mengintip pergerakan tentera Salib dan sebagai kota yang menguasai lombong besi di pergunungan Ajlun yang diusahakan untuk menghasilkan senjata.













Sunday, March 18, 2012

Kembara Bumi Jordan 2011 - Ummu Qays

Terletak kira-kira 30km di barat laut Irbid. Dari lokasi sejarah tersebut pengunjung dapat melihat Bukit Golan dan Tasik Tobari dengan jelas sekiranya cuaca baik. Menurut sejarah Umm Qays dikenali sebagai Gadara merupakan Decapolis (salah satu daripada himpunan 10 buah kota dan kota ini adalah bebas walaupun di bawah pemerintahan Roman) Greco-Roman yang unik lantaran pernah dikuasai empat kuasa besar dimulai oleh Greek seterusnya Roman, Byzantine dan akhirnya empayar Othmaniyyah. Perbezaan binaan zaman Othmaniyyah adalah dibina daripada batu kapur putih manakala bangunan yang lebih awal darinya dibina dari batuan igneus (gunung berapi) yang hitam.