The Promised Land : 1

As the plane was landing on the lands so far away from everything I grew up around, I had an ecstatic feeling... this is it... the mighty USA... the promised land... this is it... the country whose capitalistic ideals I'm against... this is it... the real experience that I worked very hard to attain...
I'm there... away from my family and from everything comfortable... starting a journey with 20 other strangers...
At some points it felt as if I'm stepping into my TV screen... where all the scenes that I used to see are becoming alive with one addition... me within...
At some points all my prejudices have been proven right... where I was confronted with consumerism... the American arrogance and disdain toward the rest of the world...
And sometimes I met people who have high social conscious... and in rare cases interest in what is going outside the US.
I have seen Architecture that I long time past learned about... and finally I fully understood what is the meaning of architecture that changes people... and create spaces...
I have seen famous art pieces that I read and seen in books and the Internet... some of these pieces brought me to tears...

I was the odd one out with my veil... which made me question basis of my faith... and challenge my own set of beliefs... and I met people who made it even harder... and some who made it more challenging... =P

I went back to the home within me so many times... I can't describe what it feels to be home again...

I have changed and grown during the three weeks I spent scampering USA from East to West visiting 6 states and 7 cities... being in transit all the time... waiting and wondering what will come next... it was a very enjoyable time...


So... now... after I'm back in Amman... to my family and my work... my self is still in transit as always... as ever...

I'll be blogging in more details about these three weeks under this ironic name of "The Promised Land" which one of my friends I made during this trip used to mock the US...

Keep coming back... I have some good stuff and good photos to share...