Hi again, I told Mom, Connie and Becky about this former oasis visit and wanted to show them and others the pictures. This used to be a huge wetland oasis up until 20 years ago. It's in the eastern part of Jordan in the middle of the desert. They started pumping out water when Palestinian refugees came in '67 and eventually it was pumped dry. Now, it's back to 10% of what it used to be - they pumped water back in. There are loads of water buffalo to eat the reeds but we only saw their poop. There are also ibex and
ostrich but we didn't see them either. We DID see a heron which I loudly pointed out to the kids so that it quickly flew away.
Have a great week everyone,
Lisa, Amman
wow. It must be maddening for those who saw it green to see it as it is now, but good they are attempting to get it back to where it was. So fragile, the ecology.
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