In descending into the Dead Sea/Jordan River Valley we gained about 20 degrees from a relatively cool morning at the King's Academy to well over 95 degrees Fahrenheit--and probably over 100 by the end of the afternoon. We then walked from the parking lot through the heat to a hot springs waterfall that was warmer than most showers that I take on a Winter's morning.
The hot springs water leaves the ground at about 140 degrees Fahrenheit, but cools down to a tolerable if suffocating degree. Beneath the waterfall is a sulfurous cave that has the hottest water--water that makes you wonder why any rational person would walk through an almost hot waterfall to sit in an almost scalding pool of sulfurous water?
Why, because it is there and after boiling like a chicken in a pot then you can walk back through the now cooler feeling waterfall and feel relaxed.
Another exercise in achieving relaxation through watery pain is a Turkish bath/Roman Bath Caldarium up the hill from the waterfall.
After I attempted to boil my body in the waterfall and Roman sauna, I discovered that I had allowed the sun to reach my nose, cheeks and ears through inadvertently washing off my sunscreen in the rushing water.
Back at the King's Academy we all washed the sulfur, potassium and other minerals off, and set out for our last evening together as a group. We had a nice meal in a century old building while listening to traditional Jordanian music.
In descending into the Dead Sea/Jordan River Valley we gained about 20 degrees from a relatively cool morning at the King's Academy to well over 95 degrees Fahrenheit--and probably over 100 by the end of the afternoon. We then walked from the parking lot through the heat to a hot springs waterfall that was warmer than most showers that I take on a Winter's morning.
The hot springs water leaves the ground at about 140 degrees Fahrenheit, but cools down to a tolerable if suffocating degree. Beneath the waterfall is a sulfurous cave that has the hottest water--water that makes you wonder why any rational person would walk through an almost hot waterfall to sit in an almost scalding pool of sulfurous water?
Why, because it is there and after boiling like a chicken in a pot then you can walk back through the now cooler feeling waterfall and feel relaxed.
Another exercise in achieving relaxation through watery pain is a Turkish bath/Roman Bath Caldarium up the hill from the waterfall.
After I attempted to boil my body in the waterfall and Roman sauna, I discovered that I had allowed the sun to reach my nose, cheeks and ears through inadvertently washing off my sunscreen in the rushing water. 
Back at the King's Academy we all washed the sulfur, potassium and other minerals off, and set out for our last evening together as a group. We had a nice meal in a century old building while listening to traditional Jordanian music.
