So.... I went to the police station today..... And they took my fingerprints.
No, I didn't do anything bad. But to extend your visa beyond one month, they need a copy of your fingerprints (apperantly this is new... Dr. J was really miffed). So we all got on a couple buses and drove to Ma'an, which is an hour away, to get it done.
Our bus was AWESOME! It was like a psycadelic 60's bus. I couldn't resist listening to "I Am The Walrus" by the Beatles as we cruised along. It had these red velvety curtains with trippy fring and tassels hanging from the ceiling in the shapes of hearts and stars and what looked like lips. And our driver was crazy, going way fast around curves, driving with one hand, and turning to talk to the guy next to him. About half of us got motion sick.
We went to one police station, all got off, the buses drove away, then we found out we had to go to the OTHER one. So waited around for the buses to come back while everyone driving by stared at the huge group of white people. The other police station seriously looked like a prison, complete with execution courtyard (it wasn't). We sat around for about 2 hours while they fingerprinted all of us. I was the first one to go and the guy just took my hand and led me around. The whole time I was just laughing. I would have never thought in a million years that I'd ever be fingerprinted by the police, and especially not in Jordan. Good fun.
It was nice to have a day off and sleep in =] Now I just have some lab work to do. I wish I had brought more books. I've already read 10 and there are only so many here at the house...
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