8 days.
9 stops.
Over 900 photographs.
Thousands of words waiting to burst out of my head.
And for the first time… 110 minutes of video.
We entered the country of Jordan with a mission. Not only were we going to give you a vast array of pictures and entertaining stories (including a couple of scandalous ones: almost chopping off my own finger and nearly passing out on a hill), we wanted to give you some active coverage of everything we saw and did.
So, here is the first of a few videos that we’ll be showing of our time in Jordan, and it is a sneak preview of everything you’ll see in the next few weeks.
(Don’t worry, we edited it down from 110 minutes to just three.)
We gratefully visited Jordan as guests of the Jordan Tourism Board. As always, all opinions are our own.
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Fantastic job guys! I can’t wait to read all about it!
Thanks Alison! 🙂
Are you surprised that the camels are my favorite part?!
The camels are my favorite part too! When they’re eating! With their funny camel lips! 🙂
You guys did such a great job on your first video! I was just saying to Cailin that I wouldn’t try video because it looks so difficult but after seeing this video it really does bring a place to life in a way that photos do not. It brought back great memories of Jordan.
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Thank you!! (Wipes off nervous sweat!) It really isn’t that difficult, and building the video was SO much fun. I think we will start doing a lot more.
Just wow! I am so excited… I will be there soon! Even if I will have a slightly different itinerary. Great job with the video!
Enjoy Giulia – you will love it! And thank you!
I want a camel-powereed rickshaw!!!! (added to Christmas list)
Great idea for the video trailers. Ha ha! Travel Trailers!
(PS – if you make any money off that phrase, I get 70%).
Um…that’s ‘powered’.
Totally using that…and you’ll get a high five in return. 🙂
Boo.
Nice job, guys! Can’t wait to read about your Jordan adventures.
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Thanks Amanda! Can’t wait to start sharing them next week!
LOVE it!!!!!
Loved the video, it gives a good summary. Can’t wait for the rest!
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Wow you guys….good job. I so enjoyed watching that & can’t wait for more. It truly does give a different tone to things.
We absolutely loved Jordan! Each place we visited we visited on our 8 day trip last March was unique and beautiful in its own right. Jordan is definitely a country we would like to go back to and see more of. Thank you for sharing your experience an helping us to reminisce on our own!
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There are definitely a lot of amazing and unique sights for it being such a small country!
The Hecktic portfolio expands! Soon all forms of media will be Hecklified, and there will be no escape! I mean, well done, great video. Love the camels 😉
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Haha! Hecklified! You sure are having a lot of fun with our last name lately… 🙂
I think Calvin and Hobbes explain it best:
Calvin: I like to verb words.
Hobbes: What?
Calvin: I take nouns and adjectives and use them as verbs. Remember when “access” was a thing? Now it’s something you do. It got verbed. . . . Verbing weirds language.
Hobbes: Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding.
..the quest continues!
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Major MAJOR bonus points for quoting Calvin and Hobbes. 🙂
Looks great! I so want to go to Jordan! Looking forward to reading more!
First video, really? You know you’re going to have to do more now, because this one is amazing!
Aw, thanks Marie! It’s not our very first video ever, but our first one we’ve done focusing on a specific destination. We definitely will be doing more! 🙂
So the best part of this video is cleary 0:43-1:00. I mean the other parts are cool, too, but you know…
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That’s the part where Pete was rubbing mud on his hot bod, right? Oh no, wait, I think you mean the camels…. 🙂
just got here thru a couple of pages on fb before i end up here.. you guys are awesome.. the thought of leaving everything behind to enjoy travelling the world is just amazing 🙂 am sure you’ve experienced a lot of fun so far!
am from Madaba, Jordan and just wanted to support you by making this comment.. hope you had a great time in Jordan!
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Welcome Monzer – thank you for your comment! We loved our time in Jordan, and especially in your city of Madaba (our blog post on our stop there is coming up on Monday!)
We’re headed there for an ecotourism-focused trip in September. Can’t wait!
YAY! Great video! 😀
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Thanks teacher! 🙂
I cannot imagine trying to edit down video. I have enough trouble with my photos! Nice job 😉
It’s not as hard as you’d think – a lot of our video was crap – haha!
Awesome video guys!! Make me wanna jump in the next plane and visit Jordan!! Love the music of the video!
I don’t normally watch video…but I’m so glad I did!! It so reminds me of being there and of how glad I am that we went! Thank you.
I’m so glad you did too! (I’m with you, I don’t tend to watch a lot of video either, except now I am seeing as we’re starting to make more!)
That was so fun!! You guys have done a great job of your first video. I would love to know how many hours of work went into the editing process. You have made me think I should be putting what we learned in our workshop to better use, Dalene. PS You look awesome on that camel 🙂
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Haha, thanks! That was a fun camel ride.
Hmmm…I actually don’t think the editing process was too bad. I think the whole video probably took ~12 hours (which I guess is a lot). The most painful part is finding the right music, everything else is quite easy. 🙂
I love it. I’ve been there. And i fell in love with the country. Can’t wait to go back again. It has a beauty of its own. Actually every place has a has its beauty. But did you guys just go to the tourist attraction places?!! Because there’s a lot more to it. I love the music given to it. 😀 Made my day. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! Unfortunately, we didn’t have a lot of time and so stuck to the tourist places. We usually like to take our time and really get to know a place, but that will have to be done on another trip to Jordan.
So amazing, you guys!! I wish I was doing all of that right this second. 🙂 xo
Well done guys!
I’ve been trying to get better at videos but I always get stumped in the editing process… hopefully we’ll get some good footage this summer in Europe
Thanks Cam! I find the editing not so bad (part way through our trip I had a vision of how to do it based on the footage we were getting), it’s the damn music selection that stumps me!