1. Do not attempt to flush toilet paper down Jordanian toilets. Especially not in your apartment where it could hypothetically stop up the drainage pipes and cause "poo water" to flood your bathroom.
2. If you don't drink coffee and tea, don't come to Jordan.
3. If any man asks you if you are married the answer is always "YES"!
4. Post offices are mythical creatures is Amman.
5. If you invite your friendly landlord in, you might end up editing his wife's "toastmakers" speech on saving water for the next hour. This is ill advised thought likely not optional.
6. Do not expect anyone to give you the correct directions. It makes no difference if they speak English. You will still need to ask five more people before you reach your destination. If they speak very little English they will likely tell you "direct". This does not, in practice, mean "go straight". It means "Nice to meet you, now go away."
Do not be fooled by their eerily convincing directions either. "Go straight for 32 kilometers. Then right and go 13 kilometers. Then you go left and 3 kilometers." This means the same thing as "direct".
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