My Three Days in Gilead

A traveler recounts an independent three-day journey across the trans-Jordanic highlands, providing vivid descriptions of landscapes, towns, and travel arrangements while noting the region's biblical resonances. The narrative records encounters with local people and Bedouin camps, practical details of routes, lodging, and guides, and impressions of sites seen by dawn and night. The emphasis is on personal observation rather than archaeological assertion, combining topographical notes and cultural sketches with reflective, often lyrical responses to scenery, light, and the historical atmosphere of the hills, rivers, and ancient settlements visited.