Halfway up the Sand Dune

On Viewing a Wonder of the World, Sleeping under the Desert, and Other Stories Worth Mentioning

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July 10th 2007
First, let me apologize yet again for the lack of updates. Its nice to know people have been asking around and are worried because they havent heard from me through this. Part of the reason is that the site experienced some technical difficulties and lost a critical data. About the only thing I lost were some photos from Turkey and all of them from Romania. I'll be able to replace those soon t ... read more

Middle East » Jordan » South » Petra

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For most of its history since independence from British administration in 1946, Jordan was ruled by King HUSSEIN (1953-99). A pragmatic ruler, he successfully navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and UK), various Arab states... ... read more