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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]
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] Blog: Jordan!!
Date: December 12th 2008
Jordan Shortly after writing my last blog I met AJ and Tom, an American and an Aussie who had met each other in Istanbul and had been traveling together for the last 2 weeks through Turkey and Syria. Full of the joys of Damascus we all bundled onto a bus to Amman which was refreshingly uneventful if typically lackadaisical in it's progress. In Amman we checked into a pretty standard hostel and ... read more
Date: December 12th 2008
Jordan Shortly after writing my last blog I met AJ and Tom, an American and an Aussie who had met each other in Istanbul and had been traveling together for the last 2 weeks through Turkey and Syria. Full of the joys of Damascus we all bundled onto a bus to Amman which was refreshingly uneventful if typically lackadaisical in it's progress. In Amman we checked into a pretty standard hostel and ... read more
