Sarah Climbing - Wadi Rum

A Few Days in Jordan

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May 28th 2009
Our time in Jordan will probably go down as one of the shortest, yet sweetest stays of our trip. It will be memorable for three incredible sites we visited, some friendly people and a couple of mishaps. With all our necessary visas either in the bag, in the pipeline or in our dreams and being in danger of actually being able to speak some Arabic, it was high time we left Cairo. The first leg ... read more

Middle East » Jordan

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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