Petra

Petra -Jordan

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October 30th 2009
Petra. Not what I expected. Tuesday morning we drove to Wadi Musa. This is large town on the doorstep to Petra. I imagined that the Nabatean city of Petra was in some out of the way canyon far out in the desert. I could not have been more wrong as I would find out in the morning. For the rest of the afternoon it was a “free time”. It was too hot to walk into town so most of us stayed around ... 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