Kings Highway with its astounding heights and twists and turns

King's Highway other journeys, Jordan

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August 19th 2010
The King's Highway is a spectacular winding road - 335 kms - that traverses endless desert through most of Jordan, north to south. As we were with Mr A, there was no such thing as just zipping through as quickly as posible, which was great by us ; we stopped at Madaba, to see the famous mosaic map, had a breezy restaurant lunch regaled by Mr A's stories of the blood-thirsty , historic pa ... read more

Middle East » Jordan » North

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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