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wadi rum dahab

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May 29th 2011
yesterday we took a bus from petra to wadi rum and it wasnt that bad as we traveled in the morning so the weather was still cool and we went with a south african called ryan who was training to be a war photographer so he was in libya just 2 weeks ago! when we got wadi rum bus stop we where still 4 miles from rum village and it was through dessert so we hitchiked to the village in a japanese wo ... read more

Middle East » Jordan » South » Wadi Rum

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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