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Day 87
January 2nd 2007 Took the bus across the Sanai Penninsula to a port town called Nuweiba (for the ferry to Aquaba, Jordan). Pretty desolate place - took about 6 hours to cross and MAN was it cold (although Petra turned out to be no warmer). You take a somewhat lengthy tunnel under the Suez Canal as you come onto Sanai; after the tunnel you hang a right and drive parallel with the canal for quite a ways, but quite o
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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 COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
