Off to Jordan, via Israel 17. The ground is so dry it's amazing anything grows

Off to Jordan, via Israel

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June 21st 2010
We are picked up a 6am for perhaps the strangest trip we’ve done so far. Originally, plan ‘A’ was we were meant to drive to a town called Taba and then catch a ferry to Aqaba in Jordan. Too simple it seems, so to complicate things, if you catch the ferry over, you then can’t fly from Jordan to another country; you have to catch the ferry back to Egypt and leave from there. So - because ... 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