Amman

BRAIN, LIVER, OR KIDNEY SANDWICH ANYONE?

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October 25th 2010
An early flight out from Beirut. I arranged a pick up taxi from the hostel, we got to the airport fairly early, gazillion counters for Middle East Airlines, I queued up on the wrong counters twice! I always catch the Arabic ticker not the Roman letters and thought I'd wing it maybe they will check me in anyway but no, found the right check in counters. I went through immigration fairly quickly, th ... read more

Middle East » Jordan » North » Amman

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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