View from the castle

Car Fun, Kerak Castle and the Dead Sea

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July 28th 2011
So I got run over by a car! Sadly I don't mean this in a metaphoric sense, but I literally got hit by a car. I had just gotten off the share taxi in Kerak on the way to the Kerak castle, and as I was walking up the road to the castle (admittedly I was in the street but so was everyone else), I was hit from behind by a car. I wasn't able to jump fully out of the way fast enough so the ca ... read more

Middle East » Jordan » South

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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