Justine tests the water

wierdest feeling ever, when you walk out and keep walking untill all of a sudden you're just bobbing in the water. but whatever you do dont get it in your eyes or mouth or cuts because it's about 60 times saltier than normal sea water so it stings like crazy

Petra and beyond

October 16th 2006
I dont understand how Jordan can be so poor and yet have one of the strongest currencies in the world. the Jordinian Dinar, is almost worth as much as the British pound - and they loooove getting you to hand over more of them than you need to. there's no real structure to the public transport so getting around is quite a mission. for example, there might be a bus going from A to B, but it doesn't ... read more

Middle East » Jordan

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

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