Paramedics secure Gee for the descent to the waiting "ambulance".

A small truck with a stretcher served as an ambulance but was nevertheless most welcome as Gee was driven, often off road, to the hospital in Wadi Musa. The kindness of the medical personnel greatly made up for the lack of facilities in that city of 50,000.

Jordan - Petra, and near peril!

November 11th 2017
We left Jerusalem very early on a Friday morning and headed north to the Jordanian border, there to meet up with others for our coach tour to famed Petra, now a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Before Petra, we would drive to the city of Jerash, an important city of the then Roman Empire, on to Amman, the cap ... 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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