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Welcome to Jordan!
Jul 10, 2008
"We planned to take a bus directly from Nazareth to Amman in Jordan. We knew that the bus only left three times a week, but no one seemed to know from where. There was n ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
youngtravellers
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Petra was red
Sep 29, 2007
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"Wehoo, Indiana Jones experiens (sort of). It was quite touristy, but still nice. ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
orizarska
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It actually is Red!
Jul 2, 2007
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"Just arrived in Jordan via ferry...only three hours late. Time spent waiting in a dank and hot waiting area. The ferry was really modern though. Only first class w ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqaba by
tracystravels
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Celebrate
Apr 25, 2008
"· Aqaba, Jordan · GMT +2:00hrs This is an extract from our guide book on travel in Jordan and on the Jordanian people - 'Veterans of travel in Egypt or Morocco will be pleased to l ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqaba by
byrnedm
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Dying to go to the Dead Sea
Jul 16, 2007
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"Our Group of Eight decided to head to a little known but attractive sounding place called Dana Nature Reserve. The only problem is getting there. Being very isolated as it is there ..."
A travel blog entry from Dead Sea by
jambo
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Dead Tourist and the Dead Sea
Sep 17, 2006
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"Amman, Jordan. Yesterday I went to the Roman amphitheatre where one tourist was killed, and six others wounded about a week and a half ago. There was no indication of what had happ ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
djchurch
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Visa Geezers..
Sep 5, 2006
"Well we're now in Amman, Jordan (This e-mail covers our overall time spent in Amman over a 3 week period so sorry if it's a bit confusing. We have updated it as of today, the 10-10 ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
natandkat
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Petra and Wadi Rum
Oct 12, 2006
(19 photos)
"We left Nair's Kibbutz loaded to the gills with apples, 8 snitzels and a monster box of dates. We then set off to the border of Jordan. The bus dropped us off 2k away from the bord ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
cookiechick6969
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Just arrived in Jordan
Sep 1, 2005
"This morning we took a bus from Damascus direct to Amman, and suprisingly this time IT WAS DIRECT! The bus left at 7am this morning and we caught it by the skin of our teeth!! It w ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
alinmattrtw2005
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Jordan - Edamame's quest for the holy grail
Jun 16, 2006
(20 photos)
"A large part of why we wanted to come to the Middle East was Jordon. My reason was a little superficial - I wanted to see the Lost City of Petra, the resting place of the holy grai ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqaba by
edamame
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Crossing into Jordan
Nov 14, 2005
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"Thirty-six hours without food so I was ready for breakfast! Martin usually fasts for a day when he gets sick and it usually works, so I'm hoping it will be the cure for me, too! Th ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
kimandmartin
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Aqaba - Rosco of Arabia
Mar 6, 2006
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"As mentioned in the last post, although I desperately wanted to dive at Ras Mohammed and the Thistlegorm wreck down near Sharm El Sheikh, my dive pusher couldn't tell me when they ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqaba by
technotrekker
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Crossing the Border
Mar 15, 2008
"Leaving the truck, I paid the driver and jumped on a bus into the center of Amman, the capital of Jordan, where I would stay only one night before crossing the border across the We ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
lraleigh
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Welcome to Jordan!
Mar 15, 2005
(11 photos)
"The sun was slipping away as my cab pulled up in front of the crooked alleyway. I ascended the terrazzo tiled staircase to the hotel lobby, inspected the room and nodding approval ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
christinasworld
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Goodbye Egypt, hello Jordan
Apr 5, 1998
"Off we drove to Nuweiba, our last port of call before we crossed to Jordan. This consisted of driving the truck there and then putting onto a ferry until we crossed over to Jordan. ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqabah by
uncle_davros
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Travel tip 5: invest in a cheap pack of ...
Sep 21, 2002
"Travel Tip 5: Invest in a cheap pack of cigarettes and hand them out to Police and guards and you will be suprised what you can get into, climb and get for free!!! I know it is cli ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
jrcormack
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Joyful Jordan
Jul 12, 2002
(52 photos)
"Chapter 2 - The Middle East -- Joyful Jordanian When I arrived in sunny Jordan I was still in don't-trust-anyone mode. Seeing as the taxi driver who took me into town double charge ..."
A travel blog entry from Up and down the country by
lucky
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Hi all still alive sorry for lack of ...
Nov 25, 2000
"hi all still alive sorry for lack of updates. was sitting on a beach in Olympos southern turkey for a few days then came to syria for a week where the internet is banned in case fr ..."
A travel blog entry from Wadi musa by
gdrenfrew
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Pyramids to Petra
Nov 12, 2008
"Our latest entry comes from James Randall, who recently went on the Pyramids to Petra Tour. He has kindly submitted his travel diary for us to look through, alongside some utterly ..."
A travel blog entry from Jordan by
tac_blog
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Red Rose City of Stone
Feb 18, 2005
"Petra has been the highlight of this trip. Situated in Wadi Musa (The Valley of Moses), it is spectacular and relatively untouristed. The journey starts by entering the ..."
A travel blog entry from Wadi Musa by
blatherwick
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jordanien
Nov 30, 2008
"nach langem kampf an der grenze jetzt in jordanien angekommen. Hier ist alles super, beim trampen haelt immer schon das erste auto, die fahren sogar umwege fuer einen und bezahlen ..."
A travel blog entry from jarash by
asci
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Syrian Idol...Tonight at 8:00
Nov 2, 2008
(19 photos)
"Okay kids...it's time for The Kev's Middle East Game Show Bonanza!!! "I'll take Syrian Folklore for $1,000 please". Which of the following often repeated statements is just a ..."
A travel blog entry from Wadi Musa by
elopfamily
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Going to Jordan
Oct 21, 2005
(1 photo)
"Miles travelled: 11001 We've said goodbye to Egypt and arrived in Aqaba, Jordan. We said goodbye to 5 of our Austrailian companions as 4 of us hooked up with another tour group goi ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqaba by
thechans
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Amman
Nov 13, 2008
"Crossed into Jordan with the Challenge bus company. The bus was a brand new Temsa and the staff was great. 500 pounds. We spent at least 1.5 hours at the gate with the baggage chec ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
muratcan
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Time to practice my Arabic
May 9, 2007
(31 photos)
"We have arrived in the heart of the Middle East (I suppose that that could be debated a bit though...) We flew in (on a very nice Royal Jordanian Airline flight I might add!) ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
papayaprincess
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Petra
Feb 20, 2007
(19 photos)
"Jordan - not cheap but lovely. Petra was a fascinating place to spend two days wandering; we'd have happily spent a third if our feet weren't so tired. Our guesthouse, ..."
A travel blog entry from Wadi Musa by
cjabroad
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We made it to Amman!!
Jun 30, 2008
(1 photo)
"Hi everyone! Well, I'm here! We made it safely after a loooooong trip! It's really hot outside- we just got back from exploring for maybe ten minutes and I can't stop sweating! Gro ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
lpehmoe1
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Just Getting There is Half the Fun
Mar 26, 2005
"Skip forward past my tripping on the curb and spraining my ankle a few hours before the flight, past the airline giving away my aisle seat and putting me in the middle of the middl ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
cameldroppings
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Noooo Prisoners!!
Apr 29, 2006
(5 photos)
"Well lucky us, again we happen to be travelling on a Friday, so this generally means not as many people of the public transport. A quick trip by bus up the coast to Nuweiba where w ..."
A travel blog entry from Wadi Rum by
purplefrog
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walking on 6th century mosaic
Nov 14, 2008
"salaam aleykum! hello from Madaba city of mosaics and splendid footpaths. So our first day in Jordan began with a taxi ride from the airport to the town of Madaba where we checked ..."
A travel blog entry from Madaba by
smof
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Bothering God, dawn on Mt Sinai
Mar 8, 2007
"Oh my god it is cold in the desert at 2am!! It isn't what you think, we haven't been up drinking till 2am - No we have just crawled out of bed to go climb Mt Sinai to see the sun r ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqaba by
gointravelin
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Country
Sep 22, 2008
(18 photos)
"On arriving in Petra at our out-of-town budget hotel, selected primarily due to the advertised 'laundry facilities', we discovered that there were no self-use facilities and instea ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
fifoota
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Amman, Jordan for high speed access????
Jan 31, 2008
"Marhaba and Happy New Year! I had been having such difficulty trying to upload pics about Africa from within Damascus that I woke one morning with an epiphany....leave the country ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
thistlecheck
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Night and Day
Oct 29, 2008
(16 photos)
"The difference between Israel and Jordan is like night and day. My Jordanian experience began the moment I stepped onto the Royal Jordanian A319 in Tel Aviv. Very profe ..."
A travel blog entry from Dead Sea Region by
juicer0
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A Standing Ovation
May 5, 2007
(3 photos)
"Arriving in Amman after such a long flight was a bit out of this world. First we had to wait in four different lines to get into the country. The first was to change mo ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
dresdenfae
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One bad turn
Oct 10, 2008
"Sometimes you come to a fork in the path and have to make a decision. Sometimes its the right one, sometimes not. We are currently still ploughing up and down some horrific mountai ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
spooky388
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Terhaal Eco-adventure
May 4, 2008
(14 photos)
"If you want to wander off the beaten path and explore Jordan's natural wonders whilst benefiting local communities, then look no further! Whether you live in Jordan and are looking ..."
A travel blog entry from Jordan by
oudai
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Jordan Desert
Jan 4, 2005
"When we crossed into Jordan we were surprised that it really is one massive desert except for the part along the Jordan River. Wadi Rum is similar to the southern Utah/ AZ area for ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
kennellyturkey
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A Day of Contrasts
May 30, 2007
"A Day of Contrasts Yesterday Dan, Mary and I traveled from Ramallah, Palestine to Amman, Jordan - a little over a 100 miles. First, we were picked up by a taxi in Ram ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
quakertrish
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Jordan, Bahrain, Bangkok, Chengdu
Jun 30, 2006
"traveling from one holy land to the next I continued on my way out of Israel to Jordan- to Bahrain..... ( a kingdom/island off the coast of Saudi Arabia) to Bangkok to Chengdu---- ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
laurawainer
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Getting to Amman
Aug 4, 2007
(8 photos)
"Wow! After a super long flight, I arrived in Amman with the group of new teachers from Minneapolis(small world), Seattle, Mesa, Florida, and Utah. We were all tired but made it to ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
kcroone
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Aman
Jan 20, 2007
(4 photos)
"We moved out of the east to the middle east. After a fairly brief plane ride, we came to Amman and the lovely ,warm and hospitable Hisham hotel. It is always stri ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
rvagabond
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Kingdom of Jordan
Aug 17, 2006
"Flight to Amman was quick and painless.. first thing I noticed in Amman was that the roads are cleaner, cars are nicer, and not NEARLY as crowded as Cairo! Also, the people here ar ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
ggeben
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Jordan
Jul 23, 2006
(16 photos)
"Jordan was a bit different from the other countries I have visited on this trip in that my time there was divided into two parts. My first 3 days were spent in the capital of Amman ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
nomadic1
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Petra
Jul 20, 2006
(44 photos)
" My parents and I entered Jordan and met a tour guide there. He led us on a 2 hour drive through the desert and brought us to Petra. The heat was murderously high! We made an adven ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
exploreamerica
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The Ancient Site of Petra
Jul 14, 2006
"From Egypt we made our way to Jordan. Jordan, Michael? No silly, Jordan the country. If you asked anyone where Jordan is on the globe most wouldn't know. I didn't know myself. But ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
pchun88
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Petra Jordan
Nov 15, 2005
(17 photos)
"We checked out the beautiful rose city of Petra after a night of camping out under the stars in the Wadi Rum desert, very cold. We spent yesterday 4 wheel driving around the desert ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
pasoa
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Amman, Jordan
Apr 10, 2008
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"We sleepily endured the mid portion of Thursday before boarding our BMI flight to Amman, Jordan and then on through the night to Ethiopia. Our route took us across frigid snow-capp ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
johnelliott
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Ammanin' up.
Jan 5, 2008
(4 photos)
"The first thing I did when I got into Amman was switch hotels; this wound up involving a walk through the entire downtown area, which gave me a nice view of the area -- a frenzy of ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
kevinwanders
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Jordan Highlights tour
Dec 4, 2006
(25 photos)
"Our trip to Jordan was quick to say the least. We organized a private 3-day tour to take us to the 2 main sites we wanted to visit-Petra and Wadi Rum. We arrived in Amman on the ni ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
6monthsoff
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Petra
May 20, 2008
(5 photos)
"Three of us girls booked into a trip to go to Petr, Jordan for the day. How about that, going to another country for the day. I would love to say it was a great day but we were not ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
exploring
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Roll Jordan Roll
Apr 20, 2008
(18 photos)
"Getting off that wretched ferry from egypt was the most wonderful refreshing feeling. We were so ready to be out of egypt where the people were urgently pushy and yelled when they ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqaba by
keetchadam
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Finally out of Egypt
Jul 3, 2006
(6 photos)
"Left Egypt after a very long wait for the "fast boat." As usual with transport in Egypt, there's a story there. Only had a couple of days in Jordan. Saw Petra but have no pics. The ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
croixfamily
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Cappadocia - Syria
May 23, 2007
"Hi folks sorry this has taken so long it hasnt been very easy to get on fast enough internet since turkey, but we are both well (some wee tommy hicups but fine again) and getting o ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqaba by
ants
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Amman
Aug 11, 2005
(6 photos)
"Ville blanche proche du chaos. 3 millions des 5 millions de jordaniens y vivent. Ville etape vers la mer morte et Jerash. C'est du sport (pas moins de 6 gares routieres dans la vil ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
alixetfab
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Chapter two
Oct 29, 2007
(3 photos)
"It was 2am, and I awoke with a start to the sounf of a loud knock at my door. "Good morning!", I hear. It was my wake up call... After a really wrank cup of tea, we jumped in the m ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqaba by
doowral
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Petra!
Dec 23, 2006
(14 photos)
"Arriving in Petra town, I meet another tour leader, Coco in the cave restaurant of our hotel. It's great to ahve someone else to recce with, to share the thinking and the questions ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
catmoj
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Petra
Sep 30, 2008
(18 photos)
"At the Syria-Jordan border, I find out that I should have taken a bus from Damascus straight to Amman. As it happened, I again didn't have a way to where I wanted to go. ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
homersim
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Wadi Rum
Nov 28, 2007
(35 photos)
"Today I decided to splurge on a 4wd tour of Wadi Rum (the desert in southern Jordan of Lawrence of Arabia fame), complete with an overnight say in a Bedouin camp. As I write ..."
A travel blog entry from Aqaba by
ebolaben
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Amman was awsome!! Heathrow sucks!!
Aug 15, 2008
"Alas Chris Roe was right, Heathrow was indeed the worst airport I have ever been (I think I can speak for Morgan on this one as well). However, the nine hours of Heathrow pain was ..."
A travel blog entry from Amman by
justinhoyle
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Petra - Wonder of the New World
Sep 12, 2007
(9 photos)
"Petra - Wonder of the New World The morning couldn't come fast enough- well if you want to get technical they changed the time on me again! This makes it the second time in li ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
icy_frosty
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