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Petra was red
Sep 29, 2007
(22 photos)
"Wehoo, Indiana Jones experiens (sort of). It was quite touristy, but still nice. ..."
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orizarska
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Keeping up with the Indiana Jones
Sep 19, 2006
(18 photos)
"Petra. The Rose City. The Lost City. Once home to the Nabataeans, Petra was lost to the desert sands after the departure of the European Crusaders in the 1200's, and gradually fade ..."
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djchurch
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Promising Petra..
Sep 18, 2006
(23 photos)
"Petra.. One of the greats. Well after a wonderful couple of days in Wadi Rum it was off to Petra which has to be one of the finest archeological sites in the world. It was a tough ..."
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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 ..."
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cookiechick6969
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Petra
Sep 5, 2005
(4 photos)
"We arrived into Petra yesterday after taking a straightforward minibus direct from Amman. Our accommodation here is fantastic, its really clean and friendly, unlike the hostel we s ..."
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alinmattrtw2005
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El Condor and the Last Crusade
Apr 22, 2006
(26 photos)
"Petra, the Rose City, hidden capital of the Nabatean Empire, and one of the undoubted wonders of the world (I do seem to be collecting them, don't I?). Known to most of the world, ..."
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el_condor
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Petra - the Jewel in Jordan's Tourist Crown
Nov 8, 2008
(13 photos)
""Oh my God my legs are broken!" said our new friend Hadda with a dramatic stooping and limping to emphasis her words. Her friends broke into fits of giggles all mimicking limp ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
heatheravan
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Petra majestic
Mar 8, 2006
(34 photos)
"After the lassitude of Dahab, travel trials on the ferry and the desolation of the beach camps on the Jordanian Red Sea coast I was needing some inspiration. I could stay in Aqaba ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
technotrekker
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Petra-Fied
Mar 20, 2005
(16 photos)
"It's a shame really that most Westerner's sole knowledge of Petra, the former capital of the Kingdom of Nabataea, founded in 312 BCE is that the first Indiana Jones movie was filme ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
christinasworld
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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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Day 20: Hiking in Burbeita & Afra Canyons
Jun 4, 2008
(6 photos)
"It is an early start today with Ali, our hiking guide for Burbeita and Afra Canyons. As we drive out of the new town of Petra and join the Kings Way Road, we learn that 95% o ..."
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journeyer
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The Lost City of Petra
Oct 22, 2005
(7 photos)
"Miles travelled: 11076 Yesterday, we took an excursion into the desert of Wadi Rum. This is the setting of "Lawrence of Arabia" who massed troops here to win back the land from the ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
thechans
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Petra
Nov 18, 2008
(4 photos)
"Woke up at 5am to catch the 6.30 bus to Petra. It took 4 hours to get down there. 14 Jordanian Dinars (JD) roundtrip. The Jett bus was comfortable and the staff helpful. Petra was ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
muratcan
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The 800 steps of pain.
May 3, 2006
(5 photos)
"On the move again today to that fabled city that conjures up more mystical and fantastic imaginations than perhaps any other in the Middle East, the Nabatean city of Petra. The roa ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
purplefrog
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Sunset at the Rum
Mar 9, 2007
"Aqaba is a place for people watching. We went for a walk around town, and the first thing we came across was a bus load of teenagers, dressed like any teenagers you would see in a ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra 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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Return to Petra
Oct 30, 2008
(20 photos)
"George picked me up early in his Mercedes sedan and we set off for Petra, about a three hour south. Petra was recently included in the new Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. ..."
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juicer0
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The Lost City
May 7, 2007
"Once again I didn't sleep well. The call to prayer had me up at 4am again. However, we needed to be up at 5am or so to catch the first bus to Wadi Musa, better known as ..."
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dresdenfae
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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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The Adventure to Petra
Oct 15, 2007
(14 photos)
"Yesterday and today were full of history and sights. To start off, we met at guess where, Starbuck's at 7:00 for our jouney to Petra. I ordered a chocolate cream frapp and Kirsten ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
kcroone
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Kerak and Petra
Jan 26, 2007
(15 photos)
"After we passed through the dramatic heart of Jordan we made a stop at a small town to see the remains of a Castle that had been built by the Crusaders on top of a moslem fortress ..."
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rvagabond
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Petra: Unbelievable carved Nabatean city
Aug 18, 2006
(4 photos)
"I knew coming to Petra would be a great experience, but I had no idea what was in store. Petra is about a 3 hour drive south from Amman, but is worlds away. The ancient city is rea ..."
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ggeben
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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 ..."
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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 ..."
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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 ..."
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pasoa
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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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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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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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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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Petra Jordan
Jan 2, 2007
(35 photos)
"Petra Day 4: What can I say? A magic place. We had a ball and got very sore - walking, climbing, horse riding, donkey riding.... Just after the entrance you can take a 600 metre h ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
silverfox41
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Petra for a day,
Mar 27, 2006
"So I woke up at 5.45am for the 6.30 breakfast. Since I wasn't feeling 100% (blame some food from the Dead Sea, I wasn't the only one)I only had a empty bread roll and some tea for ..."
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alicenzl
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Petra
Mar 31, 2008
(10 photos)
"Our trip to Petra involved a hectic border crossing, a new bus and tour guide, and a 2 hour drive from the port city of Aqaba. Salaam! ..."
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billandsara
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Petra
Jul 23, 2008
(101 photos)
"Will write later. ..."
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evamaria85
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The Ruins of Petra
Mar 18, 2007
(35 photos)
"Sunday, March 18, 2007 Petra Dear Readers: Our entire day is devoted to exploring one of the world's great wonders-the ancient ruins of the Nabataean Civilization at ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
wareameye
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The Rıng of Fıre
Mar 23, 2008
"After a gruelıng day waıtıng for the Hydrofoıl to cross the Red Sea, Aqaba seemed lıke a whole new world. Fırst ımpressıons of Jordan? Clean, modern, fabulous food and ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
coigreach
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You were named after the dog?
Oct 3, 2006
(23 photos)
"Der der der derrr, der der derrr, der der der derrrr, der der derr derrr derrrr Yep thats right, where Indiana Jones road through the Valley of the cresent moon to the temple where ..."
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bharden
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Shawback and Little Petra
Feb 10, 2008
(5 photos)
"This weekend was absolutely amazing! My words in this blog entry will not do it justice and neither will pictures. We started off early Friday morning in the bus and dr ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
ashleyheacock
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Petra
Nov 2, 2007
(21 photos)
"Petra Found a real cool Hostel/Hotel , 25min walk to Petra, anyways while i was paying at reception i was reading info on the wall that they supply,one thing was tha ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
bugs1983
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Valley Of The Crescent Moon
Jun 25, 2007
(13 photos)
"It´s hard to really describe the grandeur of a place like Petra in words. If you have seen places like the Great Wall of China, Angkor Wat, or the Pyramids at Giza then ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
dan-levitan
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Home of the Nabateans.
Dec 5, 2006
(24 photos)
"Petra is definitely the highlight of my trip so far. It was way beyond my expectations, and they were pretty high ! I had to stay here for three full days and I trekked and hi ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
andremaheux
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Eighth world wonder
Feb 9, 2006
"Un fucking believable! Can't describe it any different way! I got up early to arrive before all the tourist loads and damn was that worth it! I arrived at the visitor's center arou ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
rutgervd
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Jordan - Petra and Wadi Rum
May 17, 2005
(5 photos)
"We made a long, complicated and chaotic journey from Egypt on a bus, a ferry over the Gulf of Aqaba to Jordan´. City of Petra - our day in Petra, the Rose City was nowhere near eno ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
heidiandrew
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Petra - an ancient civilization
Mar 26, 2005
(26 photos)
"After Wadi Ram, Mohammad and Fahdi had to return to Amman since they had to work on Saturday. Many people only get one day off a week here. Stephen and I double backed to Petra whe ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
philiphannis
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The Rose Red City "half as old as time"
Nov 30, 2007
(50 photos)
"Thursday (November 29) Last night a few of us came up with the crazy idea of getting to Petra early. I don't think I came up with the idea but I had probably drunk too much ..."
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juliank
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Petra is simply amazing
Mar 2, 2007
(22 photos)
"A day discovering the Rose City of Petra (yes, certain scenes of Indiana Jones and the last Crusade were filmed here). ..."
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pierrez
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Getting Sedimental
Feb 13, 2006
(5 photos)
"For about a month now, Andrew, one of our travel companions in Morocco, has been making his way around the Middle East and the Mediterranean at lightning speed, following a careful ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
stevecori
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Jordan!: Wadi Rum and Petra Hotel
Jun 23, 2007
(17 photos)
"We woke up early for a 5:15 cab to the airport where we flew to Eilat. The cab driver was very nice, offering reg lozenges for Reg's perpetual cough. The flight was qui ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
davidaf
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Crossing Jordan
Oct 24, 2005
(2 photos)
"DAY 84. OCTOBER 24. PETRA Crossing Jordan We live next door to rabbits. At precisely 5.45 am, for the third day running we got our wake up call. These guys are insatiable. So much ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
overseas_ash
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Going back, way back, in time!
Jan 12, 2007
(4 photos)
"The last few days have been full ones. Here is a smattering of what has been happening: January 10th - I hired a driver to take me around the area ar ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
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Jordan
Mar 17, 2008
"At first, nobody wanted to let us into Jordan. The Israelis were upset because I have a temporary passport, issued at the American Embassy in London, and it took the Jordania ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
sloth
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"You Won't Be Disappointed"
May 2, 2007
(11 photos)
"Wow... wow. Thats all. I don't have anything else to say... Our tour leader, Nick, told us we wouldn't be disapointed by Petra. Despite our high expectations, they were ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
dangabesisaak
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Jordan?!
Nov 30, 2005
(9 photos)
"2005-11-30 Petra (Dave) We woke up at the awful hour of 6:00 to go to Petra. We had a vague idea of how to get there but were a little concerned that it might be difficult. A year ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
doodlebugs
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My first of many world wonders
Feb 10, 2008
(98 photos)
"This is going to have to be short and sans pictures, but I figure I'd give you all a little clue as to what I did this weekend. Pictures later, I promise. We left at 8 am on ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
mulle1tl
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Dead Sea to Petra
Dec 19, 2005
(11 photos)
"Bathing in the dead sea is a very strange experience.... like no other in water at least. You float further up in the water with almost your entire torso above it bobbing like a co ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
leinsterman
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Playing Indiana Jones
Aug 10, 2008
(5 photos)
"Jordan really surprised us as we were really just going because Rachel saw the site on the Indiana Jones movie and thought it would be a cool site to see. We did not have very high ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
ramrtw
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The Rose City of Petra
May 2, 2005
(5 photos)
"Petra - Day One I always dreamed of visiting Petra and our trip was based around seeing this site. We got up at 5AM in the morning and made our way to the tourist office, here we w ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
hodge
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Drinking in a 2,000 year old bar in Petra...
Aug 28, 2007
(5 photos)
"Petra is incredible! A 10,000 year old city buried deep in the mountains of Jordan, you have to drive across the desert for 200kms (140Mi) to reach it. Then you walk for half ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
moviejcd
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Un dia en Petra
Apr 14, 2007
(6 photos)
"Con mucho frío en los huesos, y luego de haber pasado la segunda noche de mala estadía en el hotel Al Anbat I, nos dirigimos hacia Petra. Con muy mal clima, atravesamos la puerta d ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
thom_rm
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Joy-riding round Jordan
Dec 17, 2004
(9 photos)
"Right from the start, Jordan had a lot to answer for. First, its expensive (for the Middle East), secondly, visting there meant leaving Syria and Lebanon - the scene of some of our ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
combieandsarah
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On To Petra, But Denied At the Gates!
Oct 22, 2006
(10 photos)
"We Drive in Daylight to Petra, But Arrive to Find No Gates Open Awaking again around 8, we went down to breakfast, to find what you see on our first photo awaiting us. It did get b ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
shadocg
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Petra
Nov 13, 2007
(6 photos)
"Man kan ikke naa det hele...saa i Jordan koerte vi en rendyrket trofae-rejse med ophold i Petra (nok bedst kendt fra Indiana Jones) og oerkenen Wadi Rum. Petra; en glemt, men i hed ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
madspetersen
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Let's talk politics!
Jun 16, 2005
(6 photos)
"The Jordanian people are a rear breed. A real breath of fresh air after the overwhelming hassle I received all throughout Egypt. I stayed in Jordan only 2 nights. I hadn't intended ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
gypsyjessie
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Jordan & Petra
Feb 8, 2008
(10 photos)
"Be sure to check out these pictures of Petra, just amazing! ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
kingddd
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Dazzled by Petra
Feb 20, 2008
"Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! I'm now in Jordan, and have spent the past two days exporing Petra. It's a truly magnificent area. The perfect masterpiece, one in which nature has cr ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
sting
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Finding Nebo
Dec 25, 2005
(6 photos)
"December 25, 2005: Merry Christmas to all! It is so strange to be away from home in another country on Christmas Day, although it is nice to be so far removed from the utter commer ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
globetrotters
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Petra
Jun 27, 2008
(7 photos)
"Today we were up early. Marjolaine and I were sorry to find that our daughter Fiona was feeling quite ill in the morning, exhausted by the grueling schedule we've be ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
joelmeeker
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Petra
Apr 8, 2006
(5 photos)
"Drove for a few minutes and arrived at the ancient city of Petra which was found more than 2000 years ago. Most of us got a short horse ride to the entry of the gorge. The ride was ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
jcastellan
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Indie town
Mar 20, 2006
(8 photos)
"Here I am at last, the rock (what Petra means in Greek. Obviose really when you think of Petrify, but I never put 2 and 2 together). The reason I came to the middle east? Well not ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
tinker
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Visit to ancient city of PETRA
Jul 13, 2002
(11 photos)
"Saturday 13 July Charlotte and I took a bus to Petra and stayed at the Valentine Inn. [Valentineinn@hotmail.com] It was run by a Jordanian man and his Italian wife, Valentina, who ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
radsolv
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Crossing Jordan
Sep 22, 2008
(31 photos)
"Sinai, Israel and Jordan: The People: The Sinai is a far more relaxed area than the rest of a Egypt, a nice change of pace. Jordan was at times really nice and at times really frus ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
gamblor
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Uncovered buried citiy of Petra
Mar 29, 2007
(43 photos)
"Pre-trip Itinerary: Petra, Jordan Petra is a city carved in the mountains and set in a canyon that has only one entrance, known as the "Siq," a very narrow passageway, ..."
A travel blog entry from Petra by
gramcb
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Petra (Jordan)
Mar 5, 2007
"Yo, finally got out of KSA this morning and into the Hashemight Kingdom of Jordan. Am now in Petra about to do a 2hr night tour. Tommorow at the crack of |
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