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Aqaba Gulf Hotel

King Hussein Street, P.O Box 1312 Aqaba, 77110, Jordan

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Nothings too far from Aqaba! (Lol!)

A travel blog entry by chris-roisin

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... we would be passing Sharm at about 2am where you could see some of the worlds most beautiful and unusual coral. Roisin and I weren’t sure if this was another 'lost in translation’ thing or there was actually a scuba diving tour in the middle of the night. I was actually tempted to go on deck at that time to see if there was anyone with a torch shining it down from the 12th deck in to the water!!!

Aqaba is also a very close neighbour to Israel. Eilat ...

We're in Jordan

A travel blog entry by leone_and_mike

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... as it meant walking past all the local men and having hundreds of pairs of eyes checking you out. So when I did venture out of my seat it was always with a guy from our group., I walked just behind him and kept my eyes down. Most of the time was spent in our seats, reading or snoozing. Rude awakening when the prayer call came on over the loud speakers (one right near us). Arrived at the port of Aqaba in Jordan. Thanks to Mike’s ...

Day 31

A travel blog entry by nevjoan

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This morning we arrived in Aqaba Jordan.
We hadn't heard very much about this place so didn't know what to expect.
Well what a shock to the system.
We berthed amidst bare brown mountain ranges & brown buildings.
The ship provided free shuttles into the city so we decided to go.
It was a 15 minute ride to the park in town.
When you were trying to get out of the bus the taxi drivers were there offering a good ...

Bedouins and the desert: Wadi Rum

A travel blog entry by hilary_todd

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... food on the menu was the food I had been expecting to find since arriving in the Middle East and the food that I have been dreaming about since planning this trip. There was hummus and yogurt dips, haloumi cheese, kibe, grilled and spiced meats. I wanted to order the entire menu. We settled on about 5 dishes and every one of them was just delicious. I couldn’t wait to do more eating in this country.

The next morning we had hurried around town ...

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