Shweiki Hotel Aqaba

Hammamat Street Aqaba, Jordan

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Wadi Rum camp

A travel blog entry by helen-wositzky

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... the owner and Salim our driver and our co-travellers sitting on the floor of the typical Bedoiun tent, a large square with the sides of black cloth made from goat hair. A cup of sweet tea then we were all packed into a beat up 4 wheel drive - all 9 of us plus the driver ! 2 sharing the front seat, 4 in the back seat and 3 in the boot. At least squashed in with no seat belts we weren't going anywhere if we toppled over we laughed. First stop was Lawrences ...

More Flashbacks from the 90's

A travel blog entry by karl.and.kat

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... tipped over and fell down.]

Aqaba is a duty free zone. That means there is a liquor store on every corner- cheap, cheap liquor. Karl is a happy man. I didn’t even realise this until I was walking by a corner store and I noticed shelves upon shelves of booze. I had to do a double take. I’d just came from Petra and a can of beer cost $7-8 and even then you had to look hard for the places that sold booze. But this place was awash in booze- cheap, cheap booze (1.1 JD ...

Nothings too far from Aqaba! (Lol!)

A travel blog entry by chris-roisin

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... 8216;Look!’ exclaimed Roisin, ‘A bush! Just like the one that spoke to Moses.’

‘Except that one was on fire’, I said, producing a souvenir lighter from my pocket. (Un)fortunately it was time to get back on board the jeep. I never got to re-enact that famous scene from Cecil B de Milles epic film, The Ten Commandments. (Maybe they’ll let me do it in work nearer Christmas time as I seem to be staying put??!)

We were off ...

How many camels to make you happy?

A travel blog entry by jb.

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... the dead sea. On a suggestion from a Frenchman we met briefly at our hostel, we went hiking/swimming in the stunning Wadi Mujib canyon - you walk through this canyon in knee deep water, climb up rocks using ropes in places & end up at this stunning waterfall. A definite highlight of the 2 weeks here.

After a few days basing ourselves out of Amman, we headed south - 1st stop Petra & Wadi Musa. We decided to buy the 3 day package & it was ...

Wadi Rum Camel Ride and On to Aqaba!

A travel blog entry by dmarek

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... so it was suggested that we hold on to both as the camels got up and down....their lurching is pretty forceful.

The ride was through some beautiful country....sand and a few bits of bristly shrubs....some dirt with little rocks....and large rock formations in the distance. We got nearer to some but mostly were out in the middle. The sun was out but it was not too hot...at times there was a lovely breeze. Halfway through, we stopped ...

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