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Dana, the Kings Highway, the Dead Sea, and Amman

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

Kings Highway Dead Sea

Between Petra and Amman, we made a few stops that were well worthwhile. We spent a day hiking at the Dana Nature Reserve, wandered around Karak castle, floated in the Dead Sea and went up to Mount Nebu before arriving in Amman, our last stop in Jordan.

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Petra – better than Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

Treasury S&A in the Siq
Though the bus to Petra never showed up, we were lucky enough to hitch a ride from 2 Americans who drove by and decided to take pity on us. Needless to say, thanks to their hearts-of-gold, we finally made it to Petra which turned out to be even more fabulous than we expected. [read on]

Sleeping under the stars in the desert of Wadi Rum

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Wadi Rum camels S&A under the desert sun

Make a mold of the Grand Canyon and invert it; add Dali-esque rock formations, pile on red and white sand dunes, paint on stripes like fudge ripple ice cream and you’ve got some of the best desert landscape in Jordan. We spent two days at a Bedouin camp and toured the desert by camel and jeep. [read on]

Jordan, here we come! First stop: Aqaba

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Aqaba gardens Shan & the tamarind juice vendor

After spending 8.5 hours on a packed ferry (which was only supposed to take 3 hours) we finally arrived in Aqaba, Jordan. Unfortunately, our first day there Anthony caught something nasty and wasn’t feeling to well so we ended up staying a little longer than planned 🙂

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