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Amman
Five countries in three days – I think that’s a new record for me. Nepal, Oman, UAE, Qatar and Jordan. Granted, Oman and Qatar were layovers, which means I’d never count them as countries I had...
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The Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is one of the only bodies of water on the planet where I don’t have to be with the fish. It is named as such because the water is so salty that nothing can survive in it, but the water...
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The Ancient City of Jerash
How is it that Jerash is the most well-preserved Roman city in the world, and it isn’t even a primary tourist attraction? I suppose that’s what happens when you play little brother to a place like...
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Petra
We arrived at Petra at 6am. The ticked office doesn’t open until 7am, but I had done my research and discovered that if you buy your ticket the night before, you can enter at 6am before anyone else....
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Camping at Little Petra
Little Petra is pretty much exactly what it sounds like – a smaller version of Petra. Used in ancient times as an overnight stopping point for travelers on their way to the city of Petra, it is now...
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Snorkeling in the Red Sea
As we drove south through the desert, visibility just got worse. It was the first day in Jordan in which the sky hadn’t been impossibly blue and clear, but it wasn’t cloud cover that marred our views:...
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Wadi Rum
Fresh from the Red Sea, John and I headed back into the desert for another night. The visibility had cleared up completely overnight (swirling dust clouds had vanished), and the blue skies and red...
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Road Tripping in Jordan
When we saw the sign for the Syrian border, both of us took pause. ”Yeah, let’s not go there,” John said. ”Agreed,” I replied, as we kept driving. Up until that point, it had started to feel like we...
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Month Fourteen Recap
Where We’ve Been UAE, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, and Greece. The Highs Petra. Even though my camera battery died, I still loved photographing this World Wonder. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Such an...
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