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Five Reasons to Visit Jordan in 2012
Blog: Landlopers - 25 January 2012
1. Safe and stable so far - The reverberations of the 2011 Arab Spring have been felt throughout the Middle East, and they’re not over yet. The instability in Egypt especially has had a lasting impact on tourism not only in that country, but surrounding...Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
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Hotels and Resorts We Stayed @ Jordan
Blog: My Travels My Experiences - 4 January 2012
Jordan is a touristic place, and lot of hotels are available from low budget to 5star-hotels. But from our experience of Egypt, we knew we cannot blindly believe our agents. So whenever the agents suggested any hotel in Jordan, I checked tripadvisor(http://www.tripadvisor.com/) where you will get reviews from real visitors and travelers. So I would ask them to change the hotel.
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42 Things I Love About Jordan
Blog: Landlopers - 2 December 2011
If you’re a frequent visitor to LandLopers, then you know that I didn’t just enjoy my trip to Jordan earlier this year, I loved it. I’ve been looking through photos of the trip and reflecting on key moments, so I thought I would assemble a...Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
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Looking for Aqaba
Blog: Landlopers - 5 October 2011
I didn’t know anything about Aqaba before we pulled into the resort town a little before noon. I’d heard of it before, but probably could not have placed it on a map and definitely couldn’t have told you that it was in Jordan. Yet there...Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
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Diving the Red Sea – Aqaba, Jordan
Blog: WildJunket - 28 June 2011
As we descend into the depths of the Red Sea, the strong waves and whipping winds are replaced by clear-as-glass water and a kaleidoscope of colors. Marine life of all sizes and characteristics surround us.
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How I Learned to Smoke Sheesha
Blog: Solo Traveler - 15 June 2011
Going to a men's coffee shop in the Middle East is not recommended for every solo traveler but, under special circumstances, it worked for me. A new article has been added to Solo Traveler
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An Introduction to Jordan in Photos
Blog: Solo Traveler - 3 May 2011
This is the first of my posts from Jordan. It's all photos. The beauty of this country was overwhelming - the history, extraordinary.
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Umm Ar-Rasas, Karak, Aqaba.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 8 December 2009
Today we had a 'free' day! No hotel was booked, so we could go where we pleased? well---once we had dropped off Rebecca at the airport.Getting from the Dead Sea to the Airport was easy, the road we used was new and not charted on the map. It cut straight up the mountain from the low Dead Sea to the Madaba Plateau. Passing the Dead Sea Panoramic Complex. This new building houses a Restaurant and Museum dedicated to the Dead Sea. The museum is run by the RSCN. there is a magnificent view of the dead sea from the viewing deck.
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Entering Petra From Israel
Blog: World Travel Blog - 19 November 2009
The Ruins of the Nabatean civilization reached a world famous status after appearing in the Indiana Jones Movie The last crusader and also recently voted one of the new seven wonders of the world. Located in the Arabah desert in southern Jordan this ancient city is an impressive archeological achievement with buildings like the Treasury [...]
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Day 12, The Bomb Scare at the Israeli Border
Blog: Flying Coach - 20 September 2009
As Sara and I sat on a curb just inside the Israeli border waiting for our new friends to make it through their interrogation by the border guards, the sirens at the checkpoint suddenly sounded, a female voice barked out commands over the loudspeaker in Hebrew, the border gate slammed shut and a man ran [...]
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Day 4 - Boom Boom Pow in Aqaba
Blog: Hello, Pineapple? - 9 July 2009
The roof top of The Petra Hotel in Aqaba, Jordan features a unique view. To the south, Saudi Arabia, to the west and across the Red Sea, the Egyptian Sinai region, and, to the north, Israel. In other words, a lot of news making geography. For CAD$2/night we mingled and slept on the roof of the old hotel, across the road from what was declared to be the best nuts in the Middle East. That is, there was a line up of bulk food stores that only featured nuts in baskets. Most famous were the BBQ'd cashew nuts. They were VERY good, and lived up to the reputation.
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