Why would Prince William and Kate Middleton want to spend their honeymoon in Jordan of all the places in the world ? Like everyone else i had wondered about it when i read the news. But on a recent trip to this middle-east country I realised why. Jordan is an oasis of peace in an area where suicide-bombings, repressions, shellings and political uprisings are a daily norm. Driven primarily by tourism this desert country has managed to keep away from the daily bloodshed that embroils all...
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Why would Prince William and Kate Middleton want to spend their honeymoon in Jordan of all the places in the world ? Like everyone else i had wondered about it when i read the news. But on a recent trip to this middle-east country I realised why. Jordan is an oasis of peace in an area where suicide-bombings, repressions, shellings and political uprisings are a daily norm. Driven primarily by tourism this desert country has managed to keep away from the daily bloodshed that embroils all its neighbors. It is the only middle-eastern country that has successfully brokered peace with Israel even though more than 40 percent of its population are Palestinian refugees.
We traveled from the Roman city of Jerash in the north through the Biblical sites at Madaba, Mt Nebo and Bethany -the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. Dead sea was a night halt. After which we travelled south to the landscaped mountains of Petra and deserts of Wadi Rum and finally ended the journey at the shores of the Red Sea in Aqaba.
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