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Arrghhh i hardly got time to catch up with my travel reports and the things im seeing every day. This report today is gonna be a bit shorter.<br/><br/>

Petra and Amman

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2005-12-23 15:56:52

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Arrghhh i hardly got time to catch up with my travel reports and the things im seeing every day. This report today is gonna be a bit shorter.

2 days ago I visited Petra which was AMAZING. The entrance fee was quite high (21 JD which is similar to euros). They offered discounts for students who own a students card and unfortunately i left mine at home (i somehow always forget things when going travelling) After trying my luck without a students card i was informed that i had to pay the 21 jordanian denars... I paid the amount but then the guy gave me 10JD back winking with his eye. People here are so lovely, open and kind. It is so so so amazing. Egyptians are very lovely too but at the markets they constantly try to rip you off which jordanians dont do to this degree. (most jordanian people have palestinian roots, plus since the iraq war about 1 million iraqis came here as refugees) Everybody is happy to help you and does as much as he can that you enjoy your time here.

Anyway... explored petra on a donkey together with a guide who had GREEN (!!!!) eyes (even though his skin and hair were so dark) Ali alias "dokta luv"(my guide lol) came up to me with a cheerful "need an airconditioned taxi to alaska?" He introduced his donkey to me as "michael jackson" So the three of us (michael jackson, dokta luv and little nicola) explored petra for the whole day. I was so lost for words as it was much more stunning than i ever would have imagined it!!! i must have drunk like 10 glasses of tea and kardamom coffee that day as we had stops at bedouin tents. They live a very simple life and their only income source is tourism. They like to invite tourists for tea and they are always thankful for a bit of money as an appreciative gesture. The bedouin males are very charming (like 95% of all arabic men between 1 and 99 years) but their different culture and viewpoint about relationships can lead to some embarassing situations if you ...

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