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Jordan and Egypt
I feel like I've been doing a lot of US and European travel posts lately, so I figured I'd drop one in here about one of the places in the world that really intrigues me: the Middle East. Now ,I did my honeymoon in Israel and Dahab, Egypt, both of which are now dear to me. But I have to say two places I missed that I really want to return to are Cairo and Jordan. I mean, how can you be a fan of the Indian Jones series and NOT want to see Petra? And the pyramids ?So what if they are now a tourist nightmare. I want to see them. And so here is a piece over at MSNBC.com that takes on both of these places. The writer discuses all the famous tourist spots...it's a basic travel piece...but somehow I came away with an even more passionate desire to check these places out. What makes the peice a bit more interesting is she visits during the holy days of Ramadan when, she says, people eat like eating is going out of style. But she hits some of the sites that have been part of my lifelist for many years, places like Luxor and, yes, the Pyramids. Then she spirits over to Jordan to see Petrra and once again I was filled with a desire to go. It's a nicely done bit of work, and if you're like me, you'll get inspired all over again to see these ancient wonders.
