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The Amazing Petra in Jordan

January 23, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 7 Comments

YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT! Petra in Jordan is amazing. Dazzling. Breathtaking. Magnificent. Phenomenal. Insert your own adjectives—they’re all true for many reasons. Petra, no doubt, would never fail to amaze you. It’s jaw-dropping! Literally. Another item in my bucket lis: to gawk at the amazing Petra. Checked.

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Wadi Rum – The Red Planet

January 17, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 4 Comments

I finally understood what the “sands of time” means. Wadi Rum, in Jordan, taught me that. Its vastness, its beauty, its magnificence stupefied me. It’s not your ordinary desert of plain golden sand. It’s a desert that defies stereotypes of an arid, solitary piece of nature—hues of red, pink, gold, black

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26 Things to do in Amman

January 2, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 7 Comments

In January 2013, I won a nine-day trip for two in Jordan, courtesy of EXPLORE, a leading tour company based in the UK. A few days ago, together with a friend, we claimed that prize. I’ve never ever tried using a tour company for my whole trip before and to

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View from the top – Cairo to Amman

January 1, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 1 Comments

The trip from Toronto to Cairo via EgyptAir was 10 hours. I actually didn’t mind the long haul as we were comfortably seated in Business/Executive Class, my very first experience to be treated like an Egyptian Queen. Sorry, Cleopatra, you’re so dead now! LOL…. When we arrived at Cairo International

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Dubai at Night

November 11, 2010 alainsojourner 0 Comments

My guest photographer is CAR. No, its not some fancy name of something nor the thingy that moves or brings us to far distances. Its the combined initials of a doting single mom who has a gorgeous daughtah and a young heartthrob son (Im a fan!). Oh, well, like me,