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I am always leery of reading about the Middle East as a travel destination. I should know better, the volatility doesn\u2019t engulf the entire region, and once you’re there, you are guaranteed to experience a history dating back to before Western civilization was even thought of, sprinkled with some modern luxuries.<\/p>\n

In this Travelmag article<\/a>, the author takes us\u00a0to the capitol of Jordan,\u00a0Amman<\/a>, to well kept ruins and mountains mentioned in the Bible. Not your thing? Check out\u00a0the art galleries, or take a load off at one of the numerous resort spas. How about a trek past golden domed mosques set against thriving banana plantations on the banks of the Dead Sea? Intriguing, eh?<\/p>\n

The best thing about it, while everyone else is stuck in lines outside the ruins of Italy or Greece, you will have a virtually queue free experience whether you are seeing ruins,\u00a0or relaxing in the luxuries\u00a0among the ruins. Are you saying I get to do\u00a0all of this and battle fewer people along the way? That\u2019s enough to convice me. I’ll see you there.<\/p>\n

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I am always leery of reading about the Middle East as a travel destination. I should know better, the volatility doesn\u2019t engulf the entire region, and once you’re there, you are guaranteed to experience a history dating back to before Western civilization was even thought of, sprinkled with some modern luxuries. In this Travelmag article, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,2562],"tags":[703,515],"yoast_head":"\n