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images of JORDAN

by kind permission of Jorun Tharaldsen
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Wadi Rum
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You will find Juliet Walker's written account of this trip here
DHANA NATURE RESERVE
WADI RUM
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Exploring Wadi Rum
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Aristolochia bottae
MOUNT NEBO
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View from Mount Nebo
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Lunch in Wadi Shuaib
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The Brazen Serpent
JERASH
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View of Ajlun Castle from Jerash
MUJIB VALLEY
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View of Mujib Dam
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Semi-desert before Petra. Who would have believed we would find any plants here?
PETRA
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The Treasury, Petra
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Petra, old and new. The new Bedouin town in the background
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View of part of the Rift Valley from 1561m above sea level
DANA NATURE RESERVE then back to the desert of Wadi Rum
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Dana Nature Reserve
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Very rare Dipcadi erythraeum
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Cistanche tubulosa
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Dodonaea viscosa in the Araban valley
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Cynomorium coccineum parasitic on Zygophyllum
FOLK WE MET ALONG THE WAY
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Such majestic police
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Pitstop in Little Petra
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We discovered a new talent
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A local farmer with Abdullah and Nasser, patiently waiting for us.
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Becky and Lesey and company at Ajlun
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Local musician
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Souvenir sellers ..
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... with a local flavour
ANIMALS AND INSECTS
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Sheep and goats on our way to Wadi Mujibs
MANY THANKS
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Oron Peri
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Our police escort, always ready with coffee








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A written account of this trip by Juliet Walker can be found here