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Marjorie in Aquaba, Jordanvu 464 foisFor my 40th Birthday, Marjorie gave me a trip to Jordan -- on the Concorde (May 1989). We flew to Aqaba, on the Red Sea, and then took a bus to the carved city of Petra. This photo was taken by the pool of our hotel near Petra.
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Marjorie in the City of Petra, Jordan - 1989vu 245 foisThe city of Petra grew rich from the spice trade. During the late Hellenistic and Imperial period local worthies engaged in what seems to us now a fantastic orgy of construction, carving Greco-Roman faades from the living rock. Marjorie stands near a few stone pillars.
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Marjorie Riding A Horse Into Petra, Jordanvu 223 foisMay 1989.
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Marjorie Riding A Horse into Petra, Jordanvu 216 fois
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Marjorie Rides A Horse into Petra, Jordanvu 239 foisYou reach Petra through these narrow lanes carved into the solid rock. It is definitely something out of Indiana Jones.
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Craig and Marjorie By The Hotel Pool, Petravu 287 foisIt was very hot at Petra (100 degrees+), so we enjoyed a dip in the hotel pool near Petra, in Jordan. I'm glad to see that I was flying the corporate Transax colours.
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Petra, Jordan -- Sand For Salevu 261 foisWhen I was playing around with this photo using Photoshop, I enlarged the lower left-hand corner where two gentlemen seem to be doing something. I had a good laugh when I could read the hand-lettered sign in the corner: "Petra Sand For Sale."
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Marjorie and An Orange Juicevu 243 foisMarjorie giving me Stink Eye: "Put that camera down. Why are you always taking pictures of me?" I belive this was in Aqaba Airport, Jordan, in 1989. Marjorie gave me a trip to Jordan on the Concorde for my 40th Birthday. Our first stop was Aqaba, where they had a reception for us. Most passengers had a lot to drink, and there were a lot of poorly passengers on the hot bus in the later afternoon.
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Marjorie Floats in the Dead Sea -- Jordanvu 417 foisWe took an "afternoon dip" in the Dead Sea, 1989. Because of the high salinity it was impossible to do much more than float. And the salt irritated every small cut you didn't even know you had. When we got out, the soap wouldn't lather to wash off all of the salt.
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Me "Swimming" in the Dead Sea -- Jordanvu 184 foisYou couldn't really swim: all you could really do was float. 1989.
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The Concorde in Aquaba, Jordanvu 259 foisFor my 40th Birthday (1989), Marjorie gave me a trip to Jordan on the Concorde. We started in Aquaba, with an overnight visit to Petra, and then took Concorde to Amman. While there, we went to the Dead Sea, and also road on an old Turkish steam railroad and had a picnic in the desert.
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Marjorie in Aman, Jordanvu 362 foisOn our Concorde trip to Jordan - my 40th birthday present.
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