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Sleeping in a tent in the desert was one of the highlights of my trip to Jordan. Watching the starry sky in the desert, a Bedouin cat on my belly was the icing on the cake.

But the best moment of the trip was when I reached the so-called Monastery in Petra. In front of it I found only two stray dogs playing, as evidenced by the featured photo. This is the second verbatim account of the traveling oddities that happened to me in Jordan.

Please note the audio is in Italian.

Click below to listen to the episode.

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Here instead is the first podcast made about that trip: New Friends in Jordan

If you would like to listen to more episodes of the traveling oddities podcast, this is the page with all the ones published so far.

The articles with photos from which the episode of the podcast tent in the desert is taken

In this recording I talk about what I experienced in the second part of the trip. First the days in Petra, then the days in the desert of Wadi Rum, and then in Tel Aviv in Israel. Actually I also stayed one night in Aqaba, but I admit I did not like it, it may have been the oppressive heat.

In the following link you can delve into some of Jordan’s recent history and why it is a safe country in the midst of so many super turbulent neighbors.

Finally in the following links you can find the articles (with photos) already written about this trip:

• Welcome to Jordan (and Israel)
• Middle East trip, war alert
• On your trip to Jordan, don’t miss Jerash
• Bathing in the Dead Sea and bidding a Dutchman
• Visiting Petra with playful stray dogs
• Sleeping in Wadi Rum, with a Bedouin cat on your belly.
• What to do in Tel Aviv? The Sabich

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Fabio Viroli

Ho sempre avuto tante passioni, ma da sempre più o meno latenti, le principali sono viaggiare e scrivere. Tra le altre cose ho una laurea in psicologia; ho fatto per più di 30 anni l’allenatore di basket; leggo tanti libri; sono stato molto appassionato di sport e di musica rock; e faccio improvvisazione teatrale. IL mio primo romanzo, che non parla di viaggi, si chiama LE TUE GAMBE SONO BELLE COME LE TAGLIATELLE

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