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...three-to five-day trips take in the major attractions of Jordan's rich cultural heritage in the context of Lawrence's own journey through the desert to Aqaba. Starting with the mandatory daylong rounds of Petra's historical sights, Lawrence fans hit sacred ground at Wadi Rum. This desolate stretch of desert is home to the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, the range of mountains that provided the inspiration for Lawrence's autobiographical epic of the same name. Lawrence loved the stillness and raw, natural beauty of the desert. In the book, he recounts tales of his campaigns against...
...July 6, 1917, Lawrence led his combined armies to victory at Aqaba, taking the town from the Turks?a key battle in the Arab revolt. Today, only the 15th century fort, built by the Mamluk sultan Qansweh al-Ghuri, hints at Aqaba's early history. The fort has always been the symbolic heart of Aqaba and, when it fell to his troops, Lawrence knew he had completed his journey to victory. For those on the tour, too, Aqaba is the final destination, complete with a celebratory open-air feast in the fort's courtyard, the sound of battle cries replaced...
...TAKE A DIVE After all that sand in Wadi Rum, there's nothing better than a dip in the emerald waters of the Red Sea. And, for scuba or snorkeling fans, the Royal Diving Club in the resort area of Aqaba is the perfect place to combine a quick swim with a chance to spot lionfish, snappers and barracuda in the wreck of the container ship Cedar Bride, which lies 20 meters deep in the warm waters off Rainbow Reef. Read more details at www.jptd.com.jo...
...wasn't just clown fish and brilliant anemones she discovered down there. Basma was alarmed to find Aqaba's reefs full of litter. She and some friends founded JREDS in 1993 as a diving club, but it became an environmental outfit, and Basma sharpened her interest by taking marine science during a semester at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts...
Even a princess can't do some things. JREDS lost a fight against construction of an Aqaba oil refinery, and though the society helped win a law against traps that ensnare precious coral fish as well as edible species, many fishermen still use the devices. Zipping by a culprit as she rides on a royal pleasure boat, Basma gives a shrug that is part resignation, part stiffened resolve. But mostly stiffened resolve...