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Dean Peters is a programmer, sometimes freelance writer, gifted website healer, and über-blogger who has forgotten more about computers than most of us will ever know.
His HealYourChurchWebsite and blogs4God websites have won accolades; his articles in Christian Computing, On Mission and other magazines have almost instantly improved readershp; and he even worked with the world-famous [...]

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We awakened early at the Bait Ali desert camp on Tuesday, sleeping in a tent tends to do that. It was cold, but not uncomfortably so.
We ate a quick breakfast and then boarded the bus for the short ride to Aqaba.
A little over an hour later we rolled into the Royal Diving center at [...]

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Our stay on the Dead Sea is at the Jordan Valley Marriott Resort & Spa. Among Jordan’s most luxurious resorts, it is located 400 metres below sea level, at the lowest point on Earth.
This five-star resort hotel offers deluxe accommodations and superior facilities including a health club, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, [...]

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We boarded the bus at Petra around 9am bound for the village of Rum, a small and dirty village where many of the bedouin that live in Wadi Rum have homes. It is clear, however, that they prefer to sleep in the desert. It’s easy to see why. The village is reminiscent [...]

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If you thought Movenpick was some sort of antique farm implement, you aren’t alone. In actuality, it is one of the nicest European hotel chains. Their resort on the gulf of Aqaba is nothing short of spectacular.
The main resort building is connected to the beach by a bridge, which also contains [...]

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After a long day exploring the wonders of ancient Petra, a group of us decided to go
check out the ‘Turkish Bath’ that we’d heard about, which is located just up the street
from the Movenpick hotel in Wadi Musa. It was, to say the least, a learning experience.
On the way there, our tour guide Kamel [...]

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Cool! More Priority Awards Points! The Crowne Plaza Petra is one of the most unique hotels you will ever see. In addition to its 147 deluxe rooms, it sports 31 newly renovated hillside chalets and 41 guesthouse rooms tucked into the Petra rock face overlooking the visitor’s entrance to Petra [...]

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Tonight we are staying at a resort and spa near the town of Madaba. Our hotel is called the Mercure Ma’in Spa Hotel. It is considered a three-star hotel, but it’s still wonderful because of the location – set at the bottom of a steep canyon, directly across from two hot springs waterfalls.
We [...]

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Tonight we are staying at a resort and spa near the town of Madaba. Our hotel is called the Mercure Ma’in Spa Hotel. It is considered a three-star hotel, but it’s still wonderful because of the location – set at the bottom of a steep canyon, directly across from two hot springs waterfalls.
We [...]

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We ended up at a different hotel from the one that I thought we would be at tonight. We’re at a beautiful spa called the Ma’in Spa Hotel, which is situated in a very deep gorge next to some thermal springs.
It’s only a three-star, however, so we’re blogging from an old computer over a [...]

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