Forget the Big Five, I'm On the Trail of the 'Small to Medium 449' ; Gareth Huw Davies Marvels at Jordan's Epic Wonders - and Abundant Wildlife

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WE WERE heading down the King's Highway, which runs as twisty as a desert snake through the high ground above the Dead Sea.

This was a busy thoroughfare down the spine of Jordan when the road outside my house was still part of the floor of the wild wood in pre-roman Britain. It's so old it has a write-up in the Old Testament, when Moses and the Israelites try to pass through the Negev Desert without being harassed by the locals, the people of edom. It links Crusader castles, roman fortresses, early Islamic towns and the fabulous rock city of Petra.

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Forget the Big Five, I'm On the Trail of the 'Small to Medium 449' ; Gareth Huw Davies Marvels at Jordan's Epic Wonders - and Abundant Wildlife

Most people come to Jordan to see two places: Petra and wadi rum. Jade baths full of Nebuchadnezzar's gold would not have been enough to entice us away from the fabled rosecoloured ruins of the remarkable mountain city of Petra. And so we were leaving it to last.

However, we had decided not to ...

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