Jordan

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What is the best airfare — around the world or a direct fare to the Middle East?

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Middle East's new nightlife capital a tamer 'sin city'

It's late at night and the discotheques, music bars and shisha lounges that have sprouted around Amman are buzzing with clients, belying the city's old image as the sleepy capital of a conservative kingdom.

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Top 10 places to feel young again

If you're bored with your life and looking to shake things up, here are 10 destinations where you can reinvent yourself and feel young again.

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Ordinary mortals, biblical landscape

Belinda Jackson rediscovers the good, the bad and the ugly of the Bible as it happened in Jordan.

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Adventures for groupies

Great life experiences in far-flung destinations are in reach like never before, writes Belinda Jackson.

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Population:

6.4 million

Capital:

Amman

Official Language:

Arabic

Electricity:

Type B has two flat parallel pins and a round grounding (or earth) pin. Type C (or Europlug) is a two-wire plug that has two round pins. It fits into any socket that accepts 4.0 – 4.8 mm round contacts on 19 mm centres. Type G has three rectangular blades in a triangular pattern and has an incorporated fuse. Type J has two round pins as well as a grounding pin.