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“I'm planning on going there. Can anyone tell me if it is a safe place to go and what are the possible dangers there?” 7 answers	Carlos Cardoso Porto
“I am going to be here in Amman on a layover to Bangkok and I was wondering if 7 1/2 hours would be enough time to leave the airport and enter the city for a short time. Any help would be appreciated!”   2 cheers 6 answers	soonforget Phatumthani
“I would really like to visit Jordan in the next few weeks. Coming from Greece it is quite cheap and believe it will be very beautyfull. But is it Safe?? (I am planing to go with a tour operator, i believe we will do a standard tour)”   1 cheer Be first to answer	Christoforos Korakas Athens
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Jordan (Arabic: الأردنّ‎ al-Urdunn), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba. It shares borders with Syria to the north, Iraq to the north-e http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan

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