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I was fortunate to visit both Jordan and Egypt courtesy of 5th Group in 1989. Jordan has a lot to offer. In Jordan, I really recommend Wadi Rahm area. It is spectacular desert scenery with these gigantic rock formations. You can wander around these outcropping and find hidden pools of deep water. It probably took centuries to collect. The Roman ruins around Amman are spectacular. Never did get to Petra.
Egypt is everything and more. Cairo is amazing with the sook and Mohammad Ali's Mosque and he antiquities Museum (practically a warehouse of Pharaoh stuff). Downtown Cairo, on an island in the middle of the Nile, is a tower -- sort of like the Space Needle. An amazing view. That is an awesome first view of Giza. Don't miss the museum dedicated to the Egyptian version of the 6 Day War -- they leave off a few days. The Red Sea coast is beautiful and even though lots of the world's oil transits the water is wonderfully clean and the sea life is incredible. The diving and snorkeling is great.
Advice: choose your taxi driver carefully, some of them are the best guides you will ever hope to meet. The pyramids did this pretty cool light show at dusk and you have got to take the walk into the pyramid. That is just . . . WOW! (Don't lay down in the sarcophagus, there is a reason the place has that ammonia and sweat smell.)
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