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<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-10-05T10:46:23&#43;03:00">Wed Oct 05, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/red-sea" rel="tag">Red Sea</a>, <a href="/tags/aqaba" rel="tag">Aqaba</a>
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<p>I&rsquo;m struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan&rsquo;s coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is quite strikingimagine Matt Damon in <em>The Martian</em>, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.</p>
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<p>If that sounds too good to be true, it is! Sadly, I found Aqaba to be dirtyused diapers on the beach, locals arrogantly throwing trash on the street, trash floating around the reef, etcand full of obnoxious, poorly behaved tourists.</p>
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