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< p class = "blog-post-meta" > < time datetime = "2016-10-05T10:46:23+03:00" > Wed Oct 05, 2016< / time > by Alan Orth in
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< p > I’ m struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan’ s coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually striking < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)" > < em > The Martian< / em > < / a > , 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 dirty < / p >
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