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WINE DINE & TRAVEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 3 2016

Wine Dine & Travel Magazine takes you where Martians & camels roam, at Wadi Rum, Jordan. And a super shore excursion in France. Celebrate the Christmas Markets in Germany and it's all aboard on the HMS Britannia.

Wine Dine & Travel Magazine takes you where Martians & camels roam, at Wadi Rum, Jordan. And a super shore excursion in France. Celebrate the Christmas Markets in Germany and it's all aboard on the HMS Britannia.

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and that didn’t really help much… kind of like white knuckling<br />

it during a root canal without pain killer. I was so relieved<br />

when we finally returned to the camp, I laughed slightly idiotically<br />

like I just had the time of my life.<br />

My understanding camel tried to be a gentle as possible as it<br />

did its thing to get me off its back. My legs were so weak and<br />

rubbery I could hardly walk back to our little hut in the desert<br />

where I took a horizontal position on or king sized bed with<br />

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300 thread count sheets for the rest of the day.<br />

In the end -- so to speak -- I felt close to Matt Damon, Peter<br />

O’Tool and even Lawrence of Arabia. We had shared the<br />

same Wadi Rum. Our Wadi Rum adventure would be a memorable<br />

one, and good for a story and a laugh. We all experienced<br />

the isolation, beauty and adventure of Mars on Earth<br />

-- only Damon didn’t have ride a damned camel.

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