PETRA IS A JOR-DROPPING WONDER

GORGE-OUS: That first glimpse of the fabulous Treasury seen from the siqNothing can prepare you for the magical moment when the sun-bathed Treasury at Petra appears just ahead, framed by the towering pink sandstone walls at the end of the narrow, snaking, kilometre-long siq (gorge). Visitors stop in...

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THE FABULOUS TITANIC BELFAST: A VISITOR (AND FRIDGE) MAGNET

MAGNETIC ATTRACTION: Fridge magnets on sale at the souvenir shop in Belfast TitanicOne year almost to the day after first setting foot on the then mucky building site that was Titanic Belfast, I went again yesterday morning and took the full tour of Northern Ireland's biggest purpose-built visitor...

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