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- Royal Jordanian has very fit air hostesses and a great new Airbus 321.
- Security looks relaxed at the couple of military checkpoints on the road beetwen the Amman airport and the Dead sea resorts until you see the Humvee with the large calibre machine gun covering the checkpoint.
- The hotel is the poshest I've ever stayed in and is huge with its own private beach. Room is huge also with a great shaded balcony in a garden complex.
- The food is good for a buffet style operation and is unlimited. I have breakfast and lunch included. Alcohol is fairly expensive at London prices.
- The haze from Dead Sea and the fact is it is a few hundred metres below sea level means you can safely sunbathe from 7-10AM and from 4-6PM.
- The Dead Sea is so salty that you can float. If you have any cuts they sting like buggery.
- Hotel has loads of Russians in it. Girls lok stunning, the blokes look like KGB heavies.
- The group I'm with off another internet forum is a real mixed bunch of southern yuppies and middle aged northern miserable gits plus a couple of stray yanks. Get on well with most of them but there's a divide between noobs like myself and the Dead Sea old hands who have been going there for years. Also I don't seem to have as bad psoarisis as the most of them. Only one relatively fit girl in the whole bunch (who I'm going out for a drink with tonight!).
- First time I've ever done fully nude sunbathing. They have two solariums, one for blokes and one for girlies.
- Don't go here for the night life as there isn't any. Most people got to bed early as they are up early.
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