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Desert Castles, Dead Sea, & Back to Chicago| Jordan, Days 8 & 9

Day 8 & 9 - Monday, October 9, 2023 - Tuesday, October 10, 2023 I had an awful dream about Francisco getting attacked by a cougar in the basement that shredded his hands, so this day was already off to a not great start. We got picked up at 8:15 and met our new guide Nadil. We had 5 of the original people from the tour group - 3 were staying at the Ibis with us and 2 we picked up at the Crowne Plaza along with a handful of other English-speaking tourists. Nadil also explained that we would have three French people joining us and asked us to move to the front of the bus and they would be in the back. The French people were running late, so we were a bit delayed. After talking a bit over the microphone, there started to a bit of a commotion from the French people behind us. An older heavyset French woman had sat behind me and refused to move. She said she felt unwell, which we took to mean motion sickness, but her and her friend coughed regularly behind me, so I was starting to get

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