Travel Reference
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Getting in Touch with the Soul
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For many people Jordan is more than just a traveller's destination: it is a place of pil-
grimage. Sites that resonate with spiritual significance abound in a country delineated by
the Jordan Valley, where John is believed to have baptised Jesus (at Bethany-Beyond-the-
Jordan,
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, and Wadi Araba (
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where, according to the Bible, the towns
of Sodom and Gomorrah attracted the wrath of God. It is perhaps at Mt Nebo (
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,
however, with its sublime view of the Promised Land, that one most senses this is 'hal-
lowed, holy ground'.
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Bronze memorial, Mt Nebo
