I went to visit Petra with my family last summer, and it was an amazing trip there! I discovered lots of interesting new facts about it that I didn't even know about before visiting it! Right now, I'm planning on heading to Broadbeach hotels in Australia in a couple of months for a wedding that's being organized there. I was shocked that weddings can happen in hotels! Heard it's a great place for a vacation. Also, I plan to visit The Dead Sea if I could get the chance. Always wondered how it felt floating on the salty surface of the sea.

I have never heard of almost any variant of what you have listed. It will be interesting to read the comments of people who have already been there and can tell if this is a worthwhile place to visit. So far, I don't know where I'm going to rest, but my wife wants us to rest at beachluxuryvacations.com. She saw this service on Instagram and now says she wants to rent a holiday home through this company. I'm not sure that it will be interesting, so I don't really want to agree, but I'm afraid I still have to agree sooner or later. Now I will go with pleasure to Google the places that you indicated in your post

Did the whole tour from Jerusalem and even climbed the 10k steps upto the top of the mountain. At 72 I walked it and did not take a donkey or a horse. The tour was three days and 2 nights well worth the cost. There is a Tax you have to pay leaving Israel and into Jordan and likewise coming back.

I am planning on eastern Europe next Fall, and into Russia - if the political vibe feels ok at that point. One of the Chernobyl tours would be cool. [thecrazytourist.com]

I am off in February. Papua New Guinea, Japan, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines. I shall be away for 2 months.