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... is a nice little village (technically, a municipality) that takes its name from the Arabic word for "confrontation", which is what the mountains on either side of it seem to do with each other, sallying forth in places and retreating in others. We make it to Petra, and the first thing one of my friends does is buy some cigarettes. The shopkeep apologizes in English for how expensive they are, ...

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