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Be Back by Wednesday.(Brief article)

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| May 07, 2007 | Kirkpatrick, Jane | COPYRIGHT 2007 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jane Kirkpatrick

Imagine being whisked from your office in a chauffeured limo on a Friday afternoon. Within 24 hours you're sipping warm, sweet tea in a luxurious tent in the middle of the granite-rock valley of Wadi Rum, Jordan. After a day of trekking by camel past ancient rock formations, dine by moonlight on lamb stew and couscous at a Bedouin camp. Then it's on to the hidden pink-sandstone city of Petra, and a soak in the Dead Sea. Sound like a nice two-week vacation? Actually, you'll be back in the office Wednesday morning.

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