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Petra the 'Stupid Tour Guide'

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👁️ 26K views📅 14 years ago⏱️ 4:49
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Creator's Key Takeaways

Abdullah Amra and he was as entertaining as he was informative

Abdullah is representative of what you'll find on all Sil seore excursions quality Gods who are well informed and eager to please

Creator's Tips & Advice

Join a shore excursion for a guided experience
Be open to humorous and entertaining guides

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat is the quality of guides on Silver Sea excursions?
QHow can a guide make a tour entertaining?

Topics Covered

Excursions3 Happy BaconService Crew3 Happy Bacon

Port Highlights

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Top: Special Silver Sea shore excursion to Petra
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YouTube Video Description

Guides can make or break a shore excursion. Our guide, Abdullah Amra, stepped onto our motorcoach in Aqaba, Jordan to welcome us in broken English. After a few minutes of listening to him stumble through words and point out the obvious ("Jordan very modern, we have traffic lights, red mean stop, green mean go.") many of us resolved that we could be in for a challenging day on the full day excursion to and from the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Petra. For five to 10 minutes, Amra rambled on. He was certainly funny and his phrasing was even funnier. He told us, for example, that he loved his job and that it paid very well and that he needed the pay to support his seven children. He pleaded with us not to tell his boss that his English was so underdeveloped. Then, the young man exposed the joke, speaking in perfect English to much applause and heartfelt laughter . . . read more at avidcruiser.com