Petra Wadi Musa

Today, we were a bit apprehensive. We crossed the border into Jordan to visit Petra. There is quite a lot involved. Our Guide did not take us. She had a day off so we were handed over to another guide who was Jordanian. First, we get picked up at our hotel by a driver who takes us to the border crossing. We have to walk across about 50 feet then he …

Crossing the Jordan border from Israel turns out to be a much better experience than getting into Israel from Egypt, thank goodness. You do have to cross by foot, just like with the Taba border, but the Aqaba patrol is less crowded and more efficient. By 9:00 pm we are at our hotel in Aqaba. Aqaba is a great port city with a good mix of …

Since Indonesia doesn't have any extradition treaty with Israel, on my trip I had to visit one of the transit spot, Jordan. Jordan makes money a lot from taxes. So what can we see in this kingdom?

Dead Sea, of course. It was the attraction from this country. Dead Sea actually a lake which also we can see from Israel, of course from the …

I was sitting at work one day when I got this email from Qatar airways letting me know that I had accrued enough miles to take a trip anywhere in the Middle East for free. It was a pretty stressful day that day and I was feeling pretty tired of the daily grind. So, of course I thought why not play hookie from work for a bit and get in a little …

Petra

Maybe 22⁰C. Beautiful clear blue sky, slight breeze.

After breakfast we met Mahmoud at 8:30 to walk down to the historical city of old Petra. It was built by the Nabateans about 100 B.C. They were from the Arabian Peninsula and this site was an important trade junction on the King's Highway for caravans between China …

I had another opportunity to take a minibus to Petra and I had to wait quite some time again before the bus filled up and then we could take off. Although I got there in the afternoon, I still wanted to spend some time at the site because two days is not much more expensive than one. Wow! What an amazing site Petra is, not only are the popular …

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It is 7:00 am, on day 3 of a snowstorm that has quite literally shut down the city of Amman. After a brief debate of "should we stay or go", we opted to deal with the weather, and embark on our 3.5 hour drive to Petra. After making a phone call, our driver assured us there was “no …

Yesterday was a travelling day. We left Jerusalem at 8am and crossed in to Jordan via the Allenby bridge border. We were met by our guide and driver and then commenced the long drive to Petra. We stopped for lunch at a roadhouse where we had tast Jordanian food, the Hommus was to die for, then continued through mostly desert landscape to our hotel …

Today we got up early to see the Wonder of the world known as Petra (you know that temple built out of the cliff face from Indiana Jones and the last crusade?). First as you may remember we noticed it wasn't as hot as you imagine a desert should be, and it was a pretty chilly @ 6:30 in the morning so we put our jumpers on and travel down to …

The last week has just been nuts:

31/3/2012 - climbing Mt Sinai, approx 700m climb over 7km, took a guide around the back valley, watched the sunset and descended down 3700 steps at night (4km), guide ditched us on the way down, little *******.

1/4/2012 - overnight in ferry dock, slept on bench inside departure lounge after …

... rag doll and slack-jawed stared at the ceiling, panting until I passed out. The next day while discovering the wonders of Petra the two Americans, two Dutchmen, two Japanese, a Canadian and an Australian banded together and decided that we'd all eat ...

... it in your best Sean Connery voice. Rock City. Rock City. Good stuff. After a 3 hour transfer from Amman, we arrive in Wadi Musa. Wadi Musa is the town built beside Petra, one of the 7 wonders. Petra is the reason I am here. By 11am, I am walking in the ...

... .. After entering Jordan, our 17th country (19 if you count Hong Kong and Tibet), we got a taxi straight up to Wadi Musa, the service town for Petra, as we, at this stage of the journey, are tiring of bus stations and long waits... Along the way the ...

... statues carved directly from the rock. After the Treasury, which was more likely a tomb of a king, Petra opened into a wider canyonland of Wadi Musa, surrounded by High Places of sacrifice and worship for the polytheistic pagan gods from around the ...

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... we should be in top form by the time we get back to Sask! Wadi Musa is the town located just outside Petra ("wadi" meaning valley, "musa" meaning spring), Jordan's pride and joy, "a red-rose city half as old as time" as the poem by Dean Burgon goes. ...

On the 5th and 6th we were in Wadi Musa seeing the ruins of Petra. Petra was very interesting too.  We had a two day pass and we hiked through the gorges and saw the breathtaking stone carved monument called the Treasury and then hiked up about ...

... ;Carry some with you in a backpack so you can be sipping regularly. ·    American dollars are accepted.  Being in Jordan for such a short time, we were happy not to have to get local currency.  Bring $1, $5, $10 and $20 U.S. ...

Travis had been making those little fussing noises about Petra - the ones he makes when we're so close and he really wants to go.  Well, we were here.  Yet somehow we managed to oversleep every day.  Oh well.  It's hard work, ...

... priest who guarded the cistern, the garden, and the entrance to the High Place of Sacrifice.  It's a very unique building in Petra, and I'd recommend that visitors at least go take a peek.  Beyond the garden there was the Soldiers' Tomb and its ...