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Petra Slideshow
Petra
Travel Blogs from Petra, Jordan
Petra
... "Petra" we stayed over night there before our trip the next day to Wadi Rum. The town is built up a hill side like most of Jordan. In the evening when they had the call for prayer it was a really wonderful experience, one I will always remember. I don't ...
First day in Petra
This is our first real day in Petra. The hotel we stayed the last night (Moon Valey Hotel) was not really nice, for instance the toilet was wrongly placed so that the lid wouldn't stay open, so the first thing I had to do is to fix it with a band. ...
Petra - by day
Petra – What to say about Petra……… After "Petra by Night" (No Flashlight please!) we did a 12 hour day walking amongst the tombs. We didn't find the Lost Ark! The picture you always see is of the Treasury, your ...
Smitten by Petra
Just finished an amazing day in Petra, Jordan! We arrived yesterday evening, and walked, after dinner, through the mile-long Siq by candlelight to the "Treasury". The Siq is an extremely narrow, winding, natural gorge that leads, as if ordained by God ...
Petra
... stop was forgotten about as we set off for a closer look. We then descended the 800 steps down into the main part of Petra. It covers a much bigger area than I expected and consists of the ruins of free standing buildings as well as the tombs carved into ...
The Rose Red City
... your feet get too tired, but I think you'd miss too much going with this fancy transportation. Lunch, a bus ride, two more border crossings (Jordan to Israel and then Israel to Egypt), a lot of hurry up and wait, another bus ride, then a taxi and we are ...
Petra!
... feet forced us to head back to our hotel, but not before we had a drink at the Cave Bar, a restaurant inside a tomb from the 1st century. Presumably developed before Petra became a Unesco site, Cave Bar is steps outside the park ...
Petra
... from Eiliat and then into the Jordanian mountains reaching a height of 6000'. Made a few tourist stops along the way to Petra making the drive about 3 hours. Petra is an amazing place. You walk down a very narrow gorge (Siq) filled with ...
AMMAN / ROUTE DES ROIS / PETRA
... ;orthodoxe Saint-Georges. PM : Poursuite au sud vers KÉRAK , forteresse croisée dub 12 ième siècle. Continuyation vers PETRA et installation à notre hotel. ...
Petra - Indiana Jones
... beau, qu on a meme eu du fun a manger notre canne de thon en regardant les rochers. On a eu l impression qu Air France offrait 50% de rabais sur les vols Paris-Petra avec escale a Rome. (Selon nous, 80% des visiteurs etaient Francais et ...
Mt. Nebo, Madaba and Karak Castle
... . We don't get away from the Castle until 5pm, and there is another long drive ahead of us until we reach our hotel in Petra. It is a truly gorgeous property, with enormous rooms. We have a buffet dinner then head for bed, looking forward to our visit ...
Amazing Petra
... was there. I met a local man by the name of Faleh who took me around and told me about the history of Petra. The Nabatean people came to Jordan 2200 years ago and these ruins are the results of their labor. I didn't realize I would also be seeing Roman ...
Petra by Night
... in Arabic. It was beautiful. The whole show was on for about 45 minutes and it take about 30 minutes to walk back. Seeing Petra by night was definitely magical especially since I hadn't seen it before. I will always remember the candle lite path and the ...
Jul 27, 2010
Under a Blanket of Stars
It was now the turn of the place i was looking forward to the most! (well, after Petra that is..) and its called Wadi Rum. Its basically a desert, where they have all these places they take tourists to in open air jeeps, and we spend the night in a ...
Navigating the sands and mountains of Jordan
... departure from the Dead Sea region. From there, we were to make a 3-hour drive down to Wadi Musa, the town next to Petra in southern Jordan. For anyone who's ever tried, google maps doesn't totally cut it in some countries, Jordan being one of them. So ...
Rose Red
... All I can say is amazing!!!! I was totally dumb founded by the sear mesmerizing effect. Once we left the boarder of Jordan we headed up The Desert Highway. Our driver, Osama Abu Akash, was a little crazy with his driving skills. He ...
Petra by Night
... bar which is right next to our hotel and is situated in a 1000 year old tomb. It was a very cool location for a bar but we were stunned at the prices for a 500ml beer which equated to about £5 - Jordan is definitely a lot more expensive than ...
Petra the Rose City
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 ...
Little Petra
We have arrived in Petra but have not seen much other then the hotel. We did, however, stop in Little Petra which was magnificent with caves and tombs carved into the mountain. How amazing! Natasha did, however, cause a bit of a ruckus with the locals. ...
The highlight of Jordan
There's no denying it--Petra is by far the most popular tourist spot in Jordan, and with good reason. We're lucky enough to be visiting it during the low season, but it's still plenty crowded. With only one day to explore, we're unable to see the entire ...
Hammered in stone for eternity
3 days stay in Petra, visiting Wadi Rum and the ancient temples sculptured into the ...
Rainbow Sands & Free Mud
... time in Wadi Rum. Also, these sites combined with a few others we visited between Wadi Rum, Petra, and the Dead Sea pretty much covers everything Jordan has to offer tourists; unless perhaps you're overly religious to delve more into the holyland. ...
In the Footsteps of Indiana Jones
... scared Mohammed off when we picked out an old western. It seems that he might have preferred Indiana Jones. The next day in Petra we met a couple Beduin guys who were just hanging out, climbing around the ruins and one of them playing his flute. ...
20JD Horse Carriage Rides in Petra
... water kinda sucked. The not-so-nice part of tourism reared its head in Wadi Musa, especially with the constant overcharging. Petra itself was quite spectacular, quite different from any other ruin I've visited thus far. Its just a little puzzling why ...
Petra In Petra
Well I guess if you are named after a famed "Rose Red" city in Jordan, it is kind of obligatory that you go there. Well pretty fascinating ...