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- Amman
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- Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
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- 5,153,378
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Petra Slideshow
Petra
Travel Blogs from Petra, Jordan
Day 71 - Dubai to Jordan
Day 71 Dubai to Jordan Tina had little tears on leaving Dubai, and tried walking really slowly like little kids do to try to slow it down, but off we must go. Mid day flight was nice and the lounge in Dubai did not disappoint at all. In fact the food was ...
Adventures throughout Jordan and Turkey
... ). Another difference that I thought was unusual was that Istanbul had all of its signs and menus in Turkish only; in Jordan pretty much everything is in both Arabic and English. After four days of wondering around Istanbul we took an ...
Lot's Cave
It wasn't on the map yet as a tourist destination, but I found Lot's cave near the southern end of the Dead Sea. The biblical story tells of Lot and his family escaping from the un-righteous cities of Sodom and Gommorah. Lot's wife looked back, and ...
Petra!
... by Swiss explorer called Burckhardt. Now it is a UNESCO world heritage site and the most visited tourist attraction in Jordan, attracting thousands of tourists every day. There is not much to write about this place, you simply have to go there ...
Jordan!: Wadi Rum and Petra Hotel
... (border tax, passport check, immigration, etc), and then walked across the dusty no-man's-land to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan where we were greeted by very large pictures of their royal family. On the other side there was a guy waiting for us with ...
Oct 19, 2010
Petra
Three of us girls booked into a trip to go to Petr, Jordan for the day. How about that, going to another country for the day. I would love to say it was a great day but we were not happy with the trip. The city of Petra and the lost city and the country ...
Jordan
... an army general, a sheikh, an businessman, an astronaut... he has more guises than Mr Ben. The first attraction on the Jordan itinerary was the spectacular desert scenery of Wadi Rum (Moon Valley in English). This is Lawrence of Arabia territory, where ...
Petra, October 6, 2009., Tuesday
... of those who are one notch up on the Indiana Jones lot. Those in this group, to which, I readily admit, I belonged myself, see Petra as a few spectacular temples, or whatever they are, carved in the face of the living stone and a rather long, deep and ...
Petra Revisited
... I went with Steve, Gunter, & Irene; and we did the basic tourist route. This time Moe and I climbed a different route and discovered a whole other side of Petra. It is hard to believe hundreds of thousands of people lived here over two thousand years ...
Petra!
... share the thinking and the questions. We make our way into Petra, pausing at every third turn to take an "almost in Petra" photograph between the high valley walls. When we finally arrive, it's worth the wait. Camels strategically positioned in front ...
Going back, way back, in time!
... Jerusalem. January 11th - Later in the morning I travelled down the King's Highway to get to Petra, further south in Jordan. The King's Highway is the road that has been used from before Moses' time to travel up and down ...
Coming face to face with the Monastery in Petra
... stood glowing under the warm sunlight while casting a shadow on its red-rose coloured mountain side. Being the largest monument in Petra, here I was finally standing in front of it, this very impressive Monastery, so huge and beautifully carved into the ...
Crossing Jordan
DAY 84. OCTOBER 24. PETRA Crossing Jordan We live next door to rabbits. At precisely 5.45 am, for the third day running we got our wake up call. These guys are insatiable. So much sex. And so noisy. It was a relief to know that we would not be hearing ...
Driving in a sand blizzard!
... seated in the motor coach, Michel and I at the front as usual, the bus driver exited the driveway of the Crowne Plaza Petra hotel en route to our next destination, Shobak! Being early in the morning, the traffic was scarce along the King's Highway ...
Petra, Dino actually likes you!
... ruins we have seen so far. We have been walking around the sites for the last two days and fending off the donkey touts. Petra is a spectacular rose stoned city built in the 3rd century BC by the Nebataeans, who carved temples, tombs and Palaces from the ...
Petra!
... we headed back down for lunch. After lunch we walked around some more and then headed back to the hotel and onto the bus for home. It's impossible to describe what I saw at Petra so I'm going to leave my blog at this but everyone should ...
Petra - an ancient civilization
... to Amman since they had to work on Saturday. Many people only get one day off a week here. Stephen and I double backed to Petra where we met up with Irene and Gunter. Petra was first inhabited by the biblical Edomites, but later became the centre of ...
Eighth world wonder
... with a drink after a 10 hour walk and a stumach about to explode? right! nothing! :D relaxxxxxxxxxxxx :) The classic Petra picture: I found the treasury!! Forgot to mention; me, Rebecca, John and Gabe decided to join a little ...
The Treasury -- Petra
... and one couple from Australia. Eight of the group had been touring together with this company through Egypt and were finishing their tour in Jordan while the other six were just starting the tour and heading off to Israel next. We got on our bus with our ...
Indiana Jones here I come!
... since the Iron Age. We had a few photographic stops and were showed that through the mountains we could view Palestine. The Jordan part of the Kings Highway has many Grand Canyon like vistas that would have been more beautiful if the air had not ...
Lost in Translation
... and spend as much time as I wanted at each site without having to watch the time. On the downside, finding my way around Jordan was really hard. They have very poor signage, just when I thought I was on the right road I would hit a traffic ...
Petra
... activities and warn against hiking in the high paths in teh snow. Later that day the snow turns to rushing water and Petra is evacuated. I stay in the hotel, working with Coco and Mike, colleagues who are leading tours here also. Similar tours but ...
Menal
Petra is an astounding place. Great tombs hundreds of feet high are carved into sheer cliffsides of marbled pink and red stone. After exploring for a few hours, Laughing Moon and I enquired as to the ...
The Ruins of Petra
... , no doubt! We explore the Treasury and take a group photograph at the entrance. This is really the quintessential experience of Petra-or so I think. I have absolutely no idea of what is about to unfold. We round a few more corners and ...
800 steps of repentance leading to the Monastery
... snow storm for the day, the climb would have been impossible. In the distance, far below, the ancient city of Petra was disappearing from view by becoming smaller and smaller and the people walking around, starting to look like little ants. More ...
The Adventure to Petra
... changed, got ready and headed to the visitor center to buy our tickets for the newest experience. Since we are not residence of Jordan, the cost was 21JD - well worth it. The Mancuso's had been there before but were game for another adventure. We started ...
Valley Of The Crescent Moon
... like the Great Wall of China, Angkor Wat, or the Pyramids at Giza then you know what I am talking about. Petra is absolutely massive in size and ranks among the greatest man-made marvels in the World. When I arrived ...