Amra Palace Hotel Wadi Musa

... question remains whether Jack Sparrow was inspired by those guys or the other way around) and in a perfect Texas accent provide their "Wanna ride a camel" or "Wanna ride a donkey" lines to persuade tourists of the need to pay for riding a donkey, horse or camel which are constantly physically punished for not doing as "they are supoosed to". <br><br>Disgusted by the spiel HelMan and Herman decided to avoid the crowd and hiked up into the mountains to enjoy picturesque views of the ...

... we went for HOURS! Really, when you seen one roadside water stand, you've seen them all. They were all over the place. Little 'shantys' on the side of the road in the middle of NOWHERE. <br>We stopped for lunch along the way and I must say the food here is wonderful! After a total of 4 hours of driving (with 6 adults, 2 kids and one baby) we finally arrived in Petra. I have heard many people say how beautiful this place is. This place is ...

Friday 17th July. We woke around 6.30 am for a forgettable brekky of flat bread and jam and tea and we left to return to Wadi Rum. The desert was so different in the early morning with coloured cliffs not washed out yet by the hot sun. We drove back to the town and waited for the bus to Petra at 8am. Soon we were on the minibus on our way and arrived in the mountainous town of Wadi Musa by around 11.30am. We stopped at a recommended hotel only to find it was full and they ...

... it takes about an hour uphill in very hot weather to get to the Monastery. By the time you explore everything around the treasury and the city around it, you might be tired and then skip out the Monastery, but it is worth it so don&#8217;t miss out. Go to the top first and then work your way down. We spent all day in Petra- loving every minute of it. Then we had to leave at 5:00pm back to Amman. I hear that Petra at night is spectacular- maybe next time.

... and our Bedouin driver Mahmoud at the wheel, we were exploring Wadi Rum, a UN protected heritage site. For us, it was an awe-inspiring journey over the better part of a day through a world completely foreign and stark in nature. For Mahmoud, it was another day at the office. As best we tried, It was clear that no camera could capture the absolute beauty of the land. We were left dumbstruck by what we were seeing, and it was simply impossible to focus on anything but the ...

... said it wasn't that far, what a load of crock. Maybe it was could we were sooo stuffed after the huge morning hike but this Monestry seamed soo far away. After a new meandering walking along a river bed we hit the first cliff. Switchbacks all the way up the cliff, we met a few people on the way down who were only saying only another 10mins. Yeah right I think they said this to keep our spirits up. After getting to the top of the first cliff, we had to go through a small gorge and then ...

Key Indiana Jones theme here <br><br>Petra is Jordan's #1 tourist attraction, and with good reason. Hewn from towering rock walls, the imposing facades of its great buildings and tombs are...amazing. <br><br>The Nabataeans were a nomadic tribe from western Arabia who settled in the area around the 6th century BCE. They soon became rich, first by plundering and then by levying tolls on the trade caravans traversing the ...