Hotel Venus Wadi Musa
, PO Box 164 Wadi Musa, 00962, Jordan
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The Bitter Tears of Petra
On the ride from Amman to Petra I’ve never seen desert so deserted, AND THIS IS THE LEVANTINE END! It only gets worse, or better, depending on your view. When we finally get close to Wadi Musa and Petra, the scenery gets more interesting, and of course Petra itself is spectacular, both in natural scenery and artistic endeavor. The town of …
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Last Crusade
... made Petra their target for earning an income. Through the Siq they try to get you to go by horse, after the Treasury it is camels, and once on the path to the Monastery it is donkeys. They have dozens of souvenier and trinket stalls all through Petra. At times this can become annoying as you are constantly being pestered to buy or get a ride, and you get sick of saying no thankyou. Some of the lines are amusing though - ' airconditioned ...
Renouvellement de visa, épisode 2
... e que je m'en faisais : un pays vide, désertique, avec des étendues sans fin de sable rosé, ou de montagnes rocheuses de la même couleur. Trop d'espace, pas assez d'habitants. Bref, un pays à visiter, mais où je ne me verrais pas vivre.
A Wabi Musa, nous nous installons dans une auberge du nom de "Valentine Inn", que je recommande personnellement : peu cher, personnel agréable, décoration exotique, dîner délicieux, ambiance de "brassage multiculturel". Alors ...
Petra Redux
by Karl
I went to Petra in 1994 and had a wonderful time. My rose tinted recollections of the town (actually named Wadi Musa) were of a sleepy, quiet place with three hotels and a handful of tourists coming through. However, Petra has changed- it has become much more developed. Wadi Musa now has many hotels and restaurants and a constant stream of tourists- hundreds every day. They will even bus tourists in from Egypt for day trips!!! I was amazed at how developed ...
Petra
... one dollar! no dollars? one dinar!- which happens to be more than a dollar). A few were kids with post cards to sell. I don't generally buy from kids because I'd rather have them be in school than selling stuff to strangers and the only way to do that is to make it not profitable for them to sell stuff. On the way out though, we got talking with one of them who insisted that she had been in school earlier. When she had the time to go to school, I ...



