Hotel Venus Wadi Musa

... und fotografi**en und gegenseitig vor dies** großartigen Kulisse. Wir **reichen Petra von d** Rückseite, einem Eingang, den Touristen eh** selten benutzen. Von dort geht ab** gleich d** Weg zur Monast**y (Klost**) - einem Punkt in Petra, den man gesehen haben muss. Wir entscheiden uns an diesem Tag nur diesen hint**en Teil von Petra zu **laufen und am nächsten Tag dann von vorne, vom Haupteingang, den Rest zu besichtigen. Diese Planung stellte sich spät** als absolut p**fekt ...

... for 1 hour. We hung around at the Treasury until that happened, watching as more and more people arrived until the small area was packed. All 14 of us were glad that we'd pushed to leave the 1 hour earlier as it made all the difference in our photos. <br><br>Around 10 am we made our way down the path towards the rest of the Petra sights. Petra is so much more than just the Treasury. I didn't realize it would be so big, it was really a city ...

... place. It's more beautiful and breathtaking then either of us could have ever imagined. It isn't until you actually stand next to The Treasury and The Monastery, that you realise the magnitude &amp; the beauty of what has been built here. The walk down the Siq into Petra was a highlight in itself with massive rock cliffs easily over 100 meters high on each side of the path. We were able to spot some of the ...

... ask if our telephone is broken...he wanted to fix it. Ahhh...family!<br><br>But like a family, you take the good (and annoying) with the bad because no matter what, they'll always be there to hold your baby.<br><br>Getting lost in cobblestone maze of the Old City was a trip for the senses. People were jam packed in a walled-in area, some selling spices, others smoking a pipe and waiting for people to buy Roman Glass necklaces. In such a small area, it was ...

... la mer noire en passant par le Mont Nebo....qui en fait n'est pas très beau :-). C'est la colline d'où Moise a vu la terre promise avant de mourir. Il devait déjà être sacrément mal en point parce qu'en fait il n'y a pas grand chose à voir.<br><br><br><br><br> Puis la mer noire. Avec une concentration de sel supérieure à 30%, la flottaison est assurée. Un peu en avance sur les touristes, je suis le premier à arriver sur la plage et le premier ...

... seeing the famous tresury. We were all told to put our hands on the canyon wall and follow it and then there is was one of the most amazing sites I have ever seen the Treasury as it was thousands of years ago. It is amazing there is no errosion damage so this is how it would have been thousands of years ago. It is just mind blowing, pictures that you see only show 2/3rds of it as there is another level underneath the sand. The name of this building is a bit misleading as we are at the ...

... I didn't feel that I had been duped into climbing 995 stairs for a few gift shops. Instead, I felt an incredible sense of accomplishment. It was amazing to get to the top of this long climb and see a stunning sandstone building carved into the side of a cliff-the lower Treasury, familiar from movies and travel books, was amazing as well, but I didn't feel I had learned anything from seeing it other than to say that I had seen it. But hiking to the monastery at Petra made me ...

... out at different times. We ended up sleeping with earplugs. The hotel manager of the Cleopetra was friendly, but our room was very small and the bathroom even smaller. You had to step up to enter, when sitting on the toilet your knees hit the wall and a foot away was the open shower- which meant that most of the bathroom got wet when using the shower. Now on to the good part about Wadi Musa- Petra. An ancient city, before ...

... was to many tourists there so I didn't take many photos of it but it was immense thats for sure, I have become hard to please now with sights as I am getting more picky but this was awsome. From there we headed out to the other sights which is quite alot to see. There are old buildings carved into the rock all of different levels of decay and also a heathery which is good. We ended up going to the monastery on top of a hill which was quite a walk and my legs are ...

... free lift back to the hostel. Covered so many miles today. Good workout and I got to experience Petra again so a very good day all round. <br><br>Booked myself onto an overnight trip to Wadi Rum (huge protected Desert Park) including 6 hour jeep drive, food, bed and breakfast the next morning. Jumped at the chance, quite a good deal. Up at half 5 in the morning tomorrow but another late night talking away. Shame I can't have a beer. Would have been a just reward for a long day.