Marriott Petra Wadi Musa
Queen Rania Al Abdullah Street Wadi Musa, 71810, Jordan
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The Treasury -- Petra
We joined our new group this morning and discovered there are 14, all Americans except for us 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 …
Finding Nebo
December 25, 2005: Merry Christmas to all! It is so strange to be away from home in another country on Christmas Day, although it is nice to be so far removed from the utter commercialization of this holy day that has permeated an American Christmas. Today is a holiday in Jordan, as well. But the streets, stores and TV shows are pleasantly void of …
Uncovered buried citiy of Petra
Pre-trip Itinerary: Petra, Jordan Petra is a city carved in the mountains and set in a canyon that has only one entrance, known as the "Siq," a very narrow passageway, which could be easily defended against attack by an invading army. This morning you enter the "Lost City" of Petra, hidden to the outside world for hundreds of years. A short …
Fam's in Jordan
Marhabtane!
Life has been going great since my last blog. For those of you who watch the news, yes protests are happening in Amman, yes one person died (allegedly of a heart attack), but things are safe and sound in the peaceful bastion of stability that is Jordan. Midterms have come and gone, and I survived (hopefully, in sha allah). …
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Petra the Rose City
... Roman Road built throughout.
From the Treasury we walked another 3 kilometres viewing all the other buildings carved high in the rocks. We climbed up to investigate another huge temple in which the natural colour of the rocks is a decoration in itself.Unfortunately the weather was not kind. It remained extremely cold with a bitter wind that stirred up the sand. Fletcher bought himself a bedouin headress to keep warm and I had sand in my ...



