Marriott Petra Wadi Musa

... floor, watching the Bedouins herd their camels for the night.<br><br>By the time we are finished with Wadi Rum it is already 5 PM and we have a long drive to Petra, arriving at our hotel, the Petra Diamond Hotel, at 7 PM. We knew our previous hotel was too good to continue, as the Petra Diamond Hotel is another one of a long line of hotels used by Imaginative Traveller needing lots of updating and repair. We can hardly move in our room ...

I walked from the car to the ticket window to find that ticket prices were steep. 21 JD (about 30 US Dollars). But what was I going to do, turn around and drive the four hours back to Amman without having seen Petra? I coughed up the money and went in, immediately taken aback by the beautiful landscape with homes and facades carved right into it. Petra was a trading town of the Nebetians that popped up right around the time of Jesus' birth. Rather than use the rock ...

... at less and there are actually road rules though they still don't seem to be too into seat belts which i've gotten used to. No more searching for a non existent seat belt every time i get in a car.<br><br> They take tourism very seriously here and as a result they are always trying to give you the best service possible whereas in Egypt they seemed to take tourists more for granted. That's the impression i got anyway. They are also quite ...

... pieces of the Petra puzzle. There were 2 earthquakes in I think Ad 500 and 800 or so and a lot of Petra was destroyed and cracks in the rocks evidence of them. The free standing temples and the main archway entry were toppled. Coming to the bottom of the hill we were at the museum which was small but gave a good overview of the area and how it developed as a main trade centre for the spice and silk route from Asia through to the Middle East as a caravan route ...

... in mildly cold water, then had a long session in a hot steam room, had another cold water rinse, then a thorough body scrubbing, hot stones, and the piece de resistance, a full body massage by a real pro. Ohmigod, once I had showered off, my skin tingled and I virtually squeeked when I walked. Now, you might ask, what about my dear wife and her Turkish bath? Well, here's where the story gets ugly!<br><br>Bonnie had not been feeling up to snuff for the past 4-5 days. She had ...

... had a nice hot cup of Hibiscus tea. We first listened to some local music which filled the air and drifted you back thousands of years to what it must have been like. Next was a man who told us some local stories and was very entertaining and finally was some more music. The whole night was amazing and it was great to get some of the old world culture. It was a great way to finish our time in Petra and well worth coming to this wonderful place. Next stop the Dead Sea and Madaba.<br><br> <br>

... vom Handel, da sie damals direkt an vielen wichtigen Handelsrouten sass und vor allem Schutzgeld kassieren konnte. Sogar als man im Jahr 106 n.Chr. von den Roemern erobert wurde, gedieh die Stadt weiter. Erst als sich die Handelsrouten verschoben und mehrere Erdbeben die Stadt nach und nach zerstoerten, musste man sie im 6. Jahrhundert voellig aufgeben. Wenn man Petra besuchen will, wirds aber relativ teuer: Man kann sich zwischen Tickets fuer einen ...

The highlight of our stay in Jordan was viewing the ancient city of Petra and climbing the fairly steep mountainous trail up to the Monastery. We even hummed the theme from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" on our climb and entry into the city. It was fantastic!<br><br>