Petra Diamond Hotel Wadi Musa

... 2 and**en Stellen und sollen auf ihne warten. Kurze Zeit spät** kaufen wir 2 Zweitagestickets für Petra - Kosten: 26 Dinar.<br>Danach fahren wir zu Nawafs Haus in dem Dorf., in das die Bedouinen umgesiedelt wurden, nachdem sie nicht mehr in Petra bleiben durften. Das gleiche Dorf, durch das wir einen Abend vorh** gefahren sind. Wir frühstücken gemeinsam (Hummus, Falafel, irgendwas mit Ei und Brot). Nawafs kleine Tocht** scheint sehr schücht**n und wirft uns komische Blicke zu. Als ...

... our guide had said that we needed to support the hotel so we all shelled out the 10JD ($15) for the meal. <br><br>It was cooler in Jordan, and because I was trying to dry my laundry I decided we'd sleep with the window open that night. I must have forgotten where I was because at 5 am the call to prayer rang out and woke Carla and I up. It was pretty loud. I liked hearing it during the daytime but I could think of nicer ways to be woken up ...

... vervolgens moesten we weer naar boven, naar ons dorp. Gelukkig was het spits, dus kregen we op een gegeven moment een lift op een donkey aangeboden van een dorpsbewoner! Jay! <br><br>Ghassab en Atallah waren kwijt, dus hebben we bij Atallah ingebroken, en nu zitten we lekker gedouchet te internetten, tot Atallah ons komt voeren.. This is the life..!<br><br>Ow, en Ghassab googlet zichzelf graag, dus bij dezen: hi Ghassab! Es war supertoll bei dir im Bedouinendorf!

... guy shrugged and told me that he only had a quick question to ask and proceeded to jump ahead anyway. <br> <br>Those that forget to knock: After checking into the utterly luxurious King David Hotel (home to such politicians/public figures/celebrities (shown in their walk of fame) as Winston Churchill, Henry Kissinger, Henry Ford, Anwar Saddat, Queen Elizabeth, Dr. Ruth, Jean Claude Van Damme, and The Black Eyed Peas, a bellhop came bursting in with fruits, nuts ...

... avec les iraniens, plus de 90% de la population est musulmane mais l'application de l'islam est moins radicale : beaucoup de femmes ne portent aucun voile de quelque sorte que ce soit et bénéficient apparemment des mêmes droits que les hommes (presque), l'alcool n'est pas interdit et on peut même porter des shorts! Par contre ce qui ne change pas c'est l'appel à la prière beuglé à coup de MégaWatts par les haut-parleurs des mosquées 5 fois ...

... hooks now as we were so close! <br><br>We arrived in our hotel (one of the best ones) although ours were the only room that wasn't ready we dumped our stuff in a friends room and met in the foyer. Once we were all there we started our walk down to the gated enterance to the ancient city that was Petra. Once through the gates it's a 2km walk down to the first big building (the treasury). The whole 2kms is in this really narrow gorge you can see why Petra was never conqured by the Romans ...

... s a "Treasury" (the famous building that most people associate with Petra if they've seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), which might not have actually been a treasury. There's a "monastery" that it turns out wasn't necessarily a monastery. The "temple" is most likely a city hall. And for an ancient city estimated at a population of about 35,000 plus an economy based on the incense trade (translation lots of people passing through town), there's a curious lack of some of ...