Petra Inn Hotel Wadi Musa

... it in 1812.<br> <br>We continue through the Siq. We can&#8217;t believe the bold colors (white, blue, yellow, red) on the rock and the stunning patterns which look hand painted. Its nature&#8217;s rock art gallery, sculptured and contoured from the wind and erosion. Finally, one more turn and you can start to see it &#8211; the Treasury (Al Khazneh). Carved out of solid, iron-laded sandstone in the 1st Century to serve as a tomb of ...

... climbing up a wall carved into the rock to avoid getting snagged on the top of the barbed wire fence. I started jogging back, worried about the time, but when I arrived at the treasury sooner than I'd planned to, I realized I'd make it after all. I hung out around the treasury before running into some more Americans. "Where are you from?" they asked. "St. Louis" I said. "You're kidding." (them). "Nope" (me). They were from Des Peres, living about 10 minutes away ...

... Petra. I'm still not up to it to be honest but i can't miss seeing Petra especially because its included on my tour. I probably won't go around and see it all but i want to see the khazneh and the siq. Other than that i'm not too fussed. To me it's not really a must see, it's more of a thing to tick off a list.<br><br>Anyhow i've missed a lot of stuff out but that will leave stuff for me to talk about when i get back i suppose.<br><br>Danii<br>

... Sea and float like rubber duck in a bath, get dead sea mud bath, skin is so soft, zip to Petra for delicious buffet then have 5 layers of skin scrubbed off in traditional Turkish Bath.<br><br>Day 4 PETRA the lost city, the jewel in the crown of the trip. Would it hold up? Would it meet my expectations.? Petra doesn't blow my mind away, it kicks it into orbit! We all walk 20 kilometers that day exploring the vast forgotten ...

... stuk was.. Dus haalde een vriend ons in de woestijn op, ergens werden mijn kisten vandaan getoverd, zodat ik niet mank door de woenstijn hoefde op flipflops, en na een heerlijke falafel uit Atallah's restaurant (hij heeft een stuk of 3 bedrijven en een kast van een huis, waarvan die nog niet de helft echt gebruikt) werden we in Wadi Musa gedropt, waar we zelf voorraad en onze tickets konden kopen en door de hoofdingang Petra mochten betreden.<br><br>Petra is ...

... from earlier. Our feet were killing us and the touts&#8217; offers of a camel or horse carriage up the hill was tempting but we continued on our own efforts not wanting to use the animals. There were very few stragglers left in the area and all were heading to the entry gate. At the treasury we got some photos of it with less people around and the souq was pretty in the golden light of the setting sun. Of the whole trip this was Wayne&#8217;s must see place as he had ...

... br><br>Well, it's time to conclude now. Tomorrow, at 9 we board yet another local bus taking us to the Jordan-Israel border, with Eilat as our destination. There, we intend to rest up for a few days of fun on the Mediteranean before we continue our journey north to the Dead Sea and beyond. The adventure continues.<br><br>All the best, and once again, we love your feedback, expecially since it's been so positive! Seriously, thanks for the contact--we're beginning to get a little homesick.<br><br>

... zum einzigen freistehenden Gebaeude Petras, dem Qasr Al-Bint, bevor es eine Stunde lang steil bergauf zum zweitschoensten Gebaeude der Staette geht: Ad-Deir, das Kloster. Das sieht etwa genauso aus wie das Schatzhaus, ist nur nicht so dekadent verziert. Es liegt gleich neben ein paar Aussichtspunkten, von denen man aus Blick auf das Wadi Araba, dem Grenzverlauf zwischen Jordanien und Israel, hat. Hinzu kommt noch eine alte Kreuzfahrerburg, eine zweite ...

... is that this only encourages them to beg. Far better to donate to a local school or charity instead. But in this case we gave in, and soon regretted it! Here was this spectacular ancient religious site with people quietly admiring it's magnificence and now there was this little ragamuffin hawker blowing a loud whistle over and over again! We quickly left, to the shrill sounds of the whistle, wondering how long it would be before someone intervened and took it away from her.