Petra Panorama Hotel Wadi Musa

... out of time. We just can&#8217;t believe how enormous the whole complex is and how colossal the temples and tombs are. Oh rock me, baby. By this time we have now walked a total of 4 km. (2.5 mi.).<br> <br>We decide to return later to see Petra by Night. The temp is warm, there is no wind, and the moon is almost full. We are met with 1,000 candles set along the Siq all the way to the Treasury. More than 100 candles are also placed on the ...

... the tombs and then climbed straight up to the Place of High Sacrifice. Very hard walk some 400 steps up but gave a great panoramic view.<br><br>Time for a break and some mint tea at the top and we headed down to the rear of the site and the base of the climb to the Monastary, we were accosted by local Bedouin kids selling rocks and as it turns out photos - as Dee found out when she took a pic of one little girl only to be chased down the path with the girl yelling ...

... Very cool. After about 2 hours of driving we made our way to Petra, another 7K's of walking, so all in all, Cody and I walked 21 K's in 2 days! We made our way through the high walls of rock passing beautiful coloured rock and canyon, horses and chariots galloping by us every few minutes. we finally made it to the crack where The treasury is revealed, absolutely amazing! The amount of work that these men put ...

... Iran and how wonderful the people were there too, how perfectly at ease they felt. The middle east has all the mod cons of the west and more, I love it, although enough with the Pita bread, no more seriously. I leave Petra with about 600 photographs, crazy, there is going to be a lot of culling there. We head into the Wadi Rum desert into a camp with cool tents and then have a dinner consisting of sheep and chicken that ...

... wel gaaf! Je komt eerst door een lange kloof, en dan doemt de Treasury heel indrukwekkend als een soort lichtspleet op. Bij de Treasury probeerde ik de Rough Guide foto na te bootsen, en we aaiden wat kamelen. Een kamelendrijver herkende ons uit het Bedouinendorp en had daarom 'special price' voor ons. Pas toen de prijs van 30 naar 5 JD was gedaald, wilde ik wel een ritje proberen, maar Nona kende het gehobbel al uit Marokko, dus die bleef aan de grond met de ...

... and it spilled onto the street. Tired we achingly shuffled back to the hotel where we sat in the lobby watching BBC world on telly till our roof was ready. The roof was available at 10pm and we 2 couple shuffled up and lay our sleep sheets and sleeping bags on our mattress and with a thin sheet dividing our sleeping areas we went to sleep but not before watching from the roof fireworks and guns firing as someone was celebrating a wedding. Wild stuff out here in the desert.

... seem that bad. However, after we climbed the 1 hour trail up to the monastery, we forked out about 10 CDN for a coke and an ice tea...fully worth it though in the midday heat!! I like Jordan so far. Of course, we have spent most of our time in areas away from society here. I did almost lose my sunglasses though, but local workers found them and gladly held on to them until I returned looking for them where I last had them, free of charge nonetheless ...

... durch die man alternativ zum Siq nach Petra kommt, und mehr imposante Graeber, als ich zaehlen konnte. Petra an einem Tag sehen zu wollen, ist vollkommen unmoeglich - zwei sind Pflicht, aber selbst nach dreien habe ich noch nicht alles gesehen. Es ist einfach viel zu gross und selbst fuer Nicht-Archaeologen interessant. Natuerlich kann man sich mit dem noetigen Kleingeld das viele Laufen und den daraus resultierenden Muskelkater ersparen und sich ...

... going. I told him we were going to Petra on the bus and he got out his phone and called the driver so he says, he came back to me and told me that the bus was not coming today as he could not make it, my natural yeah right thoughts which experience teaches you came into play and he started to tell me how he could help me with transport or any tours and gave me his card. Some of the touts are dodgy so you have to just be on guard but here they are easy to deal ...

... out, in a different way. Also saw very few people so was by myself for the most part. Sat up 200m or so up from the treasury on a cliff watching the people below. Met the two french people up there and we've agreed to head up to Amman on Sunday morning together. <br><br>Lots of Bedouin selling postcards, jewelery, drinks, donkey rides etc etc.. Good thing is once you've said no once they leave you alone. So different than the experience at the Pyramids. Exception is the ...