Sella Hotel Wadi Musa
Wadi Musa, P.O.Box 29 Wadi Musa, 00962, Jordan
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Last Crusade
... s arid everywhere. It's not boring by any means though, there are incredible mountains and valleys. On the Kings Highway we snaked our way down and up three massive gorges. The biggest Wadi Mujib known as the 'Grand Canyon of Jordan' was so spectacular, you drop over 1000 metres and then rise 1000 metres, many kilometres of winding road but only a distance of 4km from one edge to the other as the crow flies.
No wonder it took us ages ...
Petra
... Petra, but it barely beats out some of the others.
As you wander farther from the Treasury you walk past numerous tombs carved into the rock, then an amphitheater that could seat 7000 and includes a Roman stage. Most of Petra has been destroyed by three major earthquakes over the last few thousand years, but what remains is amazing and awe inspiring.
The weather for hiking here has been spot on perfect. Mid 70’s with ...
Petra Redux
... was just too expensive to stay any longer. We could find cheap food but no cheap beer (and it was approaching Friday beer night!), and after two days wandering around Petra we were done with ancient ruins. We left the hotel in the morning and wandered in the general direction of the bus station. Lucky for us, after turning down three offers from taxi drivers to take us to Aqaba for outrageous amounts of money, a local bus stopped by us and we hopped on. It was going to Aqaba, and so were ...
Petra
... the way back if I just stayed on the right side of the bus.
Our stop on the way was at a souvenir shop. There was a ton of handmade art for sale, although most of it waaay too expensive. Also, much of it looked like it was pretty old and not brand-new. However, it was gorgeous. It was being guarded by the tourist police, but I'm not sure how much help they would have been as they were mostly just sitting around smoking hookah. I'm pretty ...
Each year reveals more that has been discovered
... t have time to 'soak' in the atmosphere of the place on our leisurely walk back, so the later was called for this time around. No regrets. The High Place of Sacrifice will also require a visit next time. So many interesting things to discover. There is available to do, a 5 day walking tour, camping in the city each night. This gives you an idea of how much there is to see at this point in time. More being discovered all the time.
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