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Petra, you betcha (it just gets better and better)
A Travel Blog entry by jacontheroad from Petra, Jordan
... rooms and then got the driver to take us down into Petra. I had been quite specific about him staying to take us down to Petra. The hotel has a shuttle, but as we were only staying for one night, and as we already had a driver I really didn't want ...
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Petra
A Travel Blog entry by fletcherclaytor from Petra, Jordan
... We pulled into town as the sun was sinking, dropping Manuela and Kerstin at their hotel and driving on to find ours. The Petra Moon Hotel is very close to the entrance to Petra. They were offering a Petra by Moonlight tour that night for JD12. We ...
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Petra
A Travel Blog entry by magnoliakitties from Petra, Jordan
... trip - Petra. Since we were staying in the hotel directly across the street from the entrance we were able to walk to Petra from the hotel. It was nice not to have to board a bus to get to your destination. Our tour started at 8:30 a.m. ...
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Petra: the highlight of our trip
A Travel Blog entry by willa_andrew from Petra, Jordan
... It is literally a combination of the Grand Canyon and the Great Pyramids wrapped together. Like the Grand Canyon, Petra has breathtaking and beautiful stone that changes color in all different lights. The range of textures is ...
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Petra, the Rose City
A Travel Blog entry by maynoles from Petra, Jordan
... these trails & hills in black cowboy boots (very expensive boots from Texas, I might add). After a 12 hour day, the grand finale was a view of the Treasury from above. Magical, mystical, spiritual, these are some of the words which might describe our ...
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Petra - What an unforgettable experience!!
A Travel Blog entry by xuanargi from Petra, Jordan
21st January 2010: Petra : We woke up early and drove to Petra from our hotel in Wadi Musa. It was just a 10-minutes drive away and there were ample of free parking spaces at the entrance of Petra. Our fiery excitement at finally arriving at this Wonder ...
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Madaba-Wadi Majib-Karak Castle-Petra
A Travel Blog entry by ascarid_j from Petra, Jordan
... a good portion of the trip circling in the windy mountain roads. First stop was Wadi Majib, has a nick name of Grand Canyon of Jordan. The view was great, but I have to say, Grand Canyon is just hard to beat. :) Then, we stop at Karak ...
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Petra
A Travel Blog entry by iolair from Petra, Jordan
... . How crumby is that?! A nice thought to accompany the stink of poo, but a poor association for such a grand place. Secondly, the food we had in Petra was all top notch. The lentil soup was to die for and everything else was not far behind. Thirdly, ...
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The WC with canyon views and a wonder of the world
A Travel Blog entry by nickfear from Petra, Jordan
... destination was Petra. We took the "Kings Highway" a journey through an extraordinary canyon and desert landscape including the "Grand Canyon of Jordan" Wadi Mujib. You don't see many buildings but one enterprising Bedouin has established a coffee stop ...
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Live at Red Rocks (Under a Blood Red Sky)
A Travel Blog entry by delsar from Petra, Jordan
... royal tombs, along the street of colonnades, up the long and winding trail and steps to the second most impressive sight at Petra, the Monastery, another massive tomb carved into the rock that was possibly used as a church in the Byzantine period. The ...
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Indiana Jones here I come!
A Travel Blog entry by rebecca.mcneal from Petra, Jordan
... take a short taxi ride to "Little Petra" – which was free and spent an hour or so wandering the less grand smaller Petra – sans tourists. It was still remarkable and an interesting way for comparison. The people were setting up a ...
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Rock of Ages
A Travel Blog entry by 2totango from Petra, Jordan
... by Moussa’s tea, we sought out to climb Jabal al-Khubtha. This towering mount gave another sweeping view over all of Petra - well at least the mountainous landscape. One of the best things about Petra is that all of the buildings are ...
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Jordan: A Wonder & an Arabian Night
A Travel Blog entry by trockie from Petra, Jordan
... 's name was "Michael Jackson" too. I think that is the name they give all the tourists. After touring Petra I returned to the hotel for a shower, the best mango ice cream ever, and quick nap. That night I went to a restaurant ...
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King's Highway Amman to Petra
A Travel Blog entry by karl.and.kat from Kings Highway, Karak, Jordan
... . I cannot find any information on this mosque. I must have the wrong name??? But we went to a very important mosque, with a grand history which was totally overshadowed by the fact that 1) at first the attendants refused to let us in, causing a big ...
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Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Petra
A Travel Blog entry by youngtravellers from Wadi Musa, Jordan
... and banking services. It is believed that camel caravans were received in four outlying districts and never actually entered Petra. There are few free-standing buildings in Petra (it is thought that the Nabataeans actually lived in ...
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From Petra to Aqaba
A Travel Blog entry by i8toomuch from Aqaba, Jordan
Got up early so that we could have more time exploring Petra today. It's a really beautiful ancient city built sometime in 6th century BC by the Nabetaean Arabs. It's also where they filmed part of the movie: Indiana Jones and the last Crusades. ...
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A Sojourn in Syria
A Travel Blog entry by suesy6652 from Damascus, Syria
... the highest ramparts. We were in our hotel - a rather kitschy and extraordinary version of a ‘castle’ but with a grand view of the real one - by 3.30pm. Our room was huge - a cave-like bathroom separating the bedroom area ...
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Amman
A Travel Blog entry by lishinlondon from Amman, Jordan
... last time I was on a horse I was 12 and was bucked off Sandy Lund's horse legs astride over an electric fence....until Petra I had never even considered getting on a horse again. The last two km into the valley everyone was getting snap happy at all ...
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Coptic Cairo!
A Travel Blog entry by msu from Cairo, Egypt
... you imagine remembering SEVEN anniversaries? That would seem rather difficult. After the mosque, we went out on the citadel to catch a grand view of Cairo. It looked like a poster for Wall-e 2. Just a grim situation. Then I turned ...
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