Petra Travel Blogs - Page 2

Late afternoon we came to Petra, one of the 7 worldwonders. Allready late, we visited Little Petra. It is older then Petra itself and it gave us a little impression what we could see the next day. One hour spending is enough, but is is amazing to see how old these structures in the mountains are. …

Petra might just now be my favorite ruin site ever.  It is beautiful and vast and interesting from every angle. We got there early, so glad that we did.  The whole valley was almost empty- it felt like we had the city to ourselves.  First there is the Treasury, and it is as perfect …

Spent a week in Jordan and this time I got to do more touring than usual.

Read any of my blogs and you will know that I am a cynical and hard to impress writer..see if Petra managed it..... here is a hint..I need a good nights sleep and some time to get the 200+ photos into a usable format. I will delete this log entry and add a new one when it is ready.Happy Valentines …

Today was a wonderful day. Exhaustion and earplugs let me have a seven hour sleep through Ken's snoring, and there was decent orange juice with breakfast. Petra. A rose-red city, half as old as time (actually Burgon retracted the ‘rose-red’ afterwards, when he visited and thought it wa…

Three days ago I walked through the Siq at Petra, it is a long path that cuts through massive rock and ends at the Treasury (from Indiana Jones). It got more and more amazing as we walked through: the walls grew higher and since we went in the early morning, the path was quiet and still. When I f…

Wow...all the pictures that you see on the web will not prepare you for Petra. It's amazing and a place where you can really let your imagination run wild. Having just become one of the new wonders of the world, the already crowded Petra will likely be even busier...but that's just the way it is as…

Amman, The Dead Sea, Petra...Amazing! More to write later.

From Amsterdam to Amman and by bus to the south to Aqaba. Back my national plain from Aqaba to Amman and a flight to Amsterdam. Most beautifull sights are for me Wadi Rum desert and Petra. Stunning ! (in Progress!)

Petra has always been a dream destination for me. After a few days of business in Amman, I finally had the chance to visit this ancient city. It was blazing hot of course, but that wasn't going to stop me! Petra was built by the Nabateans-ancient bedouin traders and apparently great architects and engineers as well. They built some amazing structures and hydraulic systems throughout the city. Incredible.

GET there early like everyone says and bring water with you, there are people sellingit inside for a few bucks and it's ICE cold~ the tour buses arrive around 9 am and for pic's without 100's of people early is better plus cooler temps. it cost $21 jd to get in and took 30 min to reach the SIQ…

I gave today to Petra but Petra gave me so much more in return.  We spent the day touring this magnificent, ancient city.  Arriving early in the morning we took the descent down along the Roman paved road lined with sheer rockface towering above us.  This area is completely shaded be…

After sitting in the cab (with air conditioning !) for about 3 hours, Mario pulled over where we were able to look out over the valley Wadi Mousa and the town which he said has grown quite a bit to accommodate the increasing number of visitors.  On the far side of the valley is Jabel Haro…

Petra, Wadi Rum and more

I spent a week in Jordan and traveled around on my own. This is what I saw