Petra Travel Blogs - Page 7

My wife Bek and I flew into Cairo on Xmas day to pick up a tour a few days later. On the tour we visited Aswan, Luxor, the Red sea, the Dead Sea, Aquaba, Wadi Rum, Petra and a few other places before flying out of Amman

When the sun sets in the west...

Looking for immortality, I traveled to Petra, Jordan. The cup of Christ is surely to be located in Petra. All I have to do is choose, choose wisely and the Holy Grail will be mine. Just as long as I don't get greedy and let it cross the great seal. I didn't find the Holy Grail, but what I did find was the all so lost feeling of, "AWE". What my eyes saw that day I will never forget. And to think that I never had planned to visit Jordan. I chose...wisely

Went to Petra. very exspensive £25 to enter. then you have a long walk unless you pay more money for a ride on a horse,or donkey,or in a carriage,then its a long walk uphill/steps to the top . i went early,but on the way down passed coach party of older people coming up in the afternoon heat, they looked about ready to have heart attack.i walked under the shade of my umbrella,i was thirsty though as i refused to pay £2 for a btl water.

Adventures in Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey for a month

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.