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- 11. jun. 2023
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Høyde: 1 055 m
- JordanMuḩāfaz̧at Ma‘ānPetra‘Ayn aş Şadr30°19’33” N 35°28’28” E
Petra
11. juni 2023, Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
As I had the curtains up I woke up at 5.15am. Had only about 3 hours of sleep, but I knew I could go to sleep in the bus, as today it was going to take nearly 3 hours to get to Petra. Which I did.
Petra is considered one of the new 7 wonders of the world. it is unbelievable how it has been built. You go through a siq that is approximately 1.2 kms long. They had a living system, a dam system, they had a water drainage system, trading and the list is endless. How did these people do all this? Of the 14 left 8 were living to go to back to Israle today. 6 of us were going to stay one more night in Petra.
I keep putting google map photos so I know the route we are travelling on, so at a later date I can try and fathome how we got there. We stopped at a look out point and it was beautiful to see the whole valley below us. Breath taking. The photos with hthe obliques are where a person who was wealthy was burried. 4 obliques mean that 4 people are burried there. The rest of teh family lived down below. The photo with a big gap in the wall is where someone was burried but they were burried standing up into the wall and then covered over. The rest of teh family lived in the house, the balck marks on the ceiling are the smoke marks from cooking. mmmmmm....... glad I did not live then.
We just took it easy, we walked down to what is called the treasury, then just sat down and spoke with Mohamad our guide about life and lising in Jordan. He was 73 and yet worked as a guide as he had not pension system, and so had to make money to live with his wife. He had lived in USA and worked there as a taxi driver, hence the reason he did not have a pension system. George Bush kept promising residency to people living in the states , but that never happened so he had to some back as his family was in Jordan while he was in the states.
After that the Australian couple and I walked back. It had been down hill all the way, so we knew uphil was going to be hard, but we did it in 45 minutes. We went to where we were supposed to meet for lunch, and had freshly squeezed lemon and mint juice. That was lovely. Then once every one got back we had lunch and then had to part company as the 8 going back were going to the border.
Another lovely sunset over Petra and dinner for one.
I had booked a different hotel to the others so we tried to get in changed but couldnt do it, so after a rest and dinner I took a taxi and went and met up with them had a drink and discussed our plan for tomorrow. There is a lot more to see in Petra, and we had done only about one third of the way, but we were going to have a lot more time to do this tomorrow,so we discussed our plans while giving each other a hard time.
On my way back to my hotel the driver informed me that instead of walking for 3 to 4 hours to get to the end of the Petra trail, which would take 3 to 4 hours of walking depending on our fitness just one way, we could take a car and go to a place called little Petra and then take a golf cart to the last point on the trail via a differnt route, and then walk back to the start. This would cost us about NZ35.00. So once back in my hotel I put it up on our whats app group page, and the consensus seems to be that might be a good idea.
So now off to beddy bys. It is now past mid night again. What is happening to time. Tomorrow is going to be a long day, as after we do Petra, we weill leave here around 4.30pm then we hae a 2 hour journey to the Aqaba Border to Leave Jordan and then another 4 hour journey to Telaviv in Israel.
Some thing I do want to mention is the Bedouin normads, what a harsh and tough life they live. I feel so grateful for what we have, but at the same time wonder why we are where we are, and they are where they are. How does life work like that. Why can we all not have the same or there abouts. I have tried to convince myself that they might be very happy, but when you see the shepherd who is sitting or walking or on a donkey tending to his little flock in the harsh sun, with no shade while the animals are feeding, life does not seem fair at all.Les mer
Reisende Wow, such a harsh but stunning landscape.
Reisende One of the Wonders of the Ancient World
Cool photos mum :) [Shan]