On the way home, we spent a few days in Jordan. The most significant part of our stay there was our visit to Petra, a massive stone city, partially carved out of the mountains around the time of Christ. Truly incredible sight. A lot of walking though. Joseph never could have walked it and we couldn't use the stroller so I ended up being his primary beast of burden. We also decided to opt for a carriage ride to the first site and a donkey ride back though. Our first experience with either of those! You can see I was a bit big for the donkey and provoked a few snickers from other tourists. This city was a secret for centuries, hidden by the high cliffs you can see in first picture. The treasury building you can see in the next one was far and away the most impressive, hollowed right out of the mountain.
