Saturday, August 02, 2008

Petra, Jordan








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.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We “me and family” made a trip to Petra in Jordan in April 2007. it was a piece of art and  fabulous.


We flew from Berlin to Amman- Jordan. We traveled at modern buses with a guide/driver.



Our route was Amman, Jerash, Ajloun , Petra , Dead Sea.



On the way we experienced architectural, archaeological, historical and cultural places: noble mosques, interesting museums, ancient castle, unique ruins, stone paths, the lowest point on earth with mineral salty water at Dead sea. Also we went to see how nomads live in their tents.

 


Before our trip we got a lot of warnings and surprising comments on Jordanians' hostility toward Westerners. Anyhow in every city, town and village we felt ourselves very welcome and every person was polite and hospitable to us.



Our guide was the best possible guide. His knowledge of Jordan, the past and the present is enormous and his driving style is convincing, A trip with him was like a trip with a friend not with a formal guide.

 
From my experience, http://libertytourism.com/Programs.html is one of the best tours at Jordan where all you may need and ask on one place.  
 



Hans Herrman