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The Town of Wadi Musa, next to Petra, Jordan Sights from the town of Wadi Musa, including our hotel and restaurants we ate at. |
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The Siq, Petra, Jordan The Siq is the long twisting path between cliff walls leading up to the Treasury. |
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The Treasury, Petra, Jordan The Treasury is the highlight of Petra, and lives up to it's name. Pictures don't do it justice - just go. |
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The Royal Tombs, Petra, Jordan The Royal Tombs, in between the Treasury and the City Center. |
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The Monastery, Petra, Jordan The Monastery took about an hour to hike up to from the City Center, and is beautiful. There is even a Coke stand at the top to reward your efforts. Leave the poor donkeys alone, the hike isn't that bad. |
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Hike to the High Place of Sacrifice, Petra, Jordan The High Place of Sacrifice was a great hike - the sight itself wasn't that great, but the views and tombs we saw on the way there made it worthwhile. |
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The sights of the City Center, Petra, Jordan The sights of the City Center in Petra. |
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The Church in the City Center, Petra, Jordan The Church is well preserved and has some beautiful mosaics |
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A hike above the treasury, Petra, Jordan We went for a hike to get a great view (away from the crowds) of the treasury from up above. |
Well, we went on the night tour of Petra last night and really enjoyed it. They light thousands of candles to illuminate the the route through the Siq to the Treasury and the space in front of it. There is then a folk music performance which echos around the walls of the canyon. ... (read more →)
We stayed at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Wadi Musa just outside the gate to Petra. The location was fantastic and we paid only $50 a night. The hotel itself is more like a run down Holiday Inn than what a Crowne Plaza would normally be, but it has a nice clean pool with fabulous ... (read more →)
We ate a couple of times at the Cave Bar located right next to the entrance to Petra and right next door to the Crowne Plaza (owned by them, too). Although it was a little on the expensive side (compared to other restaurants in Wadi Musa) when was the last time you had dinner in ... (read more →)
From Aqaba’s heat we went to Wadi Rum and were pleasantly surprised to find it much cooler (35C/90F). Wadi Rum is a dry river bed in the desert with spectacular scenery. We drove around some, then took a 5 hour break during which our "guide"/driver lost his tip, and then watched the sunset ... (read more →)
