Man oh man, Petra is one impressive place! I know I am repeating myself a lot in these blogs, but there are just so many amazing places in this part of the world. I had always thought Petra was a reasonable size, but all kind of together in one area. It's actually so spread out, and while there is a lot in one rift, there are many more places to look at over a huge area. A few of us spent 9 hours wandering round, climbing up and up and scrambling over rocks, hills, through valleys and generally spending the whole day amazed at what we saw. There are colours right through the rocks, not just pink, or red, or rust, but layers and layers of different rainbows of rock. The hundreds and hundreds of steps
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