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August 19th 2009

Published: August 19th 2009

Since I’m still way behind with my blogs I thought I’d pump out another one. This one will be short, because I didn’t do much of anything interesting, but I thought my habit of sticking to a blog entry for approximately each week was working out pretty well (except for the previous two entries obviously). So this relates to the period July 20-26. After the archaeology survey I had planne... Read Full Entry

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Daniel Gerber

Drinkthewater

UPDATE (April 2013) This site was the blog I kept for my long-term travels, mainly through Asia, in 2009-2010. I'm not maintaining it any more. I've done numerous trips since then but haven't kept them on this blog. I did run my own blog for a year but unfortunately lost that data. END UPDATE For those who're not familiar with blogs, note that this part is only my profile, the blog entries are linked from the bottom of this page (or subscribe, so you'll always know when I have a new one) Having always dreamed about travel, previously mainly done it as three-week or four-week sort... full info

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Petra - colonnades

"The Colonnaded Street"

Petra - Tomb

Another Tomb

Petra - indoors

Inside one of the caves

Petra - donkey

A donkey

Petra - lizard

About three times I saw a really beautiful blue lizard, but they never stood still long enough for me to put the zoom lense on my camera, so I've put up this photo of a boring lizard instead. Just imagine it was blue.

Petra - Treasury again

Another shot of the Treasury, taken in the late afternoon to try to make it look "rose-red"

Petra - Treasury again, again

Touts and camel drivers hanging around the clearing between the end of the Siq and the Treasury

Petra - High Place of Sacrifice again

Looking out over the mountains from up near the High Place of Sacrifice

Petra - Monastery

The Monastery

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