What's not to love about Petra, with all the buildings carved out of the rock face. Well there are a few things not to love about Petra, like the town nearby Wadi Musa, for some unknown reason any great monument around the world has an incredibly dodgey town nearby that exists purely as the bunion on the toe of a marvel of the world. Then there's trying to get out of Wadi Musa, there's buses, taxis and service taxis combined with a few too many people trying to extract the hard earned from you as you flee the town for places further north. Oh and Petra involves walking and more walking, plus climbing more stairs then go up centrepoint tower. But apart from that it's an amazing place. Now how did I end up in this
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