SOUTH JORDAN: Ancient Petra and the desert

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January 25th 2009

Published: February 12th 2009

One of those groups of historical peoples that failed to get a mention in any of the history books we have encountered are the tribal Nabataeans. Picture a small empire built up out of the lucrative proceeds of controlling the camel pack-train trade routes through the deserts of what is now Jordan. If it had not been for the growing influence of the spreading Roman Empire around 200AD, they would ... Read Full Entry

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Tearing asunder from a pleasant New Zealand urban environment, Benj and Arlene felt like a 'small' getaway, involving a bit of Tahiti (a few days), Easter Island (10 days), South America (6 months) and Mexico (2 months), visiting the Spanish/Iberian connection on route to the UK. Park or ride back to NZ via SE Asia, and work out how to get to Eastern Europe and Turkey in the process. Starting 20 June 2008, and not quite sure when to finish - probably when gripped either by poverty, or the need for familiarity - it´ll be the poverty. ... full info

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Strange dress

Fully expecting this guy to go Egyptian on us, he flabbergasted us all by refusing a tip. Welcome to Jordan.

Monastery

Sacrificial platform

Petra at its Best

The odd viewpoints available were the best - hanging your feet over a cliff and taking in the views.

Airforce sightseers

We were looking down on this guy from atop some nice cliffs.

Pretty Rock

Not to mention the wife...

Chatting up the Locals

'What is your name?' (in Arabic of course).

Amphitheatre

Carved into the rock, this amphitheatre was in remarkably good nick.

Footing it

We did a lot of this!

Amphitheatre from on high

Having scrambled up many stairs, even this massive building looked puny.

Side window

This rocky room had a clever ventilation and view feature.

Misty desert

Lawrences

This climb took us to a small cavern with a water supply bubbling out. Amazing. Supposedly TE Lawrence's water supply - and a few others we would imagine.

If in doubt, climb it.

Down

And why not hammer it down?

Stone bridge

Looks strong enough... just.

Team Anzac shot from the top

Bedouin tent at sundown

And the temperature was falling...

En route somewhere...

18th February 2009

Ryan
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I know exactly what u mean when u thought the guy would go all egyptian on u. my gf and i were in egypt before going to Jordan and everyone wanted a tip for every stupid thing! Jordan, the people were so much more accomadating and honest.

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