Thursday - Petra

on March 03, 2011 by Walt Dilg

Thursday – Petra

                If you are going to drive 3 hours  one way to get somewhere, it better be worth it.  Petra is!  What an incredible site.  The Nabotean capital, a major trading post along the southeastern route, this place is simply beyond words.  Following a gorge with increasingly higher and higher walls, after about a mile of walking or so you spill out in front of the Treasury Building.  This is the structure used in the Indiana Jones movie in which he was searching for the holy grail.  This may be the most beautiful of these mountainside carvings, but there are many, many more as this was a city.  Most of these structures ended up being tombs for the wealthy citizens.  The site simply knocks your socks off.  It is a must see if you are ever in Jordan. 

Tomorrow we have our last day in Jordan with a visit to Jerash, one of the best preserved Greco-roman ruins in this region, then it is back to Israel and the airport in Tel Aviv.   With all going well, we should be back in San Diego around noon on Saturday.  See you all soon.