Highlights below from our week in Jordan and the 3 days visiting the lost city of Petra. Successfully made it to Egypt and now in the Sinai at Dahab.
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| Leaving Israel and walking through no-mans-land and into Jordan |
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| Time out for an ice cream in Aqaba Jordan |
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| First views of Petra formations from above |
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| Exploring Little Petra (lots of climbing) |
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| Little Petra |
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| Girls scrambling around Little Petra |
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| Little Petra |
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| Bedouins still live a nomadic lifestyle in this area |
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| Taking in a sunset at the Bedouin camp we stayed at |
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| The evening entertainment at the Bedouin camp |
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| Bedouin camp at night with the rock formations lit up |
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| Same view of the camp in the daylight |
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| Our first trip down the 2km long Siq into Petra |
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| The worlds only amphitheater carved directly out of the rocks |
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| Dazzling rock formations and one of the reasons its called the Rose City |
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| The climb up to the Monastery |
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| The spectacular Monastery which was built as a grave |
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| Another view of the Monastery (and yes a gum tree) |
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| Looking down on the Monastery from above |
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| Looking back across the valley to the Royal Tombs |
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| Closer view of the Royal Tombs |
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| The Treasury in afternoon light (can't get Indiana Jones music out of my head) |
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| Bedouin children all over Petra trying to get you to buy all sorts of things |
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| More of those rocks |
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| Climbing to the Royal Tombs |
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| Caves everywhere |
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| Looking down from the Royal Tombs, this policeman wasn't keen for his photo to be taken (from the front) |
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| This little Bedouin fellow joined us for lunch |
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| Couldn't resist feeding the donkeys |
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| Sitting in the Great Temple and ruins of a church on the other side of the valley |
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| Royal Tombs |
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| Climbing to a view of the Treasury from above (rock cut stairs) |
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| More hiking |
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| Treasury from above (track down closed so we had to walk back the way we came) |
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| Next day climbing up to the High Place |
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| Cooling down on a cold rock |
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| The High Place of sacrifice |
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| Played a game of "Spot the Bonnie" |
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| The Lion Fountain |
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| Nancy making friends |
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| Heather making friends with a baby goat (or sheep?) |
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| Not sure what these were (most likely graves) |
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| The photogenic Treasury |
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| Indiana Jones first glimpse of the Treasury as he exits the Siq |
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| North of Petra we climbed Shobak Castle built by the Crusaders in about 1100 |
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| Indiana Jones at Shobak Castle finding treasures in dark tunnels |
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| Shobak Castle (walls rebuilt by the Ottomans) |
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| Drive back to Aqaba from Petra |
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