Petra

I first visited Petra when I was living in Cairo in 2000 and that is when these pictures were taken. As of September 2007, I am now living in Jordan, in Amman, so I hope to update these pictures soon. Watch this space.

Petra. But what an amazing place. Emerging from the canyon almost too narrow for a horse and cart and then to be confronted by the ancient treasury chiselled out of the sandstone cliff has got to be one of the most amazing sights in the world.

siq The treasury, Petra

After visiting the treasury and surrounding monuments and buildings, the gorge opens up a bit. Here is the amphitheatre.

After going through the gorge you enter a wide and hidden valley. Here are still more buildings excavated out of the soft rock.

The intrepid Indiana Jones'

There are still a few buildings surviving and amazing mosaics. After all, the Petran civilisation was of about the same time as the Romans and shared a lot of their culture.

Taking time to explore the amazing scenery is one of the highlights of a trip

Quite some distance from the other buildings and way up another hidden valley is another masterpiece - the so-called Cathedral

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