Leaving Little Petra, we made our method over to Petra by way of a stop-off for lunch, as after we arrived again in Petra we’d be searching for a viewpoint that we’d seen so many occasions in photographs and movies (earlier than arriving in Petra).
As apparent as the point of view appeared, we had no concept discover it and so armed with photographs of it, we employed a neighborhood information to attempt to take us there.
Our information ended up being a teenage boy who knew this complete place just like the again of his hand.
He quickly had us scrambling by way of these enormous boulders making our technique to the highest of the hill simply above Petra.
The upper we climbed, the scarier it acquired, and by the point we arrived on the viewpoint, with the carpet all laid out earlier than us, my concern of heights was in full overdrive.
I nonetheless do not know what possessed us to go forward and take these photographs on the viewpoint as a result of after we did it, we simply realised how ridiculously unsafe it was.
There are different viewpoints like this so much decrease down and simpler to get to however this one right here is simply ridiculous.
It’s a sheer drop, and our recommendation would undoubtedly be so that you can keep away from doing it.
Plus, the view from the underside is arguably extra spectacular anyway.
As soon as we had been accomplished right here, we retraced our steps again in direction of the place we got here up the canyon, however as a substitute of taking place, we went round to take a look at the opposite components of Petra we maybe would have missed out on in any other case.
There was one other harrowing bit at one doing as we made our method over to the other aspect of the place we’d simply been however after that, the whole lot else was fairly easy.
And by easy, I don’t imply straightforward.
You’re nonetheless mountain climbing up within the mountains however at the least there was nothing that triggered any of our concern of heights.
The panorama up right here by the best way is simply completely attractive and also you get such a unique appreciation for Petra from right here.
You additionally get to see so many extra buildings that you just undoubtedly would have missed out on when you simply caught to the trail on the backside, although with that being stated, there are undoubtedly so much much less scary methods to search out your method up right here (like the best way we went again down felt like a a lot better choice for getting up right here and even got here with stairs).
Finally, we determined to cease for a second to absorb the solar slowly beginning to dip and get ourselves some tea at a tiny little shack we discovered on the high.
Additionally, full disclosure, the rationale why we had been okay with ingesting teas and coffees like it is because they’re boiled and piping scorching which alleviated any issues of we’d have had in any other case concerning the supply of the water.
Additionally, its price noting that none of us had any tummy points after ingesting any of those teas so you can also make of that what you’ll. Hehe!
After our teas, we began on the simplest a part of the hike to this point, the journey again down.
I do know a number of folks actually don’t like downhill mountain climbing however it’s like certainly one of my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountain climbing I battle with and might be one of many slowest in any group (I simply discover that I must take my time a bit extra with that) however downhill?
Oh, I’ll be on the quickest individual in any group. Hehe!
This is able to truly be our ultimate day of the journey in Petra earlier than we would depart for the desert the subsequent day and so we needed to take a second after we acquired to the underside to absorb the wonder that’s Petra within the sundown.
By some means, today that was imagined to be stress-free had turned out to be one of the lively ones we’d had to this point and undoubtedly one of the rewarding as we uncovered features of this historic misplaced Kingdom we’d maybe have missed out on in any other case.
Finally, we made our method again to the doorway, by way of the unimaginable canyon the place we discovered a bar to toast to how superb Petra had been.
See you in Wadi Rum within the subsequent submit.
It’s a spot you already know even when you don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so might Hollywood films.
However, like I stated, extra on that within the subsequent submit. 😁😁
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