Jordan / Petra: Say Hello to the Bedouin Women
Tweet Wherever you have tourists, you will have souvenir and trinket sellers. And some of them make for great portraits. Like the two Bedouin women I met in Petra.
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Jordan / Petra Tour VII: The Bazaar Street, Great Temple and more!
TweetThis is a part of a series on Petra in Jordan (not possible to cover all in one post) The wonders of Petra continue as I walked – here is more! Colonnaded Street (100 – 200 A.D.) Wouldn’t you just love to go back to the time when Petra was at the peak of its glory, and its main street [...]
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Jordan / Petra Tour VI: The Colourful Caves
Tweet This is a part of a series on Petra in Jordan (not possible to cover all in one post). What do you get when Mother Nature decides to wield the paint brush? If the natural and man-made rock features and monuments were not enough, we have the colourful caves in Petra to admire too.
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Jordan / Petra Tour V: The Tombs and the Theatre
TweetThis is a part of a series on Petra in Jordan (not possible to cover all in one post). The Treasury is the most famous landmark in Petra, and may fool you into thinking that not much lies beyond. Quite the contrary. It is only the beginning of an exploration that can take days to cover if you really want [...]
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Jordan / Petra Tour IV: The Treasury or Al Khazneh
TweetThis is a part of a series on Petra in Jordan (not possible to cover all in one post). The most famed of Jordan’s landmarks is a mystery. Why was the Al Khazneh, or The Treasury, in the ancient city of Petra, built? No one knows for sure. But everyone wants to visit it when in Jordan. And for good [...]
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Jordan / Petra Tour III: You are never alone inside the Siq
TweetThis is a part of a series on Petra in Jordan (not possible to cover all in one post). The Siq, the passage to the city of Petra, was formed by the natural splitting of the mountain. In the process, fascinating rock formations were created, each shape depicting something eye catching. Just like clouds in the sky, you see what [...]
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Jordan / Petra Tour II: Walking through the Siq
TweetThis is a part of a series on Petra in Jordan (not possible to cover all in one post). The Siq is one of the most interesting mile long (actually less than a mile, about 1.2 kms) walk you can take. It is sandstone gorge, that may have been created by the natural splitting of the mountain; it gently winds [...]
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Jordan / Petra: Care for a donkey taxi? Or a horse or camel taxi?
Tweet Would you like a donkey taxi to tour Petra? Exploring the ancient city is no mean task if you want to get a good look. It almost seems endless. With the sun at its harshest best in the mostly cloudless sky, and the rocky desert terrain adding to the heat factor, you need stamina of a different kind to [...]
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Jordan / Petra Tour I: Entrance to the start of the Siq
TweetA single post on the individual attractions of Petra might be too long and unattractive to read – so here goes a series on it. From the moment you are inside Petra, you neck will be craning in every direction for you to catch a glimpse on all that is to offer. Bab Al-Siq
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Jordan / Petra: Tips for exploring the ancient city
TweetWhen in Petra, the sun, heat, dust and the near endless city do not make it easy to explore. Here are some tips to keep you going: * Start Early: Some guides (including mine) suggested we start after 10 a.m. Thank Goodness I prevailed and left at 7. As the sun gets higher, it becomes a bigger challenge to keep [...]
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Jordan / Petra: A city cut into rock by the Nabataeans, 2200 years ago
TweetThis is the first in a series of posts on Petra in Jordan. One of the Seven Wonders of the World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Petra is Jordan’s greatest visitor attraction. It is an endless ancient city, carved into rock faces by the Nabataeans, highly gifted Arab tribes, who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,200 years ago.
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Jordan / Dead Sea: Try sinking in it, you cannot!
Tweet I had heard a few things about the Dead Sea but I sure was in for a few surprises. I have done more than an average Joe’s share of mountain driving, but the one to the Dead Sea was different. For once, the winding roads took me not up, but down – 400 metres (1,312 feet) feet below sea [...]
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Jordan / Wadi Rum: Meeting the Bedouin Camel Safaris
Tweet I went exploring Wadi Rum in a jeep safari but would recommend you try a camel safari too. I would have too if I had the time. You can do so for any period of time – an hour to many days. They are conducted by the local Bedouins – a cheerful lot! They allowed me to click them, [...]
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Jordan / Wadi Rum: A Sunset You Never Saw Before
Tweet I have already written about Wadi Rum in Jordan being one of the most fascinating desert landscapes on the planet. As sunset approached, my 4×4 driver urged me to stop clicking pictures if I wanted to catch the sunset. I love sunsets and I was not going to miss this one!
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Jordan / Wadi Rum: Natural Rock Faces, Phantoms, Monsters, Pharoahs, Ghouls, Nymphs, Mummies Etc.
TweetJordan is a fascinating country – completely a desert but one where the sand, winds and time have created fascinating natural rock structures. Amongst these – if you look carefully – are many natural shapes that look like faces, animals, phantoms, ghouls, vampires, mummies, squids, ghosts, skulls, skeletons and more. And they all seem to be wanting to say something. [...]
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Jordan / Wadi Rum: A Vast, Echoing and God-Like Desert
Tweet Wadi Rum in Jordan offers one of the most magnificent desert landscapes in the world, and was described by the Lawrence of Arabia as ‘vast, echoing and God-like.’ Mountains of sandstone and granite rise from open valleys, reaching heights of 1,700 metres. Sand and wind have made these rock features fascinating to watch.
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