Leaving Little Petra, we made our means over to Petra through a stop-off for lunch, as after we arrived again in Petra we’d be in search of a viewpoint that we’d seen so many occasions in images and movies (earlier than arriving in Petra).
As apparent as the point of view appeared, we had no thought how you can discover it and so armed with images of it, we employed an area 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 means of these big boulders making our technique to the highest of the hill simply above Petra.
The upper we climbed, the scarier it obtained, 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 don’t know what possessed us to go forward and take these images 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 loads 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 the direction of the place we got here up the canyon, however as an alternative of happening, we went round to take a look at the opposite elements 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 means over to the other aspect of the place we’d simply been however after that, all the pieces else was fairly easy.
And by easy, I don’t imply simple.
You’re nonetheless mountain climbing up within the mountains however a minimum of there was nothing that triggered any of our concern of heights.
The panorama up right here by the way in which 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 in the event you simply caught to the trail on the backside, although with that being stated, there are undoubtedly loads much less scary methods to seek out your means up right here (like the way in which we went again down felt like a significantly better choice for getting up right here and even got here with stairs).
Ultimately, we determined to cease for a second to take in the solar slowly beginning to dip and get ourselves some tea at a tiny little shack we discovered on the prime.
Additionally, full disclosure, the rationale why we had been okay with ingesting teas and coffees like it’s because they’re boiled and piping sizzling which alleviated any issues of we would have had in any other case in regards to the supply of the water.
Additionally, its value noting that none of us had any tummy points after ingesting any of those teas so you may make of that what you’ll. Hehe!
After our teas, we began on the best a part of the hike to this point, the journey again down.
I do know plenty of folks actually don’t like downhill mountain climbing nevertheless it’s like considered one of my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountain climbing I wrestle with and will likely be one of many slowest in any group (I simply discover that I have to take my time a bit extra with that) however downhill?
Oh, I’ll be on the quickest individual in any group. Hehe!
This may really be our last day of the journey in Petra earlier than we would go away for the desert the following day and so we needed to take a second after we obtained to the underside to absorb the wonder that’s Petra within the sundown.
By some means, today that was presupposed to be enjoyable had turned out to be one of the crucial lively ones we’d had to this point and undoubtedly one of the crucial rewarding as we uncovered facets of this historical misplaced Kingdom we’d maybe have missed out on in any other case.
Ultimately, we made our means again to the doorway, through the unbelievable 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 in the event 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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