Leaving Little Petra, we made our manner over to Petra through a stop-off for lunch, as after we arrived again in Petra we might 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 perspective appeared, we had no concept the right way to discover it and so armed with photographs 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 way of these large boulders making our option 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 worry 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 lots 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 have been completed right here, we retraced our steps again in the direction of the place we got here up the canyon, however as an alternative 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 manner over to the alternative facet of the place we’d simply been however after that, the whole lot else was fairly simple.
And by simple, I don’t imply straightforward.
You’re nonetheless climbing up within the mountains however a minimum of there was nothing that triggered any of our worry of heights.
The panorama up right here by the way in which is simply completely attractive and also you get such a special 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 mentioned, there are undoubtedly lots much less scary methods to search out your manner up right here (like the way in which we went again down felt like a significantly better possibility for getting up right here and even got here with stairs).
Ultimately, 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 explanation why we have been okay with ingesting teas and coffees like it is because they’re boiled and piping scorching which alleviated any considerations of we would have had in any other case concerning 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 a lot of folks actually don’t like downhill climbing nevertheless it’s like certainly one of my favorite issues to do.
Uphill climbing I wrestle with and shall 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 may really be our ultimate day of the journey in Petra earlier than we would depart for the desert the following day and so we needed to take a second after we acquired to the underside to soak up the sweetness that’s Petra within the sundown.
Someway, at the present time that was speculated to be stress-free had turned out to be one of the vital energetic ones we’d had to this point and undoubtedly one of the vital rewarding as we uncovered elements of this historic misplaced Kingdom we’d maybe have missed out on in any other case.
Ultimately, we made our manner again to the doorway, through the unbelievable canyon the place we discovered a bar to toast to how wonderful Petra had been.
See you in Wadi Rum within the subsequent put up.
It’s a spot you already know even when you don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so could Hollywood motion pictures.
However, like I mentioned, extra on that within the subsequent put up. 😁😁
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