The morning we woke up at wadi rum we had to wait for the water truck to deliver water to the bathroom at the camp sight, the bathrooms were prettty gross
We were in Petra (officially one of the 7 wonders of world) by late afternoon. Petra was unbelievable. To imagine that an ancient society that dates back as far as 1550 BC used to live there is unfathomable. We walked around and saw these small cut outs in the surrounding mountains that used to serve as houses. It took us over an hour to get to the main attraction at Petra (the treasury).
The walk to the treasury was about a mile long, but there was so much to see on the way. The walk is pretty much a path through the mountains. I can’t even describe it. That’s how I feel about a lot of the stuff that I’ve seen so far. Hopefully I’ll figure out this uploading picture situation soon. I have way too many pictures now… ughh!!
Anyways, the treasury was pretty breath taking and crazy to think that people from the 1st century BC could have created a structure like that. We also saw a Roman theatre that was much smaller than the one I saw in Old Amman, but pretty sweet nonetheless. There are people who are constantly offering you Camel and donkey rides as your walking around, but we didn’t take any because it was much more interesting to be able to walk and stop wherever we wanted. Camels are freaking hilarious… especially their mouths.
We climbed up these stairs that are cut out in some of the mountains that lead up to some tombs. They weren’t what I expected. I thought there were going to be graves and stuff inside but they were just giant empty rooms. The colors of the rock inside the tombs where crazy though. I looked up at the ceiling of one of the tombs, and it was all different colors like yellow, pink, red, black, etc. It was crazy that they were all natural colors.
We were only in Petra for a few hours, which sucked, but we managed to see all the main attractions. We were back in Amman by late evening, beyond filthy, and all extremely excited to take showers.
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I will be traveling the Middle East for the next 9 weeks. Amman, Jordan is where I am living. The purpose of me being here is to learn Arabic. I want to come back semi-fluent. Most of all, I want to find some direction. I am most passionate about helping those in need and environmental issues. If I can combine these interests and channel them toward achieving a goal that I feel is necessary for our society to accomplish, I think then, with regards to my career, I will be happy. ....meow
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5 comments:
agreed, camels ARE hilarious... their mouths, but especially their toes
your dirty, you prolly didn't shower. and don't be fooled, the yellow, pink, red and black colors you saw weren't natural, they were from Theodore spit.
i looked up some pictures of petra- it looks sooooo sick!!! hahaha, i know camel's mouths are hilarious. you can't tell if their smiling or not. i miss you.
they're*
hahahahahhahahhaa
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