Today we went to one of the seven wonders of the modern world. In case you were wondering, these are the 7.
- Chicken Itza in Mexico
- Christus in Brazil
- Taj Mahal in India
- Great Wall of China
- Petra in Jordan (Where I went today)
- Machu Pichu in Peru (I’ve been to this one!)
- Colosseum in Italy (I am going there in 2 1/2 months!)
Anyway, I have a goal to go to all seven during my life, and after this trip I will have been to three.
Back to Petra. When we first got there we walked in and it was beautiful.
When you walk into Petra, you go through the siq (a mile long slot canyon) and then it opens up to the stunning view of the treasury of Petra. It is such a cool experience to walk through the canyon and then it opens up and you see one of the 7 wonders of the world. The treasury is just so huge, and so magnificent, and so . . . . nothing I had ever seen before.
AND THEN I GOT TO RIDE A CAMEL!!!! It was the coolest thing. Like I don’t know what it is about camels but you ride on them and you are just dying laughing. It is sooooo fun. I want to be a camel jockey when I grow up. That is my new career plan. Just kidding. Anyway, back to Petra. Petra was super hot. Like we are talking middle of the desert, no shade, 95-98 degrees F all day. I drank 5 liters of water this day. So like 2 1/2 bottles of pop worth of water. And I sweated out like 90% of it. Ya, it was a sweaty day. So when we got there we hiked to the high place, and played around on the rocks. To get there you had to go up 700 rock steps. In the 95 degree F heat. Yup, talk about mission prep.
When you walk into Petra, you go through the siq (a mile long slot canyon) and then it opens up to the stunning view of the treasury of Petra. It is such a cool experience to walk through the canyon and then it opens up and you see one of the 7 wonders of the world. The treasury is just so huge, and so magnificent, and so . . . . nothing I had ever seen before.
AND THEN I GOT TO RIDE A CAMEL!!!! It was the coolest thing. Like I don’t know what it is about camels but you ride on them and you are just dying laughing. It is sooooo fun. I want to be a camel jockey when I grow up. That is my new career plan. Just kidding. Anyway, back to Petra. Petra was super hot. Like we are talking middle of the desert, no shade, 95-98 degrees F all day. I drank 5 liters of water this day. So like 2 1/2 bottles of pop worth of water. And I sweated out like 90% of it. Ya, it was a sweaty day. So when we got there we hiked to the high place, and played around on the rocks. To get there you had to go up 700 rock steps. In the 95 degree F heat. Yup, talk about mission prep.
Then we went and hiked up to the monastery. 800 rock steps this time. But really it was a blast! Then we went and had the most tasty lunch of our lives (haha, it was a decent lunch but I was super super hungry so it tasted abnormally good). Then we walked around some of the other rock formation building things until time was up. We walked to the base of the canyon and then rode horses out!! And then all sweaty 40 of us loaded up on a bus and drove for 3 hours back to Amman. Gross, I know. But we made it fine. The one thing you learn about traveling is that you just deal and everything turns out great. That is actually a really good life lesson.
The treasury of Petra.
In the background is the treasury. This is what you see when you walk out of the siq into the main part of Petra.
I am telling you. Camel riding = pure joy. I have no idea why. It just is hilarious.
Yup, still on the camel.
Lovin my camel.
When the camels sit down they sit down front legs first, and it tilts forward and you almost fall off. It is hilarious to watch.
The high place (where the Pagan God worshipers of Petra did sacrifices)
Me and my friends at the high place. L to R . . . . me, Taylor Smith, Valerie Gundersen, Paige Nelson, Jody Hirshi, Ben Lehnart, Jessica Hart, Jacob Embley
The middle of the wilderness/at the top of the high place.
Petra looks like this everywhere you turn. It is a city carved completely into rock.
More rock buildings.
A little Bedouin boy selling things. There are tons of little kids selling things in the hot hot heat. It made us feel so bad.
The monastery at Petra.
Me and Carson Bennet at the monastery.
Me and the monastery.
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