Leaving Little Petra, we made our method over to Petra through a stop-off for lunch, as once we arrived again in Petra we might be in search of a viewpoint that we’d seen so many instances 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 a neighborhood 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 enormous boulders making our strategy 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 quite a bit 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 achieved right here, we retraced our steps again in the direction of the place we got here up the canyon, however as a substitute 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 method over to the other facet of the place we’d simply been however after that, every thing else was fairly easy.
And by easy, I don’t imply simple.
You’re nonetheless climbing up within the mountains however at the very least there was nothing that triggered any of our worry of heights.
The panorama up right here by the best way 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 simply 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 quite a bit much less scary methods to search out your method up right here (like the best way 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 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 have been okay with ingesting teas and coffees like it’s because they’re boiled and piping scorching which alleviated any issues of we would have had in any other case concerning the supply of the water.
Additionally, its price noting that none of us had any tummy points after ingesting any of those teas so you can also make of that what you’ll. Hehe!
After our teas, we began on the simplest 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 one among my favorite issues to do.
Uphill climbing I wrestle with and might 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 could really be our remaining 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 once we acquired to the underside to absorb the sweetness that’s Petra within the sundown.
In some way, today that was presupposed to be enjoyable had turned out to be one of the crucial energetic ones we’d had to this point and undoubtedly one of the crucial 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 method 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 publish.
It’s a spot you already know even in the event you don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so could Hollywood motion pictures.
However, like I stated, extra on that within the subsequent publish. 😁😁
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