Thursday, April 10, 2014

Day 3 of Jordan

Today we left Aqaba and begin our trip back up north with our first stop being Petra.  Petra has been a long time bucket list item and it was a required must do for our trip.  

Getting to Petra seemed easy enough based no the map instructions that we had but we were quickly proven wrong when our car navigation system wanted us to take roads that no longer existed.  With the help of google maps put together with Garmin maps we found our hotel which was right outside of old Petra.  We quickly got settled into our rooms, put on comfortable shoes and headed out on a small trek to see old Petra.

The walk to the treasury was just stunning.  You could either walk to whole way yourself or you could ride a horse or even take a horse drawn carriage.  We walked the whole way since it was not that long of a walk. Plus it was a nice day and we don't get to walk that often.

The treasury was all that I had hoped it would be. Walking beyond the treasury was also interesting to see what other structures there were.  W did not make it to the monastery because apparently that is a 6 hour walk and none of us were ready to quite walk that far.  That could be left for another time.

After exploring old Petra we at down at our hotel's bar to have a few drinks nudged to grab some much needed food.  Ending the night with doing a bit of shopping and finally bringing the chairs in our rooms out onto the balcony and watching the sun set on the city and just reflecting on where we were and how amazing life can be.

If you would have asked me upon graduating from college if I would ever go to the Middle East, I would have probably quickly responded with "probably not".  But to be currently sitting in the Middle East and exploring all of its wonders it prove that life can really take you anywhere.

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