Leaving Little Petra, we made our method over to Petra through a stop-off for lunch, as after we arrived again in Petra we’d be in search of a viewpoint that we’d seen so many occasions in images and movies (earlier than arriving in Petra).
As apparent as the perspective appeared, we had no concept how one can discover it and so armed with images of it, we employed a neighborhood information to attempt to take us there.
Our information ended up being a teenage boy who knew this entire place just like the again of his hand.
He quickly had us scrambling by way of these enormous boulders making our option to the highest of the hill simply above Petra.
The upper we climbed, the scarier it received, and by the point we arrived on the viewpoint, with the carpet all laid out earlier than us, my concern of heights was in full overdrive.
I nonetheless don’t know what possessed us to go forward and take these images 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 so much 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 had been executed right here, we retraced our steps again in 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 method over to the alternative facet of the place we’d simply been however after that, every thing else was fairly simple.
And by simple, I don’t imply straightforward.
You’re nonetheless mountaineering up within the mountains however no less than there was nothing that triggered any of our concern of heights.
The panorama up right here by the best way is simply completely beautiful and also you get such a distinct 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 case you simply caught to the trail on the backside, although with that being stated, there are undoubtedly so much 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 explanation why we had been okay with consuming 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 consuming 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 up to now, the journey again down.
I do know a number of individuals actually don’t like downhill mountaineering however it’s like one in all my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountaineering I wrestle with and can 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 might really be our closing day of the journey in Petra earlier than we would depart for the desert the subsequent day and so we needed to take a second after we received to the underside to absorb the wonder that’s Petra within the sundown.
In some way, this present day that was presupposed to be stress-free had turned out to be probably the most energetic ones we’d had up to now and undoubtedly probably the most rewarding as we uncovered features of this historical misplaced Kingdom we’d maybe have missed out on in any other case.
Ultimately, we made our method again to the doorway, through the unimaginable canyon the place we discovered a bar to toast to how superb Petra had been.
See you in Wadi Rum within the subsequent publish.
It’s a spot you already know even in case you don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so might Hollywood motion pictures.
However, like I stated, extra on that within the subsequent publish. 😁😁
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