Leaving Little Petra, we made our means over to Petra by way of a stop-off for lunch, as after we arrived again in Petra we might be on the lookout for 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 best 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 these large boulders making our strategy to the highest of the hill simply above Petra.
The upper we climbed, the scarier it obtained, 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 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 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 have been carried out right here, we retraced our steps again in the 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 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 means over to the alternative aspect of the place we’d simply been however after that, the whole lot else was fairly easy.
And by easy, I don’t imply straightforward.
You’re nonetheless mountain climbing up within the mountains however a minimum of there was nothing that triggered any of our concern of heights.
The panorama up right here by the way in which is simply completely beautiful and also you get such a special appreciation for Petra from right here.
You additionally get to see so many extra buildings that you just 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 seek out your means up right here (like the way in which we went again down felt like a a lot better choice 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 have been okay with ingesting teas and coffees like it is because they’re boiled and piping scorching which alleviated any considerations of we would have had in any other case in regards to the supply of the water.
Additionally, its value 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 best a part of the hike to date, the journey again down.
I do know numerous individuals actually don’t like downhill mountain climbing however it’s like one in every of my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountain climbing I wrestle with and will likely be one of many slowest in any group (I simply discover that I must take my time a bit extra with that) however downhill?
Oh, I’ll be on the quickest particular person in any group. Hehe!
This may really be our ultimate 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 after we obtained to the underside to absorb the wonder that’s Petra within the sundown.
In some way, this present day that was presupposed to be enjoyable had turned out to be one of the vital energetic ones we’d had to date and undoubtedly one of the vital rewarding as we uncovered elements of this historical misplaced Kingdom we’d maybe have missed out on in any other case.
Ultimately, we made our means again to the doorway, by way of 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 case you don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so could Hollywood films.
However, like I stated, extra on that within the subsequent publish. 😁😁
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