Leaving Little Petra, we made our method over to Petra by way of a stop-off for lunch, as once we arrived again in Petra we’d be searching for a viewpoint that we’d seen so many occasions in images and movies (earlier than arriving in Petra).
As apparent as the point of view appeared, we had no thought methods to 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 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 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 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 lots decrease down and simpler to get to however this one right here is simply ridiculous.
It’s a sheer drop, and our recommendation would positively 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 performed right here, we retraced our steps again in direction of the place we got here up the canyon, however as a substitute 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 other aspect of the place we’d simply been however after that, the whole lot else was fairly simple.
And by simple, I don’t imply simple.
You’re nonetheless mountaineering up within the mountains however at the least there was nothing that triggered any of our worry of heights.
The panorama up right here by the way in which 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 constructions that you just positively would have missed out on if you happen to simply caught to the trail on the backside, although with that being mentioned, there are positively lots much less scary methods to search out your method up right here (like the way in which we went again down felt like a a lot better possibility for getting up right here and even got here with stairs).
Finally, we determined to cease for a second to absorb the solar slowly beginning to dip and get ourselves some tea at a tiny little shack we discovered on the high.
Additionally, full disclosure, the rationale why we have been okay with consuming teas and coffees like it is because they’re boiled and piping sizzling which alleviated any issues of we would have had in any other case in regards to 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 can also 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 plenty of individuals actually don’t like downhill mountaineering but it surely’s like certainly one of my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountaineering I wrestle with and will probably 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 particular person in any group. Hehe!
This could truly be our closing day of the journey in Petra earlier than we would depart for the desert the following day and so we needed to take a second once we acquired to the underside to soak up the sweetness that’s Petra within the sundown.
Someway, today that was presupposed to be stress-free had turned out to be one of the crucial lively ones we’d had up to now and positively one of the crucial rewarding as we uncovered features of this historic misplaced Kingdom we’d maybe have missed out on in any other case.
Finally, we made our method again to the doorway, by way of the unimaginable canyon the place we discovered a bar to toast to how wonderful Petra had been.
See you in Wadi Rum within the subsequent submit.
It’s a spot you already know even if you happen to don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so could Hollywood films.
However, like I mentioned, extra on that within the subsequent submit. 😁😁
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