After our first correct day exploring the traditional misplaced Kingdom of Petra in Jordan (additionally see our second submit right here from after we visited the traditional Monastery in Petra), we determined to spend the subsequent day exploring much more of Jordan by venturing up north in the direction of the Useless Sea.
Besides, as a substitute of simply heading straight up there, we determined to take a little bit of a meandering route up there and cease off at some unimaginable spots alongside the best way.
To get round, we really employed a driver through our resort as that simply appeared like essentially the most smart possibility.
The worth was really fairly affordable and on high of that, we had our buddy, Georgia, with us so it meant that prices could be shared between 3 and so even financially, it made extra sense than attempting to determine every other method to get round.
We began off at Shobak Fortress, which isn’t too removed from Wadi Musa.
Wadi Musa, by the best way, is the city the place Petra is.
Shobak Fortress can be known as Montreal and dates again to the 12 months 1115 so it’s fairly a tremendous historic spot to take a look at in Jordan.
We didn’t spend too lengthy there earlier than heading to our subsequent cease, the town of Madaba.
The factor we had been on the lookout for particularly in Madaba is a well-known mosaic map, aptly referred to as “The Madaba Map” which is positioned within the church of Saint George.
The Madaba map depicts what’s now Jordan and the international locations throughout it and is among the oldest maps doing so.
It dates again to the 12 months 542 making it nearly 1,500 years outdated so understandably it displays what the world would have seemed like again then and never what it seems to be like in current day.
Leaving Madaba we headed additional north as much as Mount Nebo which is talked about within the Bible because the place the place Moses was proven the promised land.
Mount Nebo can be the place Moses died, making this spot an necessary pilgrimage web site for Christians, Muslims and Jews from everywhere in the world.
On clear days you may see proper into Israel and Palestine in addition to the Useless Sea from Mount Nebo.
Now, on the very high of Mount Nebo, you’ll discover Syagha or Siyagha (relying on who you communicate to), which is residence to the stays of a Byzantine church.
This is among the issues you may miss out whenever you’re right here because it has these extremely historical mosaics adoring the church partitions.
This church is imagine to have existed way back to the 12 months 394 and once more is one other necessary historic spot to go to in Jordan.
Carrying on from there we made our manner over to the Useless Sea and it’s really essentially the most surreal feeling whenever you step foot within the water there.
For the uninitanted, the Useless Sea is among the lowest level on earth and the working principle round its formation (in easy phrases) is that it was a part of the ocean however ultimately acquired reduce off as a result of tectonic exercise.
Over time, it then evaporated making it increasingly more salty (the water evaporates with none of the salt) and is now nearly 10 occasions as salty because the ocean.
This saltiness is why you may float in right here with out making any effort.
Additionally, one other well-known factor right here is the mud you get from the Useless Sea.
It’s purported to be actually good in your pores and skin and to be sincere, it does really feel like that whenever you use it.
Like your pores and skin feels noticeable softer.
Understandably, there’s now big demand for this mud everywhere in the world.
Leaving the Useless Sea, we began to make our manner again to Petra however in a unique path to the best way we really arrived, travelling as a substitute this time, alongside the shore line of the Useless Sea.
The panorama down that route is totally fascinating and we needed to get out of the automotive a number of occasions simply to cease and take all of it in correctly.
And the journey again simply acquired much more particular because the solar set and earlier than lengthy, we had been again in Petra, able to lastly go to this historical misplaced metropolis at night time.
It’s actually referred to as Petra at night time and there’s a complete candlelit efficiency there and every thing.
I’ll share all of that within the subsequent submit – together with our go to to the maybe lesser recognized ‘Little Petra’.
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