Leaving Little Petra, we made our means over to Petra by way of a stop-off for lunch, as once we arrived again in Petra we’d be in search of a viewpoint that we’d seen so many instances in photographs and movies (earlier than arriving in Petra).
As apparent as the point of view appeared, we had no concept how you can 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 entire place just like the again of his hand.
He quickly had us scrambling by means of these large boulders making our solution 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 do not 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 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 had been accomplished 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 means over to the other facet of the place we’d simply been however after that, every little thing else was fairly easy.
And by easy, I don’t imply simple.
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 way in which 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 constructions that you just positively would have missed out on in case you simply caught to the trail on the backside, although with that being stated, there are positively lots much less scary methods to search 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 had been okay with ingesting 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 value noting that none of us had any tummy points after ingesting 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 to this point, the journey again down.
I do know plenty of folks actually don’t like downhill mountaineering however it’s like certainly one of my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountaineering I battle with and will likely 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 really be our last 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 received to the underside to absorb the sweetness that’s Petra within the sundown.
Someway, this present day that was purported to be enjoyable had turned out to be one of the crucial lively ones we’d had to this point and positively one of the crucial rewarding as we uncovered points of this historic 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 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 could Hollywood motion pictures.
However, like I stated, extra on that within the subsequent publish. 😁😁
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