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 on the lookout for a viewpoint that we’d seen so many instances in pictures and movies (earlier than arriving in Petra).
As apparent as the perspective appeared, we had no concept the way to discover it and so armed with pictures of it, we employed an area 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 via these enormous boulders making our approach 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 pictures 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 rather a lot 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 finished right here, we retraced our steps again in the 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 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 method over to the alternative 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 straightforward.
You’re nonetheless mountain climbing up within the mountains however not 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 attractive 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 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 rather a lot much less scary methods to seek out your method up right here (like the best way 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 absorb 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 rationale why we had been okay with ingesting teas and coffees like it’s 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 ingesting any of those teas so you may make of that what you’ll. Hehe!
After our teas, we began on the simplest a part of the hike to this point, the journey again down.
I do know a lot of folks actually don’t like downhill mountain climbing nevertheless it’s like considered one of my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountain climbing 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 particular person in any group. Hehe!
This is able to really be our remaining 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 after we received to the underside to absorb the sweetness that’s Petra within the sundown.
One way or the other, at the present time that was speculated to be stress-free had turned out to be some of the energetic ones we’d had to this point and positively some of the rewarding as we uncovered points 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 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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