PETRA

Petra is most famous for the "Treasury" which is shown in the 3rd Indiana Jones movie. Although the movies might spark your interest as to what is inside, it might be a let down to know that it is actually just a large room cut into the stone and was built as a tomb. It is about a 1 1/2 mile walk into the Treasury so this is where our Petra visit began. It was a beautiful morning and a beautiful site.
We had a good time playing with our shadow.

Our tour guide had us line up with our heads down as we walked forward and when he finally told us to look up, this is what we saw...(if only pictures could capture the reality of it!)

Steven and I sporting our Arab head scarves. Katie, Monica, Me, and Elise. These girls are awesome and I love spending time with them. It is no longer strange to see camels everywhere we go...

or cats! There are cats everywhere.

We spent part of the day climbing up hundreds of steps to the top of a couple of mountains. This one was the way up to the High Place.

This is the view all over Petra.

After 800 steps this is the Monastery that we saw at the top on one of the surrounding mountains...

From the Monastery it was a short walk to "the end of the world." I am not quite sure what they meant by that but I followed the path anyways.

I guess this is what they call the end of the world. It was a little disappointing. Okay, not really. Although I don't really enjoy hiking the view always seems to be worth the climb!