Leaving Little Petra, we made our approach over to Petra by way of a stop-off for lunch, as after we arrived again in Petra we’d be searching for a viewpoint that we’d seen so many instances in images and movies (earlier than arriving in Petra).
As apparent as the point of view appeared, we had no thought the best way to discover it and so armed with images 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 by these enormous boulders making our method 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 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 so much 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 happening, 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 approach over to the other facet of the place we’d simply been however after that, every part else was fairly easy.
And by easy, 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 best way 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 in the event you simply caught to the trail on the backside, although with that being mentioned, there are positively so much much less scary methods to search out your approach up right here (like the best way we went again down felt like a significantly better possibility 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 consuming teas and coffees like it’s because they’re boiled and piping sizzling which alleviated any considerations of we’d have had in any other case concerning 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 may make of that what you’ll. Hehe!
After our teas, we began on the simplest a part of the hike to date, the journey again down.
I do know a lot of individuals actually don’t like downhill mountaineering but it surely’s like one in all my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountaineering I wrestle with and shall 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 truly be our closing day of the journey in Petra earlier than we would go away for the desert the subsequent day and so we needed to take a second after we received to the underside to soak up the wonder that’s Petra within the sundown.
One way or the other, this present day that was speculated to be enjoyable had turned out to be one of the energetic ones we’d had to date and positively one 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 approach again to the doorway, by way of the unbelievable canyon the place we discovered a bar to toast to how wonderful Petra had been.
See you in Wadi Rum within the subsequent publish.
It’s a spot you already know even in the event you don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so might Hollywood films.
However, like I mentioned, extra on that within the subsequent publish. 😁😁
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