Leaving Little Petra, we made our method over to Petra by way of a stop-off for lunch, as after we arrived again in Petra we might be in search of a viewpoint that we’d seen so many occasions in pictures and movies (earlier than arriving in Petra).
As apparent as the perspective appeared, we had no concept how you can 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 by way of these large boulders making our solution to the highest of the hill simply above Petra.
The upper we climbed, the scarier it bought, 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 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 have been executed right here, we retraced our steps again in direction of the place we got here up the canyon, however as an alternative 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 part else was fairly easy.
And by easy, I don’t imply straightforward.
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 special appreciation for Petra from right here.
You additionally get to see so many extra constructions that you simply positively would have missed out on should 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 method 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 have been okay with consuming 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 in regards to 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 thus far, the journey again down.
I do know numerous individuals actually don’t like downhill mountaineering however it’s like one in every 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 individual 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 subsequent day and so we needed to take a second after we bought to the underside to soak up the wonder that’s Petra within the sundown.
By some means, at the present time that was speculated to be enjoyable had turned out to be one of the vital energetic ones we’d had thus far and positively one of the vital rewarding as we uncovered elements of this historic misplaced Kingdom we’d maybe have missed out on in any other case.
Ultimately, we made our method 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 should 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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