So, I think that Petra may have been our most favorite experience of the trip to date (I may be only speaking of myself though). It was the perfect combination of beautiful natural wonder and ancient man-made monuments. We got a late start yesterday, but were rewarded by weather that was not too hot. We walked through the Siq, viewed the Treasury, and then headed down past the Street of Facades toward the Theatre. Before we reached it, we took some steps on the left that led up to the High Place of Sacrifice. It was about a 45 minute hike to get to the top (second photo), but we were rewarded by some amazing views. We returned on the opposite side and saw more amazing stuff (including my seat in the third photo). At this point we headed down past a few more sights towards lunch in the Basin. It was an expensive buffet, but very good and provided a well needed rest and escape from the heat. We saw a painted tomb before hiring a couple donkeys to take us up to the Monastery (last photo). From there we climbed up to a couple view points and headed back down to the Monastery for some views close to sunset before heading down and back out of the park via the Siq. Boy were our dogs barking!! But it was a simply fantastic day and we enjoyed pretty much every moment of it.
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