Leaving Little Petra, we made our approach over to Petra through a stop-off for lunch, as after we arrived again in Petra we might 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 point of view appeared, we had no thought the best way to discover it and so armed with pictures of it, we employed a neighborhood information to attempt to take us there.
Our information ended up being a teenage boy who knew this complete place just like the again of his hand.
He quickly had us scrambling by way of these big boulders making our approach 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 worry of heights was in full overdrive.
I nonetheless do not 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 quite a bit 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 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 aspect of the place we’d simply been however after that, all the things else was fairly simple.
And by simple, I don’t imply straightforward.
You’re nonetheless mountaineering up within the mountains however at the very least there was nothing that triggered any of our worry of heights.
The panorama up right here by the best way is simply completely beautiful 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 for those who simply caught to the trail on the backside, although with that being mentioned, there are positively quite a bit much less scary methods to search out your approach up right here (like the best way we went again down felt like a a lot better possibility 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 high.
Additionally, full disclosure, the rationale why we had 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 value noting that none of us had any tummy points after consuming any of those teas so you can also make of that what you’ll. Hehe!
After our teas, we began on the best a part of the hike to date, the journey again down.
I do know plenty of individuals actually don’t like downhill mountaineering nevertheless it’s like one in every of my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountaineering I battle 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 individual in any group. Hehe!
This is able to truly be our ultimate 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 bought to the underside to absorb the sweetness that’s Petra within the sundown.
Someway, today that was alleged to be enjoyable had turned out to be one of the crucial lively ones we’d had to date and positively one of the crucial rewarding as we uncovered facets of this historic misplaced Kingdom we’d maybe have missed out on in any other case.
Ultimately, we made our approach again to the doorway, through the unimaginable canyon the place we discovered a bar to toast to how superb Petra had been.
See you in Wadi Rum within the subsequent submit.
It’s a spot you already know even for those who don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so could Hollywood motion pictures.
However, like I mentioned, extra on that within the subsequent submit. 😁😁
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