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 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 concept learn how to discover it and so armed with images of it, we employed a neighborhood 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 via these big boulders making our method to the highest of the hill simply above Petra.
The upper we climbed, the scarier it obtained, 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 don’t 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 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 undoubtedly 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 carried out right here, we retraced our steps again in direction of the place we got here up the canyon, however as a substitute 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, the whole lot else was fairly easy.
And by easy, I don’t imply simple.
You’re nonetheless climbing up within the mountains however no less than 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 buildings that you simply undoubtedly would have missed out on should you simply caught to the trail on the backside, although with that being mentioned, there are undoubtedly quite a bit much less scary methods to search out your method 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 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 sizzling which alleviated any considerations 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 simplest a part of the hike thus far, the journey again down.
I do know plenty of individuals actually don’t like downhill climbing but it surely’s like one in all my favorite issues to do.
Uphill climbing I battle with and might be one of many slowest in any group (I simply discover that I must 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 really be our remaining day of the journey in Petra earlier than we would go away for the desert the following day and so we needed to take a second after we obtained to the underside to soak up the wonder that’s Petra within the sundown.
By some means, this present day that was speculated to be stress-free had turned out to be one of the crucial lively ones we’d had thus far and undoubtedly one of the crucial rewarding as we uncovered features 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 put up.
It’s a spot you already know even should you don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so could Hollywood films.
However, like I mentioned, extra on that within the subsequent put up. 😁😁
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