After our first correct day exploring the traditional misplaced Kingdom of Petra in Jordan (additionally see our second put up right here from once we visited the traditional Monastery in Petra), we determined to spend the following day exploring much more of Jordan by venturing up north in direction of the Lifeless Sea.
Besides, as a substitute of simply heading straight up there, we determined to take a little bit of a meandering route up there and cease off at some unbelievable spots alongside the best way.
To get round, we really employed a driver by way of our lodge as that simply appeared like probably the most wise choice.
The value was really fairly affordable and on prime of that, we had our buddy, Georgia, with us so it meant that prices could be shared between 3 and so even financially, it made extra sense than making an attempt to determine every other option to get round.
We began off at Shobak Citadel, which isn’t too removed from Wadi Musa.
Wadi Musa, by the best way, is the city the place Petra is.
Shobak Citadel can also be known as Montreal and dates again to the yr 1115 so it’s fairly an incredible historic spot to take a look at in Jordan.
We didn’t spend too lengthy there earlier than heading to our subsequent cease, the town of Madaba.
The factor we had been in search of particularly in Madaba is a well-known mosaic map, aptly known as “The Madaba Map” which is positioned within the church of Saint George.
The Madaba map depicts what’s now Jordan and the international locations throughout it and is among the oldest maps doing so.
It dates again to the yr 542 making it nearly 1,500 years previous so understandably it displays what the world would have seemed like again then and never what it appears to be like like in current day.
Leaving Madaba we headed additional north as much as Mount Nebo which is talked about within the Bible because the place the place Moses was proven the promised land.
Mount Nebo can also be the place Moses died, making this spot an essential pilgrimage web site for Christians, Muslims and Jews from everywhere in the world.
On clear days you may see proper into Israel and Palestine in addition to the Lifeless Sea from Mount Nebo.
Now, on the very prime of Mount Nebo, you’ll discover Syagha or Siyagha (relying on who you communicate to), which is house to the stays of a Byzantine church.
This is among the issues you may miss out if you’re right here because it has these extremely historic mosaics adoring the church partitions.
This church is consider to have existed way back to the yr 394 and once more is one other essential historic spot to go to in Jordan.
Carrying on from there we made our method over to the Lifeless Sea and it’s really probably the most surreal feeling if you step foot within the water there.
For the uninitanted, the Lifeless Sea is among the lowest level on earth and the working idea round its formation (in easy phrases) is that it was once a part of the ocean however ultimately received reduce off because of tectonic exercise.
Over time, it then evaporated making it increasingly more salty (the water evaporates with none of the salt) and is now nearly 10 occasions as salty because the ocean.
This saltiness is why you may float in right here with out making any effort.
Additionally, one other well-known factor right here is the mud you get from the Lifeless Sea.
It’s alleged to be actually good to your pores and skin and to be trustworthy, it does really feel like that if you use it.
Like your pores and skin feels noticeable softer.
Understandably, there’s now big demand for this mud everywhere in the world.
Leaving the Lifeless Sea, we began to make our method again to Petra however in a unique path to the best way we really arrived, travelling as a substitute this time, alongside the shore line of the Lifeless Sea.
The panorama down that route is completely fascinating and we needed to get out of the automotive a number of occasions simply to cease and take all of it in correctly.
And the journey again simply received much more particular because the solar set and earlier than lengthy, we had been again in Petra, able to lastly go to this historic misplaced metropolis at night time.
It’s actually known as Petra at night time and there’s an entire candlelit efficiency there and the whole lot.
I’ll share all of that within the subsequent put up – together with our go to to the maybe lesser recognized ‘Little Petra’.
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