Leaving Little Petra, we made our manner over to Petra by way of a stop-off for lunch, as after we arrived again in Petra we’d be on the lookout for a viewpoint that we’d seen so many occasions in photographs 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 photographs of it, we employed an area 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 method to the highest of the hill simply above Petra.
The upper we climbed, the scarier it received, 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 photographs 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 had been accomplished right here, we retraced our steps again in direction of the place we got here up the canyon, however as an alternative of happening, we went round to take a look at the opposite components 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 manner over to the alternative aspect of the place we’d simply been however after that, all the pieces else was fairly simple.
And by simple, I don’t imply straightforward.
You’re nonetheless mountaineering up within the mountains however not less than there was nothing that triggered any of our worry of heights.
The panorama up right here by the way in which is simply completely beautiful and also you get such a unique appreciation for Petra from right here.
You additionally get to see so many extra buildings that you just positively would have missed out on when 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 manner up right here (like the way in which 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 explanation why we had been okay with consuming teas and coffees like it is because they’re boiled and piping sizzling which alleviated any considerations of we would have had in any other case concerning 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 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 a lot of individuals actually don’t like downhill mountaineering but it surely’s like one among my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountaineering I battle with and shall 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 particular person in any group. Hehe!
This might truly be our closing day of the journey in Petra earlier than we would go away for the desert the subsequent day and so we needed to take a second after we received to the underside to absorb the sweetness that’s Petra within the sundown.
Someway, at the present time that was imagined to be stress-free had turned out to be one of the energetic ones we’d had to date and positively one of the 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 manner again to the doorway, by way of 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 when 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 submit. 😁😁
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