We pick Kristy and Lucas up from the airport at around 9 pm and went to our hotel at the Dead Sea. We woke them up nice and early (although, I don't think they slept because of the jet lag) and drove them to Petra. As it turned out, we couldn't have picked a better first day for them because we wore them out so much that jet lag didn't affect them so bad anymore. Getting to Petra was a journey in and of itself.
Michael and I have only ever been to Petra from Amman, but this time we were starting from the Dead Sea. How hard could it be, right? We had an idea of where to go and didn't figure there would be any problems. Turns out, google maps has roads that don't exist in real life, and in real life there are roads that don't exist on google maps.
The scenery was beautiful, but the switchbacks along the mountain we climbed were almost frightening. And we didn't always have such wonderful curbing to keep us from tumbling thousands of feet. We figured, a little too late, that this road was not the one we were supposed to be on.
Thanks to a few kind Bedouins along the way, we learned that this road would take us to Petra, it just wasn't the most direct path.
You would have been surprised how many people live in the middle of nowhere.
We finally made it, about an hour after schedule, but we all agree it was worth the drive.
The siq
The Treasury
We took some new paths
and saw different structures.
Every time we come, Michael goes a little farther than the last time.
Climbing the 900 and something steps to the Monastery
The Monastery
This is about how we felt after hiking down from the Monastery.
So we decided to take the "desert Ferrari" back to the siq.
I'm not sure how smart that was to do at 5 months pregnant, but it was an experience none of us will forget.
Here are some videos:
Take a look at those buckling legs, poor thing is struggling under the weight of my pregnant belly.
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