The Ultimate Stairmaster
We’ve spent our third day in Petra now, and it was definately the hardest. We’d wanted to visit the second most famous facade in Petra, the Monastery, and we’d planned on taking horses one way, as we’d heard you could do that.
Unfortunately, we had no such luck, apparently the horses are unable to climb all the way to the Monastery. You can take donkeys, but you have to walk about 3 or 4 km from the entrance gate to the centre of the site to get a donkey, and by the first one we asked started at an unreasonable price, and by the time he’d come down to the realm of reality, we were so frustrated with his tactics that we weren’t going to buy from him anyway.
So we walked the whole distance. Probably only about 6 km or so from the entrance gate to the monastery, but it involves dropping right to the bottom of the valley, and then climbing a mountain out. Then turn around and go the other way. So we got a lot of practice on the stairs today. It was worth it though. The monastery, like the Treasury at the other end of the city, is an unforgettable sight.
We leave for Dana tomorrow. We’re not sure where next internet will be available, so it may be a while before you hear from us again. Don’t worry though, we’re fine.
– Neil.
Tags: Cairo to Budapest and Beyond, Jordan, Petra
Neil & Kathy
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