I just visited Petra, Jordan and was really blown away. It is basically a whole city carved into these beautifully colored mountain walls. Amazing! I def recommend!
the walkway (20min walk through towering cliffs) that takes you to the city Petra.
The Treasury is the first really cool building you come to while walking through Petra. It is the most decorative and elaborate in the whole complex (as well as the most famous).
the most famous shot of the Treasury...made famous by the movie "Indiana Jones and the last crusader" (the theme song was on repeat in my head the whole time i was in Petra!)
a temple complex....many of these buildings were built as tombs for the dead or as banquet/assembly halls. It was basically a whole city built into the side of the mountains! how cool!
is this kid old enough to drive? i think not!
temples
i thought this was cool
another temple
the only free standing temple/building in the complex.... all the others were carved in the sides of cliffs.
i love how people look so funny on donkeys...their feet almost scrape the ground! I laugh every time I see someone riding one and the donkey struggling with the overweight people! so funny and cute!
the monastery...we had to climb to the top of the mountain to see it. i think it was the largest and most impressive temple in the whole of Petra. It was soooo huge, I look like an ant in it!
i love donkeys! this picture looks like it could have been taken from biblical times?
the colors on the rock just blew me away....red, blueish, yellow, orange, brown, black & white!
the Treasury in a different light (right as we were leaving)
3 comments:
very cool pictures, I bet it was cool in the canyons. were those buildings inhabitable? Does any one live in Petra? Dad
Wow, Kristen,we are in the car and I can actually see these on Jonathan's computer...he has internet on the road. Love your pictures and your narative is really great. Got your text that you are on your way to Isreal. Love ya, MOM
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