A Bedouin’s trail through Petra - Photos

[Jazzy]

Once the capital of the Nabataean Arab's trading empire, with its giant temples and tombs chiselled out of swirling raspberry-ripple rock, Petra entices more than 600,000 visitors a year.

But away from the deep yawn of the gully that marks the main tourist route, an entire network of winding Bedouin back roads, narrow goat trails and worn rock-cut staircases wind across the russet-hued cliffs, gloriously empty of visitors; their stony paths leading to rarely-visited monuments and panoramic vistas. Even in one of the world's most popular sights it is still possible to escape the crowds.

Most people who visit Petra begin at the Treasury (al-Khazneh), famed for its starring role as the home of the holy grail in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

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Very beautiful place.

Would you like to visit Petra?

 

[Evil Eye]

Hmm, sure. Seems like it should be interesting.

 

[Jazzy]

Hmm, sure. Seems like it should be interesting.

I think so too. Shall we go together?

 

[Evil Eye]

Sure, you paying?

 

[Jazzy]

Sure, you paying?

Yep, my treat. When do you want to go?

 

[Evil Eye]

How about October?

 

[Bea Sunny (:]

Can I come too?

 

[Jazzy]

Can I come too?

No because don't you start university in October?

 

[Bea Sunny (:]

Can I come too?

No because don't you start university in October?

I almost forgot it. Haha

 

[Evil Eye]

I almost forgot it. Haha

You could take a few days off

 

[Bea Sunny (:]

I almost forgot it. Haha

You could take a few days off

That would be great.