Leaving Little Petra, we made our method over to Petra through a stop-off for lunch, as once we arrived again in Petra we’d be in search of 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 thought the way to 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 entire place just like the again of his hand.
He quickly had us scrambling by these large 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 concern of heights was in full overdrive.
I nonetheless don’t 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 undoubtedly 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 achieved right here, we retraced our steps again in the 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 elements 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 method over to the other 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 a minimum of there was nothing that triggered any of our concern of heights.
The panorama up right here by the way in which is simply completely attractive and also you get such a distinct appreciation for Petra from right here.
You additionally get to see so many extra constructions that you just undoubtedly would have missed out on should you simply caught to the trail on the backside, although with that being mentioned, there are undoubtedly lots much less scary methods to seek out your method 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 ingesting teas and coffees like it is because they’re boiled and piping sizzling which alleviated any considerations of we’d have had in any other case in regards to the supply of the water.
Additionally, its value noting that none of us had any tummy points after ingesting any of those teas so you can also make of that what you’ll. Hehe!
After our teas, we began on the simplest a part of the hike to this point, the journey again down.
I do know numerous folks actually don’t like downhill mountaineering nevertheless it’s like one in every of my favorite issues to do.
Uphill mountaineering I battle with and might be one of many slowest in any group (I simply discover that I must take my time a bit extra with that) however downhill?
Oh, I’ll be on the quickest individual in any group. Hehe!
This may truly be our ultimate day of the journey in Petra earlier than we would depart for the desert the following day and so we needed to take a second once we received to the underside to soak up the wonder that’s Petra within the sundown.
By some means, this present day that was purported to be enjoyable had turned out to be probably the most lively ones we’d had to this point and undoubtedly probably the most rewarding as we uncovered elements of this historic misplaced Kingdom we’d maybe have missed out on in any other case.
Ultimately, we made our method again to the doorway, through 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 put up.
It’s a spot you already know even should you don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so could Hollywood films.
However, like I mentioned, extra on that within the subsequent put up. 😁😁
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