We took a 20 minutes drive to Little Petra. The place looks somewhat like Petra, but on a much smaller scale. We were still able to see ruins and signs of life from over 2000 years ago. The site is pretty well preserved and we were able to go into some of the "buildings" (although just at the front). It was a pretty cool place to see and we were glad we did it. It would have been easy to spend more time but we had to get going to go to Wadi Rum, a valley located between two mountain ranges about 90 minutes by car, south of Petra. We had organized a tour with a driver and his old beaten up 4 X 4 (not exactly the jeep mentionned by the the hotel staff, but ...). We drove for 2 hours in the valley, visiting sites that have sculptures, writings and art dating back to before Christ. It was pretty cool. Julie and I also walked up a sand dune; coming down was a lot easier than going up!
We got back to Petra late afternoon, had dinner and crashed as we have to leave the hotel at 3 am. Our flight back to Dubai is scheduled for 8am, but we are 2½ hours away from the airport. It has been an amazing trip!!
Pictures from Little Petra
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| I`m pretty sure they only had one statue in there back then! This looks better! |
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| Up anyone? |
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| Part of the ceiling decoration in one of the rooms. Notice the shape of a boy in the middle left side. |
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| The rest of the ceiling decorations, Again the flutist is located pretty much in the middle. |
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| Take the stairs!! |
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| View from partly up. |
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| Notice how square the edges are. That was done over 2000 years ago! |
Pictures from Wadi Rum
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| Rock formation at Wadi Rum |
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| Text messaging, about 1000 years old |
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| The Wadi as seen in the film "Lawrence of Arabia" |
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| Our transportation for the excursion |
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| We will go in there! |
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| Taking a break! |
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| Old scriptures |
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| Drawings of humans |
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| Real human! |
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| And on we go! |
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| Priceless! |
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| Notice the two different colors of the sand (and Jacqui too!) |
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| Having tea with our driver's bedouin cousins |
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| Sunlight coming in through the tent - good thing it doesn't rain often! |
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| Our mode of transportation |
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| A sand dune - to be climbed |
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| Here we go; it is a lot harder than it looks |
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| OK Dad, we've gone far enough! |
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| Seen from below |
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| Seen from above! |
I was out of breath just watching you climb that sand dune. Wow! Again, beautiful photos. xo
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