Flashback to May: Part Two

We ended our adventure in Egypt with a camel ride up to Mt. Sinai and a tour of St. Catherine's Monastery, where incidentally we saw the "Burning Bush" (Exodus 3:2-3) and Moses' sandals. (Just kidding...surely Moses put his shoes back on. He needed them to lead his people out of Egypt.)

This is the Burning Bush inside the monastery.

Part Two began with a ferry ride to Jordan. Once there we met Omar our guide.

We were in Jordan for only one day. So what do you do if you only have 24 hours? You visit the site where Indiana Jones found the Holy Grail of course, Petra!

The main attraction of Petra is the treasury. It's the first "building" seen as you enter the city.

It was quite a walk into Petra. It is nice that there is an easy slope going down to the city, but it made the hike out seem double in length. The colors in the rock are gorgeous. All along the road into the city are carvings. Parts of the original road have been restored, but it didn't mean an easier walk because it was like large scale cobblestones about the size of cinder blocks.

The coliseum: It seated approximately 3000 people.

There were many tombs in the city. Bedouins lived in these up until Petra became a major tourist attraction.
The Roman Road: This part of the road used to have Roman columns all along it.

Other sites in Petra:

Dr. Lewis on his trusty steed.

This was the water system used to get water into the city back in the day. This trench goes all through the city.

Our final destination on the tour was the Promised Land and it definitely lives up to the name.