Following in the footsteps of Indiana Jones, while in Jordan we visited the old Nabataean city of Petra. Over 2000 years old this world heritage sight was carved into red coloured stone giving it the name of the Rose City. Our guide started us off on a 'cross country route' allowing us to see many of the famous sights, such as the treasury, from above. The views were spectacular, we saw a lot of the lesser known dwellings and tombs and we avoided being troubled by camel owners and other punters trying to make money out of tourists. Walking back along the 'tourist route' we gained a better sense of scale of the larger sights such as the amphitheatre and the Urn tomb.
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| A view looking through the valley of the Amphitheatre. |
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| A dwelling as seen from the doorway of a tomb. |
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| A dwelling showing off the multi-coloured sandstone rock. |
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| Camels lined up in the shade ready to save you the walk back to the entrance. |
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| The Palace and the Corinthian tombs. |
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| The treasury and the camel. |
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| A view of the treasury on the way out through the El Siq |
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