1025. Now on to Petra! What a memorable day!
Petra was one of the very delightful parts of our tour! A lot of it will be pictures, as I took many! This was typical of the landscape before getting to the main part of Petra. It didn't look unusual at all, almost like Southern Utah! We hired a cart and horse, driven by a guide, for $40. (Plus a $20 tip that was expected! $30 each wasn't bad.) It was outside the main part, and riding in that cart was quite an experience! It was totally bumpy, to say the least! A lot of the road was sort of like cobblestones, but large rocks put there by the Romans, probably before the time of Christ. There were many other places there which had been carved quite a bit. In the openings, there were caves carved out, where people lived. I took pictures bouncing along in the little cart behind the horse! Inside, there were many vendors along the trail, probably 2 to 3 miles, fairly difficult to walk! To get into the main part of Petra, you had to