Petra – Cart hooked up to pole.
After having something to eat in Petra and before visiting the Ancient city of Petra, Heather spotted an old wooden cart chained to a power pole. The carving on the panels ofRead More…
After having something to eat in Petra and before visiting the Ancient city of Petra, Heather spotted an old wooden cart chained to a power pole. The carving on the panels ofRead More…
As stated in a earlier post, the walk into Ancient Petra is a downhill walk. The distance from the entrance to Ancient Petra is just under 2 kilometres – but there areRead More…
After a great afternoon of adventure with the Ancient City of Petra, we took our bus back to our accommodation in Taybet Zaman Petra Resort. On the way back we stopped atRead More…
Started in the morning with a walk through the Siq at Petra and then up to the Monastary. For more information about Petra
After leaving Petra, we continued up the Kings Highway towards Amman. A small detour off the main road to Madaba. Madaba is quite a large City but is well known for theRead More…
In Madaba, the Byzantine Church of St George is the home of the Mosaic Map. This mosaic is a map of the area of Jordan and Israel. It shows important locations ofRead More…
Whilst travelling through many parts of the Middle East, we came across corner stores that have plenty of great looking, colourful fruit and vegetables for sale. This photo is just one ofRead More…
Travelling from Madaba city towards Mt Nebo, we stopped off at a large building – workshop. Here we were shown the art of making mosaics that still is a thriving business activityRead More…
Today we travelled from Eilat to Timna Park – where King Solomons Copper Mines are located. Back to Eilat then into Jordan and travelled to Petra in preparation for our trip intoRead More…
Today we travelled from Amman through to Madaba where the Mosaics are. We proceeded to Mt Nebo which looked into the Promised land – just like Moses. Then down the valley –Read More…