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Declines Beard Trim In Jordon

LindaThalm
2005-12-02 17:14:18

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facades sometime between 100 BC and 200 AD, but it looked 'new.' Then we traipsed another three kilometres to the lower part of Petra; to the museums and Bedouin tent cafe for tea at 8:00 before lingering in the small but exceptionally well-presented museum.

The 26-degree Centigrade temperature rose to maybe 30 as we climbed for another hour to the Monastery with its eight metre-high door. Simply unforgettable.

We ordered tea at what must be the original 'Hard Rock Cafe,' carved out of a rock structure facing the monastery. The peace and quiet was marred by a boisterously loud group who might as well have been at a football match for all they looked at the grandiose vistas.

If you ever tour as a group, appoint someone to measure the decibels to make sure you're not sharing your jokes with every other tourist within a 200-metre radius.

photo: the treasury in petraIt was with great regret that we walked down the steps and then back up through the narrow path with 100-metre high sheer walls of rock - formed not by water or erosion, but geologically. Truly, Petra is one of the wonders of the world.

Exhausted, hot and hungry we ate at the Middle East Internet Cafe and Restaurant on the main street. There were at least three more Internet cafes, but they were all way up the hill and I couldn't move my legs another inch.
The 'Khazneh' at Petra.

We had to settle for freshly pressed orange juice as the non-alcoholic beer just didn't seem to be what we wanted. A cold 'real' beer by the hotel pool tasted even better later.

If you ever visit Petra, do stop by the Nabatean Kingdom Bazar, at the Alshaheed Center Circle - in 'downtown' Wadi Mosa, which is the name of the town by Petra. It is owned by Mohamad Abosaksoka.

Educated, traveled, fluent in several languages, he told us he was born 50 years ...