Petra :
we are welcome by the snow and the wind. We have
to wait a day before visiting this wonderful place.... it is too cold.
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Cléobule nearly ready... ...completly ready to face the coldness
Obelisk grave, the only one to be outside the valley
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Petra was at the origin the capital of the Nabateans during the 1rst and 2nd century AD.
The site is mainly along a valley, which is only accessible by the visitors through a long
one mile corridor...called the Sicq
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a water network has been developed
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The barouches raise and descend the tourists
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At the end of this long corridor, appears the tomb of Khazneh...the 1st beautiful !!!
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Pollux in front of Pollux
The city down :
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The city down is the heart of the city, the center of the public life : theatre, hot springs, markets and tombs
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this door shows quite well what is Petra : a lot of colors in the rock with a sculpture
which seems to have blend with the sun.
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the strange colors harmonies are one of the main attraction that makes the fascination of Petra.
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cold ? no !!!!
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camels in front of the theatre
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tombs and theatre
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After trying to sell his antiques, this man does not want to worry us and says :
"Made in Taiwan !!". Then he laughs and says that he has 15 children and only one wife !!!
The monastery of Deir:
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The climb is long. A bedouin helps Pollux and Titus with his two donkeys.
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800 steeply steps do not stop the donkeys, real acrobats.
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The urn at the top is 10 meters high ![](../../../image/moyorient/jordanie/i-jordanie_100.jpg)
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it was too tiring...
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this monument has been carved out of the rock...amazing.
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the place of El Madhbah :
fossil tree on the way to the sacrifice place
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Pollux in the middle of the place dedicated to the sacrifices
the channel was used to keep the blood
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this place is on the top of the valley
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breathtaking
descent...not always easy with the donkeys
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there is sanctuaries everywhere
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magic
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detail of the rock
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happy...
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After two days spent with our bedouin guide, this one shows on more time their amazing
hospitality. He invites us to share a chicken, drink 85 teas and spend the night with
his family of 8 children !!!
the meal is cooked directly on the braises
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