Jordan - Petra

Petra was AMAZING! Petra was a city built by the Nabataens over 2000 years ago. They were a desert people who controlled the trade routes. Most people think that Petra was just the treasury building, but it was actually a whole city. When you are walking in, you see an Obelisk tomb. To get to the treasury, you walk through a siq. A siq is a very narrow canyon. After walking through the siq, you get to the main attraction -- Al-Khazneh (or the Treasury). It was delicately hand carved into the side of a mountain. All of the buildings were carved into mountains and use the styles from the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and other desert people. After a long but enjoyable additional walk up about 1000 steps, we reached a monestary in the mountains. It was very beautiful.