Impressive Petra!

Sep 222011
 
The Monastery in Petra / Jordan

The Monastery in Petra / Jordan

Petra is impressive – established sometime in the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans – they carved the entire city out of the rock. They didn’t build columns – they kept carving the rock until they had columns. Given the back-story, it’s some of the most impressive architecture I’ve seen.  I highly recommend.

The Monastery is massive - Petra, Jordan

The Monastery in Petra, Jordan

 

The Monastery (above) and The Treasury (3rd & 4th photos) were my favorite two.

The Monastery, Petra’s largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery. [wikipedia]

The Siq - in front of Al Khazneh ("The Treasury") in Petra, Jordan

The Siq is the narrow passageway to Al Khazneh ("The Treasury") in Petra, Jordan

 

in front of Al Khazneh ("The Treasury")
Al Khazneh (“The Treasury”)

Petra looks like it's falling (on me!) but it's quite solid, even after all of these years

Al Khazneh ("The Treasury") - carved out of rock.

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Petra – singing from the mountain top

Mar 012011
 

We stopped to enjoy the view of impressive Petra during our hike up, and stopped to appreciate a woman singing at the top of the mountain. It was one of those moments where she’s singing loudly at the top of the cliff, with her voice echoing all the way down to where we stopped, but nobody else seemed to notice.

If you know what she’s singing about, or even what language she’s singing in (Arabic?) please do let me know in the comments.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgIgQRSVO6c

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