Leaving Little Petra, we made our means over to Petra by way of a stop-off for lunch, as after we arrived again in Petra we’d be on the lookout for a viewpoint that we’d seen so many occasions in photographs and movies (earlier than arriving in Petra).
As apparent as the point of view appeared, we had no concept the best way to discover it and so armed with photographs of it, we employed an area information to attempt to take us there.
Our information ended up being a teenage boy who knew this complete place just like the again of his hand.


He quickly had us scrambling via these big boulders making our method to the highest of the hill simply above Petra.
The upper we climbed, the scarier it obtained, and by the point we arrived on the viewpoint, with the carpet all laid out earlier than us, my concern of heights was in full overdrive.


I nonetheless do not know what possessed us to go forward and take these photographs on the viewpoint as a result of after we did it, we simply realised how ridiculously unsafe it was.
There are different viewpoints like this so much decrease down and simpler to get to however this one right here is simply ridiculous.
It’s a sheer drop, and our recommendation would undoubtedly be so that you can keep away from doing it.
Plus, the view from the underside is arguably extra spectacular anyway.
As soon as we had been executed right here, we retraced our steps again in the direction of the place we got here up the canyon, however as an alternative of happening, we went round to take a look at the opposite elements of Petra we maybe would have missed out on in any other case.
There was one other harrowing bit at one doing as we made our means over to the alternative aspect of the place we’d simply been however after that, every little thing else was fairly simple.
And by simple, I don’t imply simple.
You’re nonetheless climbing up within the mountains however at the very least there was nothing that triggered any of our concern of heights.
The panorama up right here by the best way is simply completely beautiful and also you get such a unique appreciation for Petra from right here.
You additionally get to see so many extra buildings that you just undoubtedly would have missed out on in the event you simply caught to the trail on the backside, although with that being mentioned, there are undoubtedly so much much less scary methods to seek out your means up right here (like the best way we went again down felt like a significantly better choice for getting up right here and even got here with stairs).
Finally, we determined to cease for a second to absorb the solar slowly beginning to dip and get ourselves some tea at a tiny little shack we discovered on the prime.


Additionally, full disclosure, the explanation why we had been okay with ingesting teas and coffees like it’s because they’re boiled and piping sizzling which alleviated any issues of we would have had in any other case concerning the supply of the water.
Additionally, its value noting that none of us had any tummy points after ingesting any of those teas so you may make of that what you’ll. Hehe!
After our teas, we began on the best a part of the hike up to now, the journey again down.
I do know plenty of folks actually don’t like downhill climbing however it’s like one in all my favorite issues to do.
Uphill climbing I battle with and shall be one of many slowest in any group (I simply discover that I must take my time a bit extra with that) however downhill?
Oh, I’ll be on the quickest individual in any group. Hehe!
This is able to really be our closing day of the journey in Petra earlier than we would go away for the desert the following day and so we needed to take a second after we obtained to the underside to absorb the wonder that’s Petra within the sundown.
Someway, at the present time that was purported to be enjoyable had turned out to be one of the energetic ones we’d had up to now and undoubtedly one of the rewarding as we uncovered points of this historical misplaced Kingdom we’d maybe have missed out on in any other case.
Finally, we made our means again to the doorway, by way of the unimaginable canyon the place we discovered a bar to toast to how wonderful Petra had been.
See you in Wadi Rum within the subsequent put up.
It’s a spot you already know even in the event you don’t realise it as you’ve seen it so might Hollywood films.
However, like I mentioned, extra on that within the subsequent put up. 😁😁