...much to tell and not much time to tell it....
...our time in petra was amazing...took a guide who was very enthusiastic (a bedouin who is an archaeologist)...he told us all about the history of the place as well as some of his opinions about some of the restoration of the place...for those of you who don't know, petra is one of the 7 wonders of the world (i believe)...lot of natural wonder as well as some carvings right into the (sand) rocks...these rock formations are incredible...eons of years have etched various designs and formations into the rocks...we walked for about 2 kms. and finally reached the 'treasury' which is the famous location from the indiana jones movies...when you first approach it, you just see a slight peek of the salmon coloured building...as you get through the crevice of rock you come into a huge clearing and looming high above about 40 storeys is the famous structure...as an aside, when we reached that area, i was having a severe allergic reaction...either to the camels, horses, donkeys or just the incredible amount of very fine sand that was blowing up with the pitter patter of hooves...anyway, one of my comrades had some advil with antihistamine in them so i took a couple and within a half hour or so i was beginning to feel somewhat relieved of the congested, asthmatic symptoms i had been experiencing....phewwwww!!..this didn't of course stop me from getting on a camel and having a little walk around the area in front of the treasury...interesting animals who bray when disgruntled...they have the cutest lips!!...
...the walk through this interesting phenomenon was filled with many different sites...amphitheatre on one side, monuments to the gods on another, a mix of the natural (God) wonders and man made wonders...as i mentioned our guide, naef, was incredibly knowledgable and interesting...we were asked many times along the way if we wanted a donkey or camel ride but we politely declined...we are canadians and can tough it out!!...after about 3 hours or so, our guided tour came to an end and we said good bye to naef...some of the ladies decided to continue on UP to the monastery and to see other parts of the site...we were told you need about 3 or more days to really do the site justice...briana and i decided it was more important for us to go back and lie by the pool for some r & r... and that's what we did...the setting of the crowne plaza hotel where we were staying was the best thing about the hotel...it has, as its backdrop, these sandrock mountains looming large out of the desert...they are really hard to describe but somewhat remind me of mounds of ice cream all one on top of the other or on the other hand maybe brain matter all convoluted...ok, i admit my descriptions aren't the greatest when it comes to these mountains...i am speechless...hard for me to be but nevertheless true...
...i again have run out of time and have to go to have my dead sea mud wrap envelopment...so will have to continue next time which will probably be when i get back to kuwait...it won't be the same writing about it when i am no longer there but c'est la vie...stay tuned...
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