PETRA

I figured that the best way to describe the awesome time I had in Petra would be through pictures, so I uploaded a ton! It took forever, so I hope you like them. :-)

As soon as I began the trek down to Petra, I knew that I was going to be in heaven. The rock structures were incredible, and the sky was so blue and beautiful! (yes, that is the moon you see!)

I couldn't stop snapping pictures of the beautiful scenery!

This kind of reminded me of the slot canyons in St. George

I'm sure no other tourist in the history of the world that visits Petra has taken a picture like this. Correction: I'm sure almost every tourist in the history of the world that visits Petra takes a picture like this.

I bought some camel bone necklaces from this Bedouin lady who had her shop on the side of the trail leading to the Monastery. It had to have taken a really long tome to lug all that stuff up there!

Josh and I riding camels in front of the Treasury... no big deal.

the hardest part is when they sit down... you have to lean back or else you will fall forward! I may have exaggerated a bit in my leaning back, but I really didn't want to fall off!

Jumping near the edge of a very big drop off- this is from the top of "the High Place." It was a beautiful hike, and the view was just gorgeous when we got to the top!

Kim and I from the High Place.

What a cool view! I felt like I was on top of the world!

Also at the high place, there is a sacrificial altar. We wanted to remember what we were taking a picture of, so we reenacted what would have happened back in the day. (Human sacrifices were not the norm, but Josh was the closest thing we could find to an animal).

The Kings Tombs. There were tombs carved into the face of the mountain pretty much everywhere you looked! These ones were bigger than most others though, because they were the tombs of the Kings of the Nabateans!

this is the Monastery- there was a fun little hike up to this beauty!

This was the first view we had of the Treasury- in between the rocks of the canyon. The Treasury is what most people think of when Petra is mentioned. Indiana Jones anyone?

this is it! It was so big, I couldn't even get a picture of the whole thing in one shot!

camels really like water.