The incredible rock hewn city of Petra

Petra is an ancient city, hewn out of stone in a valley in Jordan. The entrance was about a 20 minute walk from our hotel – we bought 2 day tickets but only actually needed 1 day tickets.  After buying tickets, we walked downhill to the beginning of the Siq, a narrow entrance through walls…

A journey to Jordan

When we realised we could fit in a side trip to Jordan to see the ancient rock city of Petra, we were really excited.  We decided to do it independently – we later learned that this probably didn’t actually save us any money as you can do it as a trip from Dahab, but it…