Just as I was about to start this post I was loudly reminded of the fact that we are eating a lot of chickpeas which affect jason in a similar way to baked beans! Sorry, but it had to be said.
On our second day in Petra we got lost, again. After the early start the day before we enjoyed a proper sleep-in, getting to the entrance around 11am. Today's plan was to see the Royal Tombs and to get to see the Treasury from up above. The first tomb we came to was the Urn Tomb, from there the path we planned to take went left. But we saw steps going up to the right. Before we knew it we were again following the next set of steps carved into the rock 2000 years ago and the next and the next. At times the steps would disappear, but we would find a part of the cliff that looked possible to climb and head that way. Or we would become stuck unsure how to climb down an area, only to go the long way so we could climb up it and then climb down! We spent hours exploring the canyons and cliffs, always heading further up. Once we reached the top, we hoped that we were somewhere in the vicinity of the Treasury so we could get to see it from above. In an attempt to get our bearings we climbed to the highest point we could, and then scrambled along the ridges to try and find the viewpoint. After many meandering, scrambles, and occasional periods of vertigo we finally had a great view of the Treasury far below us and the viewpoint we were aiming for about half way between us and the Treasury!
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