Petra!

I'm apologizing in advanced, there are a lot of pictures! On July 7th, 2007, Petra was named one of the seven wonders of the modern world; a title well deserved.  We walked through a canyon of lots of red rock and saw some remnants of previous carvings that have been pretty eroded by wind and rain.  These people left some cool remains for us to enjoy literally 2000 years later!  After walking about a mile, our tour guide Iyad had us all look down so we couldn’t get a peak of the Treasure, the light at the end of the tunnel.  Then he had us all hum the Indiana Jones theme and then we looked up and saw it!  With all the hype I was worried it wouldn’t live up to my expectations, but boy wasn't disappointed!  It was incredible!  

We walked by the tomb of the kings and then headed up to the monastery.  This was the part I was most worried bout with my ankle.  Thankfully, Heavenly Father was looking out for me, and armed with my handy brace, Advil, and a sense of adventure, I made it to the top and back down!  We saw some great views along our way!  We made our way back down and ate lunch.  After lunch, we made our way back down the path, but stopped to explore the ruins more this time.  

Then, the moment we were all waiting for arrived: THE CAMEL RIDE!  (I don't have many pictures of me on the camel at this moment, but will work on that).  Lizzie negotiated a good price for us and we had a great time!  It was definitely an adventure! 

Petra was absolutely amazing!