Petra Jordan - the modern city

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This is the modern town of Petra located on the rolling hills just outside of the rocky canyons where the ruins of ancient Petra can be found and explored. Notice the rocky mountains in the background of the photo below. That is where Petra is.

There is a spring in town they claim was the very place Moses smote the rock and water gushed forth. We didn't get a picture of it.

This is Mount Hor, where Aaron the brother of Moses was buried. There is a white monument on the highest peak. This area is where Moses came after he fled Egypt. It is where he met his wife and had his children.

Jordan

We saw this stop sign just as the bus left the airport and the sing below--we're not in Kansas anymore!!

Amman, Jordan

They even have KFC

This statue in the center of the round about is called "People of the Book" We heard that everywhere we went--the meaning is in the Qur'an signifying people of non-Muslim faiths--Judaism, Sabians and Christianity. It shows the commitment of the people to get along with each other.A mulsim minueret--they call for prayer five times a day--these dot the city everywhere.

Below are some of the thing we saw along the highway on our way to Petra from Amman.

Camels!!

Bedouins herding their sheep--not much different than in Christ's day.

A roadside fruit stand

I thought this was a pretty garden

We stopped here for a restroom break, this is the first place we learned we had to pay for toilet paper and to use the bathroom.--this is our bus--the blue one.

They had a pretty fountain in the center of the store.

Brian had a mountain dew--and we took a pic for Aaron--Arabs drink it too!!

Water pipes--no we didn't buy one.

Trip to the Holy Lands

Brian and I left on March 18th for our long awaited trip to the Holy Lands of Jordan, Israel and Egypt. Here we are packed and ready for the trip. We had to take snacks because we may not have lunch everyday. We were grateful we packed a good variety and plenty of them.

Flight from Salt Lake to JFK airport New York, 5-hours.

Flight from JFK to Amman Jordan 12-hours.

Here I am in Jordan, waiting for our visas

This is our hotel in Amman Jordan.

It was a very nice hotel, better than I expected.

View from our room.

Ready and eager for our tour to begin.

This is in the morning before we left for Petra.