Kaitlyn In The Holy Land: Petra

So as part of our trip to Jordan, one of the highlights was definitely visiting Petra and riding a camel. I can now check camel riding off of my bucket list. Actually, in all honesty, it has never been on my bucket list, so it will be one of those things that I add and then immediately cross off to make me feel better about myself. Other then camel riding, we did a lot of hiking, met a crazy singing Bedouin woman sitting on the edge of the High Place, rode horses, and sweat a lot. Petra is soooo hot. I have always eavesdropped on conversations where people discuss that when they are in the heat, their fingers start to swell. I have never experienced this until Petra. It’s a gross feeling. Also I think I drank 4 Liters of water that day. I basically became a camel.

So, for those of you who don’t know, Petra is officially on the list for the New 7 Wonders of the World. After going there, it is obvious why. Petra is beautiful. It reminds me a lot of Southern Utah beauty but a million times better. Brief History: Petra was the capital city of the Nabateans around 312 BC. The treasury carved out of the rock in Petra is featured in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Also it’s interesting to see how many Bedouin people trek up to Petra to sell tacky souvenirs to all of the tourists. However, they guilt trip you. As I hiked up, they would try to convince me to buy things and I would respectfully decline. However, on the way back down, they would single me out and say you promised you would buy something. I never said such a thing and I didn’t want to buy anything, so I obviously spent my whole hike walking down, feeling like the worst person on Earth because of those Bedouin merchants.