Showing posts with label Petra Jordan. Show all posts
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18 Feb 2020

PETRA - JORDAN

In 2006 I visited Petra. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. UNESCO has described Petra as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage". In 2007, Al-Khazneh was voted one of the New7Wonders of the World

Therefore when I was there it wasn't yet a tourist spot. Local people offered stones and coins to the tourist against a pencil or a little money. I "bought" a  piece of a vase for three ballpens ! You could go everywhere even on the sites were the archologists still worked.

Today it's completely different of course, as I have been told it became a real tourist place. I am happy that I had the opportunity to see it when it was not yet spoiled by too many tourists.

I don't explain the pictures as I did it already in my COUNTRIES & CITIES Blog. Unfortunately Photobucket masked the photos !

But here are a the most important which gives you an idea about the place !



A long way to walk on cobble stones











until we finally saw this temple



just amazing











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