Jordan day 3

Early rise to get started in Petra. The city was the capital of the Nabatean Empire over 2 thousand years ago. It was the central meeting point for their spice routes which came from the Persian Gulf, W. Arabia and the Reed Sea. First we rode horses to the entrance of the Siq, a small and deep narrow gorge. At the end is the Al-Khazneh, or the Treasury (where the Holy Grail from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was filmed). We continued on and some of us hiked for about 800 steps up to the monastery (Al-Deir) which was like the Treasury but much bigger and elaborate. We came back down and had some lunch, luckily there was some pasta for us veggies again. Rode a donkey back to the Treasury, he had a mind of his own and started going off with some horses and then took me up onto a hill for a snack....maybe he forgot i was up on his back? Walked back through the Siq with Robert and his kids. Took our horse back to the entrance.

Hopped on the bus and headed back to the border. Made stop so our driver and guide could break their fast, thought they would go somewhere with restrooms for us, no such luck, say it isn't a good place to stop. 45 min. to the border.

Exit Jordan and get back to Israel, so great to hear Hebrew again! Found our driver and headed back to Jerusalem, poured rain in the West Bank but made it back o.k. Jerusalem was much cooler than we left it.