Petra

What an incredible place. I've seen plenty of pictures of Petra, but I really don't think any of them do it justice. Walking through the Siq realizing that this used to be a bustling community was an awe-inspiring feeling, and being that summer is the low season here, we had the park nearly to ourselves.

Tidbits about Petra:
- Petra is now considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world (which means I've now seen three of the seven!)
- Petra was built in the 3rd century BC but was only discovered in the 1800s
- Indiana Jones was filmed in Petra
- The area surrounding Petra contains 90 hotels, 40 of which have five stars

Highlights of my couple of days here:
- Having tea with a couple Jordanian women at the High Place of Sacrifice
- Climbing to top of monastery (this is no longer allowed, so we had to wait until after the guards had finished their shifts until we could do it)
- Being invited over for dinner with a Beaudoin family, who served me way too much food, insisted I take pictures with all their kids, and shared their daughter's wedding photos with me
- Playing cards with Dutch, British, Irish, Aussie, Kiwi, Argentinian, and Korean peeps
- The buffet dinner at our hostel... chicken, rice, and about 25 types of vegetable dishes... and it's been almost a week since I've had any vegetables with the exception of cucumbers and tomatoes (standard breakfast fare here)
- Meeting some girl who has been hitchhiking through the Middle East all by herself
- Trying tamarind tea