Day 3

Our first Day in Petra - no cycling today ! Our guide Wael was very enthusiastic and we spent the morning walking through Petra with him. It is a 1.4 km walk to The Treasury - the most important tomb. The whole place is busy and chaotic with camels, horses pulling carriages, donkeys giving rides and people's selling souvenirs The walk down the siq and initial view of the Treasury is breathtaking. We carried on with Wael until lunch and then he gave advise on the afternoon - we carried on and climbed up to see another tomb called the Monastery where there were amazing views We bought a 'snack lunch ' at the bottom and carried it up - eating it in on a rock with a rather flea ridden looking dog looking on We then carried on the climb to a view point with spectacular views We had strict instruction on timing from Wael so set off walking back 20 km walk for the day . The eveni g event was a dinner in a Bedouin camp - eating Maqloubah - chicken and rice cooked in a pan and then turned out onto a big metal circular plate - Very nice evening