The anticipation of walking the 1.2 kilometre gorge called the siq down into Petra, Jordan, waiting to get that first glimpse of the Treasury is excruciating. At times the siq is dark and narrow and you know that it is a pathway for flash floods…… When you do finally see the treasury peeking through the narrow gap in the rock it is truly mesmerizing – … Continue reading Petra and the Nabataeans