| With a wakeup call at 6 am we met for breakfast at 6:30 and were on the bus at 7:30 bound for Petra. |
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Here is our bus driver Munzer on the right and our tour guide Tony Rumi. Tony was a top notch guide and a Christian as well. |
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Mike Landry, Pastor of Sarasota Baptist church, led us in a devotion on the bus as we began out trip. |
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Petra is a collection of burial places carved into the solid rock deep within the dark mountains shown in this picture. |
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There is only one way in and out. It is about a five mile round trip. |
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There are horses and carts available to help if needed. |
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The caves that are carved in the rock walls were all used as burial sites. |
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It is not known where the people of this valley lived but there are still studies and digs going on to solve the mysteries. |
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The rock walls were absolutely beautiful. |
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Our guide talked with as frequently along the way giving us great information and answering our questions. |
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Along both walls were channels used to carry the supply of water into the canyon. |
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Here is one of the horse and carts in use. |
This was not a level walk but was downward the whole distance. |
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This is the one named "The Treasury" because that is what it looks like. |
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There were guards in authentic uniforms of the time just recently added. |
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Some of the caves were quite large and simple. |
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The walk down was easy but the walk back up was difficult. Some reverted to the carts. |
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This is a carved r\Roman Amphitheatre which seats about 3,000. |
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 There
were also camel rides in the lower area. |
 A
close up of the amphitheatre |
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 It
is not known where the people that build this lived. It was not in the
caves. |
 This
was the end of our journey but excavation is still going on further
down. |