Petra cannot be described in words – so I will save you from my often verbose descriptors and allow you to journey through some of my favorite photos from this breathtaking place. (Click on any photo to enlarge the album into a slideshow). If you are curious to see more, the rest of the photos are on my Facebook page 
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- Entering Petra
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- a beautiful Bedouin child selling rocks – breaks your heart!
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- ancient Nabatean homes
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- guarding the narrow pass that leads to the Treasury
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- an unsuspecting Jordanian unknowingly posing for a photo op :)
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- view of the Treasury through the pass
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- Nabatean Treasury – carved by hand!! Truly stunning
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- a Roman road built after they conquered the land around 106 CE
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- 900 stair ascent to the Nabatean Monastery
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- Petra landscape
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- an other unsuspecting Jordanian – couldn’t resist this shot!
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- what a view!
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- impromptu photo shoot (courtesy of Andrew Lyon)
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- trying to take it all in
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- continuing the journey to the Monastery
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- and we finally made it!
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- singing hymns inside of the Nabatean Monastery – hauntingly beautiful
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- making the journey back down the mountain
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- finishing the day off with a horseback ride – perfect!
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