i am Indiana Jones.

This backpacking business is a boys club I haven't met one single female traveler over here yet. So for now I guess its me and the boys.

Petra is the main thing that people go to Jordan to see- its one of the seven world wonders and its amazing. I went down there with this guy I met at 630 in the morning It took a good three hours of driving in absolute nothingness to get there. The only people on the bus were tourists because there is nothing else besides Petra. We got the two day pass which I was surprised how expensive it was. I guess since its only tourists they make everything western prices. There's really no way to describe petra. The walk to the main temple is an ally way of the most incredible rock formations ever. And then you reach the big treasury, Indiana jones land, aladdin land- it is just incredible. There is a lot to explore and see. After every climb and turn I kept saying "oh wow". I really didn't know what to expect coming to petra but I was completely blown away. We decided to do the big hike to the monastery building the first day. I'm glad I was with a guy because I don't think I would have done half of what I did if I didn't have someone pushing me and telling me that yes I was going to climb the 800 steps to the building. After that first day my feet hurt, my legs were sore and completely exhausted. But it was worth it and I managed to not get sunburned.

The second day we had a clear mission of going to the high place of sacrifice, the place where they use to sacrifice animals to the gods. Damn was that a hike. 600 stairs of vertical rock. Once we got up to the top the view was amazing. Just so high up looking at the desert mountains. Apparently you can see Israel from there, I'm sure one of those rock mountains was Israel's but they all looked the same. Unlike massada there was a great breeze so I could have stayed forever looking out.