After our first correct day exploring the traditional misplaced Kingdom of Petra in Jordan (additionally see our second put up right here from after we visited the traditional Monastery in Petra), we determined to spend the following day exploring much more of Jordan by venturing up north in direction of the Lifeless Sea.
Besides, as a substitute of simply heading straight up there, we determined to take a little bit of a meandering route up there and cease off at some unbelievable spots alongside the best way.
To get round, we really employed a driver through our resort as that simply appeared like essentially the most smart choice.
The value was really fairly cheap and on high of that, we had our pal, Georgia, with us so it meant that prices can be shared between 3 and so even financially, it made extra sense than making an attempt to determine another option to get round.
We began off at Shobak Fortress, which isn’t too removed from Wadi Musa.
Wadi Musa, by the best way, is the city the place Petra is.
Shobak Fortress can be known as Montreal and dates again to the 12 months 1115 so it’s fairly an incredible historic spot to take a look at in Jordan.
We didn’t spend too lengthy there earlier than heading to our subsequent cease, town of Madaba.
The factor we have been searching for particularly in Madaba is a well-known mosaic map, aptly known as “The Madaba Map” which is situated within the church of Saint George.
The Madaba map depicts what’s now Jordan and the nations throughout it and is without doubt one of the oldest maps doing so.
It dates again to the 12 months 542 making it nearly 1,500 years previous so understandably it displays what the realm would have appeared like again then and never what it seems like in current day.
Leaving Madaba we headed additional north as much as Mount Nebo which is talked about within the Bible because the place the place Moses was proven the promised land.
Mount Nebo can be the place Moses died, making this spot an necessary pilgrimage website for Christians, Muslims and Jews from all around the world.
On clear days you may see proper into Israel and Palestine in addition to the Lifeless Sea from Mount Nebo.
Now, on the very high of Mount Nebo, you’ll discover Syagha or Siyagha (relying on who you converse to), which is house to the stays of a Byzantine church.
This is without doubt one of the issues you may miss out once you’re right here because it has these extremely historical mosaics adoring the church partitions.
This church is consider to have existed way back to the 12 months 394 and once more is one other necessary historic spot to go to in Jordan.
Carrying on from there we made our means over to the Lifeless Sea and it’s really essentially the most surreal feeling once you step foot within the water there.
For the uninitanted, the Lifeless Sea is without doubt one of the lowest level on earth and the working principle round its formation (in easy phrases) is that it was a part of the ocean however ultimately acquired reduce off as a result of tectonic exercise.
Over time, it then evaporated making it an increasing number of salty (the water evaporates with none of the salt) and is now nearly 10 instances as salty because the ocean.
This saltiness is why you may float in right here with out making any effort.
Additionally, one other well-known factor right here is the mud you get from the Lifeless Sea.
It’s imagined to be actually good on your pores and skin and to be sincere, it does really feel like that once you use it.
Like your pores and skin feels noticeable softer.
Understandably, there’s now enormous demand for this mud all around the world.
Leaving the Lifeless Sea, we began to make our means again to Petra however in a special path to the best way we really arrived, travelling as a substitute this time, alongside the shore line of the Lifeless Sea.
The panorama down that route is completely fascinating and we needed to get out of the automobile a number of instances simply to cease and take all of it in correctly.
And the journey again simply acquired much more particular because the solar set and earlier than lengthy, we have been again in Petra, able to lastly go to this historical misplaced metropolis at evening.
It’s actually known as Petra at evening and there’s a complete candlelit efficiency there and every part.
I’ll share all of that within the subsequent put up – together with our go to to the maybe lesser recognized ‘Little Petra’.
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