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  • Agriculture in the desert! The tomatoes looked quite delicious!
  • Rooms carved into the wall everywhere! Here's a regular street with neighbors...
  • A slightly less spartan interior that I came across - apparently used to be a dining hall.
  • Some vegetation for the horses along the way...
  • One of the garden tombs - long since neglected....
  • The Monastery building - still in quite a good shape unlike most other eroded buildings
  • A look at the Royal tombs carved into the canyon walls, as seen from the temple coutyard
  • Sunrise over Wadi Musa town
  • Agriculture in the desert!
  • Dead Sea coast - exposing the lovely water colors. The Wadi Mujib Biosphere has a good bit of greenery - in stark contrast to the rest of the desert coast.
  • Dead Sea coast - exposing the lovely water colors. The hills on the opposite coast correspond to Israel.
  • At night, the entire Siq and the Al Khazneh are lit up with candles - making for a surreal setting! The moonlight casts a wonderful light on the canyon wall - showing off the beautiful Rose Red facade.
  • Two guards dressed in Roman Soldier garb, complete the picture at Al Khazneh - the Treasury building.
  • A singing camel in front of Al Khazneh - the Treasury building in Petra.
  • Siq - the 2+ km long canyon that leads into the ancient town of Petra
  • The room at Petra was much more basic, but fresh fruits were delivered daily!
  • The Dead Sea coast inside Jordan is stony for the most part, with the few existing resorts all clustered around the tiny beaches available.
  • Sun punctures the stormy weather over Dead Sea. I actually experienced severe rain for a few minutes while driving in the desert!
  • Salty!
  • The room was quite tastefully appointed.
  • Apart from the huge pool that is common to all the buildings, each building has it's own smaller pool too!
  • Dead Sea beach at night. The lights on the opposite shore correspond to Palestine.
  • The largest swimming pool in the Crowne Plaza Resort at Dead Sea, Jordan, has 2 bars, and a spa in the middle. This is one of the bridges leading to the island in the middle.
  • The largest swimming pool in the Crowne Plaza Resort at Dead Sea, Jordan, has 2 bars, and a spa in the middle.
  • At night, the entire Siq and the Al Khazneh are lit up with candles - making for a surreal setting!
  • At night, the entire Siq and the Al Khazneh are lit up with candles - making for a surreal setting!
  • At night, the entire Siq and the Al Khazneh are lit up with candles - making for a surreal setting! The floodlight that they turned on the Treasury building unfortunately casts it in an ugly yellow light instead of the original Rose Red color.
  • A Bedouin lady smoking a hookah. The pink color on her lap is a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 smartphone. She took all my bollywood songs through bluetooth :) As an aside, through my entire stay there, I did not meet a single Jordanian who didn't smoke.
  • The first view of the Al Khazneh - the Treasury Building, through the Siq - the canyon.
  • The trail up top is not for the faint of heart, and my Vertigo was kicking in fairly often!
  • Unlike the rest of the desert canyon, the way to the top of the treasury building was through some thick bushes!
  • Looking down the Al Khazeh - the Treasure Building, from the other side.
  • Bedouin tribe kids going through the canyons on a mule
  • The Monastery building - still in quite a good shape unlike most other eroded buildings
  • A sacrificial place at the temple. Circular seating, with a grill in the center to drain the blood after the sacrifice! Say what you will about their customs, but the whole place is quite well engineered!
  • Although the camels walked gracefully, they are not well treated by the tribes. A look at the knees of the lead camel might paint you the story :(
  • The scale is quite enormous with people for ants.
  • A top level view of the stadium and it's surroundings. Fairly well engineered - with separate entrances for the two contesting gladiators...
  • Your truly conquers vertigo for a selfie on top of the wall face opposite the treasury building.
  • A rather busy facade that's unlike the other tombs I've noticed
  • A Jordanian soldier keeps guard in chilly weather. The pistols they carried were very ornate!
  • Unlike the exteriors of the tombs and homes, the interiors were pretty spartan. But, the layers/striations on the rock face were fabulous!
  • Surreal to see entire buildings and courtyards carved into stone. Some of the Bedouin tribe handicrafts in the foreground.
  • A miniature lifestyle setting on display at one of the Bedouin tribe stalls
  • A view of the old stadium, seen through one of the cave homes in the neighbourhood
  • A camel photobomb! @ Al Khazneh - the Treasure Building at Petra
  • Where's Indie? The whole setting transports you back in time! @ Al Khazneh - the Treasury building.
  • Two guards dressed in Roman Soldier garb, complete the picture at Al Khazneh - the Treasury building.
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