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| The city of Madaba is located just south of Amman and is famous for its mosaics | Typical mosaic in Madaba. You could spend hours in each of the many archeological sites looking at the tilework | Mt. Nebo is apparently where Moses looked over the promised land. |
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| From the top of Mt. Nebo you can look over the promised lands of Jordan and Israel (or "occupied Palestine") | The Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth and the highest salinity. It makes swimming an interesting challenge and you find out fast where any cuts are on your body. | Jordan is famous for its sand bottle art. You can get one custom made for about JD1 |
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| Along the King's Highway gives some pretty neat scenery. | The road switchbacks many times while going down and up this valley. | The passages of Karak |
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| Looking out an opening at Karak -- you can image someone dumping a nice vat of hot oil from here onto invaders | Time to try baking some middle eastern staples... it only took three tries to lay the dough flat in the oven | The finished product |
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| Looking down to the entrance of Petra in Wadi Musa. The more expensive hotels are here, but the cheaper ones are just up the hill and only a JD1 taxi ride away | One of the first sights after entering Petra | After a long walk through the Siq you finally reach the Treasury |
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| It's a pretty impressive building and you could spend hours just admiring it, but there's so much more to Petra | The exit of the Siq where you get your first view of the Treasury |
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| Donkeys are used to transport soft drinks, snack foods, and humans around Petra | The same donkey decides that there are some good snacks in the garbage | The theatre |
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| The theatre, looking down from near the top. The acoustics are amazing! | Cool rock formations and patterns are everywhere | Overlooking some of the other buildings |
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| A nice cool kaleyfah to keep the sun off your head and neck | Many structures of Petra have been damaged, so reconstruction of buildings is always going on | Camels also give tourists rides. Its kind of like sitting on a very tall and fat horse. Hang on while the camel stands or sits. |
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| Boys offer tourists 'air conditioned donkey rides' to the Monastery. | Overlooking the city of Petra | A rock with a hole, so what? Actually this is where I hid my Petra Geocache |
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| Okay time to try out a camel for a couple of JD. Apparently this camel really likes beer. | Infront of the Treasury again | Wadi Musa at dusk |
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| Always choose your hotel room based on the distance to the nearest mosque. 4.30am during Radaman is always a good time to be promptly awaken with the first call of the day. Oh well, didn't need to set the alarm clock for the rest of the trip | Red rocks of Petra -- almost like you are on Mars | The Bedouin sell tea, rocks, old coins, and just about anything else at many stands throughout Petra |
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| These plants just grow right out of the sand with very little water | Staircase up the trail in a more remote part of Petra | More plants that seem to do quite well despite the lack of water in the desert |
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| The Monastery, even more impressive and in better shape than the Treasury. Just for scale, there is a person standing next to the little bush just below and right of the main entrance | Looking up at the Monastery | Like other Petra buildings, the Monastery is carved right out of the rock |
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| The port of Aquaba on the Red Sea. The left of the picture is Eygpt, the middle is Israel, and the right is Jordan | Nice walks along the sea in Aquaba | Glass bottom boats are available for non-divers to see what lies below |
