12/26/2013

Today we had the day off cycling to spend it in Petra. We started with a fantastic continental breakfast and then went on a tour of Petra. Our tour guide is a world known Jordanian and archeologist. At around 11am he left us to explore on our own. There were Bedouins offering horse, donkey, and camel rides ever few feet. Being as we are on an adventure trip we all got out our maps and said, "right, now let's climb to the top of the mountain, have lunch, and climb up the next mountain." And then we did. It was absolutely spectacular but I think I may have been a bit to excited about the walking and not given enough to one of the 7 wonders of the world. Petra is not one of the original wonders but it is one of the new ones. Only about 20% of it has actually been uncovered. Petra was made of 2 parts those which were carved into the rock and those that were built as free standing structures. All of the free standing structures were destroyed in an earthquake and the city is slowly being recreated by archeologists. 

We got back to the hotel in time to shower before dinner. I think I was a little over excited for dinner. There were so many salads and vegetables that I over ate a bit and was up most of the night with a stomach ache.