Jordan, petra and wadi rum

Camel in front of the Al Khazneh Temple in Petra, Jordan 2010.

Brother and sister on a donkey around Petra, Jordan 2010.

Petra is one of the world’s most visually stunning archaeological sites, Petra (meaning ‘the rock’ in Greek) is an abandoned necropolis of temples and tombs cut into towering cliffs of red, pink and orange sandstone.


Discovered by the Swiss explorer Jean Louis Bruckhardt who wrote in his diary "it is one of the most elegant remains of antiquity existing". Bruckhardt was the first outsider to cross the Petra's threshold after 600 years (of course the local beduin knew about it...but they kept it secret). 

Kids playing around Petra, Jordan 2010.

View of Wadi Rum, Jordan 2010.

Wadi Rum also known as The Valley of the Moon is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan 60 km to the east of Aqaba


It is a UNESCO World Heritage site.