Petra

Sore, but happy best describes us after two days in Petra. We've trekked about the place for hours and still have another day to go. Yesterday we stayed closer to the Treasury and climbed around the Royal Tombs. We also took the tough climb up to a hidden gem of the ancient city, the Place of High Sacrifice. There was a cult in the town that believed in the sacrifice of animals, and they would do so upon this high cliff platform looking out over the entire region.

After a few hours of trekking yesterday (and enjoying the occasional stop of baclava, we have found the best yet in Petra) we popped into a pub at the Petra Palace Hotel. Of course other joined us and we ended up staying the entire afternoon and into the evening talking with an English teacher working in Cyprus and a few Aussies working on an archaeological dig in the region. Feeling surprisingly fine this morning despite Petra beer being 8%.