Colourful Dreamer

Day two began so early, but with delicious omelets. The breakfast buffet includes an omelette chef who makes your omelette to order from a range of wonderful ingredients. No better way to start the day. And then at seven we gathered ready for our morning at Petra . This is the official website as well. It was cool, and quiet, not many people yet. We were guided down the road by our guide, Michel, towards Al-Siq, the narrow passage made so famous by Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. We paused as we passed the Djinn Blocks and Obelisk Tomb and the Bab as-Siq Triclinium. At the entrance to Al-Siq was a Nabatean dam built after devastating floods to prevent further flooding and to aid in the capture of water that was then fed into Petra City down water channels. We then entered the Siq, walking in the cool, stopping for the statue of the Camel driver and camels, a Roman road and the admire the water channels that brought water down into the city. We learned some of the history and...

Shortly after we registered for the Footsteps of Jesus Pilgrimage we were asked if we were interested in a four day pilgrimage in Jordan. And we boldly said yes. Why not? We will probably not get back to this part of the world and seeing Jordan was an added bonus. So, we along with a few others signed up. When I signed up, I thought of it as a tour more than a pilgrimage. The pilgrimage motif came about later in England. And even as we began, it did feel like a tour more than an ongoing time in the Holy Land. Holy Land meant Palestine-Israel – right? Maybe not. So, this became both a pilgrimage and a tour, as we eased out of the intensity of the past 10 days. At 7am we were outside ready to board our bus with bags in hand. It felt a tad early, but we discovered why soon enough. We drove down the road to Jericho and on to the the King Hussein Bridge, also known as the Allenby Bridge, which is also is the only official border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan and is the sole ...