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This was the last day at Petra, and the first day of the journey to Amman and Jerash.
Monastery at El Deir.
Monastery at El Deir.
Inside the Monastery at El Deir.
Old tombs near El Deir now used for habitation and as places to trade trinkets and refreshements to the visitors. We lunched at the hospitality of the locals in just such a place.
Tombs near El Deir.
Return from El Deir to Petra.
Hadrian's Arch and cliff tombs. This is the plaza of the city of Petra, about a mile beyond the Siq.
Treasury.
Treasury (detail).
Treasury (detail).
Near the Treasury at the Petra end of the Siq. The treasury is behind the photographer.
Returning along the Siq.
View from our hotel, just outside the Petra site.
View from our hotel, just outside the Petra site.
Wadi Musa, the modern town near ancient Petra. Musa = Moses.
Wadi Musa. If you can make it out, the hotel we stayed at is in the middle of the view.
Wadi Musa.
Wadi Musa.
The road north from Wadi Musa.
Stretching my legs at a rest stop.
Sheep.
A wheatfield.
The Crusader castle of Kerak, athwart the Silk Road, tapping into the same wealth that Petra had harvested a millennium before.
The modern town of Kerak. Lacking many cars, the frequency of public transport was impressive (like continual).
The Silk Road seen from the citadel.
The emplacements at the left look down over the Silk Road.
More of the castle.
Castle walls still at full height.
Castle walls still at full height.
More of the castle.
More of the castle.
The chapel, later a mosque.
More of the castle.
More of the castle.
More of the castle.
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