Wow!!! Petra!!! A blog entry seems terribly insufficient to describe the wonder and awe that this place evokes, but here it goes anyway...
Thank you, Nabateans, for being inspired to carve hundreds of cave dwellings, tombs, worship sites, and enormous monuments, all cut into a maze of multi-colored sandstone cliffs. The natural landscape alone is gorgeous. Cliffs and canyons open into a vast red sand desert. Add the manmade structures and you have a truly jaw-dropping and unforgetable touristic experience.
For several centuries, the Bedouin people have come to inhabit the area and many still live in Petra's cave dwellings. Some are even equipped with generators and satellite TV. Though these modern Bedouin are fairly grounded, they still fondly remember their nomadic past. A favorite saying is:
Bedouin move as the wind
Are strong as the desert
Soft as the sand
Forever free
I wouldn't mind being 'forever free' in this incredible place!
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