Petra

After heading down to the Dead Sea and back in one day, we were back on track the next day for our scheduled visit to Petra.  Zuhair advised us that we’d want to get an early start, due to the heat at mid-day and the crowds. Plus, the grounds at Petra are expansive, and it is a 3 km walk just to get from the entrance to the Treasury, the building seen above, the one you probably recognize from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Postcard: Petra

Glimpse of the Treasury from the slot canyon leading into Petra, Jordan.

Painted Petra

Petra was beautiful. 

Aside from the ancient, carved structures, the rock was extremely colorful and pretty in its own right, whether it was exposed by water and wind, or by hand. 

Some sections of the rock face looked like abstract art, and once I started looking closer, I saw examples throughout the canyons.

Radio Silence

Hi all--sorry that things have been a little sparse around here. Since we flew to Madagascar in mid-April, we've been going at a breakneck speed, and with little and/or very bad internet.  But great transportation.

We do have some news, however. We bought a ticket home. We fly from London to Denver on July 23rd. We know some of you are very happy we'll be home (Hi Moms!), and some of you will be disappointed that the journey is over.

And while we're not sure that the journey is over, we're very weary of packing our bags, and moving them. We're weary of restaurant meals and the same six sets of clothes.  We're worried that we're not as excited about seeing things as we used to be. And that means it's time to come home.

But we still have a month in Europe and lots to tell you about what we've been up to in the last few months and we'd like the time to do it properly.  We'll catch up when we can, but we just wanted to let you know where we are (Krakow, at the moment) and that we're fine, and that we have lots more adventures to share!