{"id":1738,"date":"2013-03-24T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2013-03-24T19:08:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T18:08:00","slug":"petra-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/1738","title":{"rendered":"Petra, Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visiting a wonder of the ancient world. Or, as I view it, following in the footsteps of Indiana Jones. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: The Treasury from the \"Sig\" or \"shaft\".\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The Treasury from the &#8220;Sig&#8221; or &#8220;shaft&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: The Treasury and a camel.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The Treasury and a camel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: The Treasury and me, getting a blast of wind and sand in my face.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The Treasury and me, getting a blast of wind and sand in my face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: The Treasury and me, doing my best to ignore the sand blasting in my face.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The Treasury and me, doing my best to ignore the sand blasting in my face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: The Sig again.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The Sig again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-6.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: The facades.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The facades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-7.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: Horse riding past the Obelisk tomb.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Horse riding past the Obelisk tomb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: The Sig.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The Sig.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-9.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: Me looking up at the very narrow gorge.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Me looking up at the very narrow gorge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-10.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: A camel on its way to the Treasury.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">A camel on its way to the Treasury.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-11.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: Inside a tomb.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Inside a tomb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-12.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: Patterns in the rock ceiling of a tomb.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Patterns in the rock ceiling of a tomb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-13.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: On the right, our tour guide.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">On the right, our tour guide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-14.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: Donkey!\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Donkey!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-15.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: no description\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-16.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: Detail of the Sig.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Detail of the Sig.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-17.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: Water-eroded rock.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Water-eroded rock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-18.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: The Sig again.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The Sig again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-19.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan: Steve making a friend during a rest stop on the bus trip.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Steve making a friend during a rest stop on the bus trip.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Air Force One<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20130322-Petra-Jordan\/20130322-Petra-Jordan-20.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Air Force One: Spotted at the brand new Queen Alia International Airport. When I visited Petra yesterday I spotted secret service vehicles ahead of Obama's visited today.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Spotted at the brand new Queen Alia International Airport. When I visited Petra yesterday I spotted secret service vehicles ahead of Obama&#8217;s visited today.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>I love to read comments and feedback about my blog posts. Please email me, I reply to every message: luke@juggler.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visiting a wonder of the ancient world. Or, as I view it, following in the footsteps of Indiana Jones. The Treasury from the &#8220;Sig&#8221; or &#8220;shaft&#8221;. The Treasury and a camel. 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