Jordan Part 1

Hey! So how was all of your week? To sum up  Jordan was a great experience, I loved it. But here is a summary of what has happened the past week.

Day One

We took a bus across the border which let me tell you is the biggest hassle. We all had to get out and wait in line then we had to switch buses. But after that we arrived at Mt. Nebo, it is the location where Moses saw the promise land but not allowed to go. 

Afterwards we stopped at St. John Church in Madabba. This is where a famous mosaic of the land of Palestine.  This is just a random picture from inside the church. I would expound but it wasn't that cool.

  The next stop was a highlight, it was at Mt. Machaerus. This is the location where John the Baptist was beheaded. He condemned the marriage between Herod and Herodias (probably because she was his niece and sister-in-law) and this angered Herodias so they out him to death.

 here is the start for funny friday....

 that night we drove to Wadi Musa or the location of the Petra

DAY TWO: PETRA

So Petra was so amazing, I thought it was just that one location that was in the Indiana Jones movie but it was so much more. There was like 20 of them!

 Here we are at the Treasury opening. It is as magnificent as you can imagine

 So Petra is a full town, there is tons of tombs, temples, monasteries, and also houses that are all built inside the cliffs. So we hiked up the monastery which was a mile long hike in 102 degree heat, woo it was HOT. But worth every minute. If you couldn't tell we are spelling out P-E-T-R-A

 This is Linds and I in front of the Monastery

On the way back down there was a bunch of bedoiun women selling cheap jewelry so I bought a few bracelets from this wonderful lady, had to get a picture with her. 

 This is what the hiked looked like,  reminded me a lot of Lake Powell

 These are just a few houses, around 30,000 thousand people lived here

 Highlight: Getting to ride a camel! 

So, Since it is funny friday I will show you the new photos that we have taken in Jordan, we now are taking "urban photos." If you don't know know what that means just google urban outfitters and that is what we are re-enacted. Here are a few shots from the whole trip:

Tomorrow I will finish with the last two days. Right now I am watching Never Say Never- Justin Bieber. So inspirational. no joke