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Monday, April 11, 2011

Petra

I stayed at Valentine Inn near the central circle of Wadi Musa
(dorm 5.5JD, breakfast 1.5JD, lunch box 2.5JD, dinner 5JD) the dorm
had 9 beds and a bathroom with hot water from 5:00pm-8:30pm, free wifi
in the lobby and free shuttle bus to the Petra gate at 7 and 8am and
back from petra at 4 and 5pm. The dinner is a very big buffet that is
very good. Breakfast is a little weak, the lunch box is good.

Entrance to Petra is 50JD for one day! 55 for 2 days. Petra is huge
and would be a good place for longer hikes on days after seeing the
main sites. After passing through the Siq if you stay to the right and
walk along the tombs there is a path that leads up above the treasury
which is a really cool view point. The Monestary is a must see and it
may be better than the treasury. Also recommend going to the "Place of
high sacrifice". I did all that in one day starting at 8am and
finishing at 5pm but it was a pretty grueling day and I think it was
about 30km of hiking. Leaving Wadi Musa I caught the bus to Wadi Rum
for 5JD (2hrs) with a german guy to go camping in the desert.

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