Where is John Lama? travel blog

Our beautiful Hotel Princess in Eilat on the Red Sea.

The hotel was positioned right in the hills around Eilat.

Our hotel pool. Eilat is a fun coastal city, with a lot...

I was able to scuba dive with dolphins here in the Red...

I also met a couple from southern California at the dolphin diving...

My roommate Nick didn't continue to Petra, so I was paired off...

Our group had a traditional Bedouin dinner in a tent in Eilat....

Our Bedouin host spoke about his life, including his four wives. He...

My buddy William and I hanging out at our hotel the night...

We had to wait at the border and change buses before entering...

King Abdullah II is the leader of Jordan. He attended school in...

There was coincidentally a souvenir shop located where we had to wait...

The ride from Eilat to Petra was great. The landscape here was...

These huge stone hills were amazing, sticking up out of the totally...

Michael Medved's wife Diane also loves to take photos, so we left...

Near the entrance of Petra are these two rock-cut tombs, one on...

You walk though a spectacular narrow gorge, called the Siq, to get...

I ran into this guy in the Siq on my walk into...

The walls of the Siq gorge were really high.

At the end of the Siq gorge you get a spectacular peak...

The vertical footholds on either side of the Treasury fascade may have...

Camels taking a rest in front of the Treasury.

The Treasury has a large interior room that archeologists think was used...

Buildings are cut into the stone along this path through Petra.

This guy was playing playing a single-stringed ancient Arabic instrument called a...

As I was listening to the musician I saw this interesting guy...

Turns out he was a friend of the rababah player. Notice he...

There are dozens of smaller fascades in the hills around Petra.

Everywhere you look there are structures cut into the hills.

This theater, also cut into the stone hills, seated 7,000 spectators.

On my way up to see the Royal Tombs I came across...

The Urn tomb, built around 70 AD, has a huge 3,500 square...

It is hard to describe the vivid striations of color that flow...

The largest of the group, the Palace Tomb has a fascade five...

These cute kids were with their mother offering tea and asking for...

Turns out these boys weren't as serious as they first appeared!

One of the doors to the Palace tomb.

Inside one of the doors to the Palace Tomb you can see...

Another fascade I noticed high up the hill.

This guy was selling souvenirs at Petra. I was actually surprised how...

The street leading into the city section of Petra is lined with...

The Temenos Gate leading into the city section of Petra was probably...

The Palace of the Pharaoh's Daughter, located in the City of Petra,...

This man and his son were riding through Petra.

Diane and I were late to meet our group at the Petra...

This is the view of Petra from atop a camel.

Diane and I were taking photos the whole ride back to the...

Diane enjoying the ride.

Back in Eilat the next morning, I was packed and ready for...

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I saw this musician at Petra playing an Arabic instrument called a...


$1 = .7 Jordanian Dinars

My tour group went from Jerusalem to the Israeli city of Eilat on the Red Sea. We were able to cross into Jordan from Eilat and drive two hours up to Petra.

I have always wanted to visit the archaelogical site Petra in the country of Jordan.

Petra is an ancient city, built by the Nabataeans between the third century BC and the first century AD, and made rich from the frankincense trade. The buildings of Petra are carved into the red stone hills. It is amazing to see all the building fascades emerge from the hills. Petra was a busy city from its inception through the 12th century, but then it was abandoned and forgotten for 500 years until it was rediscovered in 1812.

You might recognize Petra since it was the backdrop for a scene in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. At the climax of the movie, Harrison Ford found the Holy Grail in the Treasury building. Check out this picture of Harrison Ford and Sean Connery from the movie. Photo: Indiana Jones in Petra


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