Discovering Petra by Horse, Camel, and Donkey

We got to ride a horse a donkey and a camel in one day! We started by going to get horses, my horse’s name was Rose she , we rode the horses to the entrance of the Siq. We walked 1.2km though the Siq where we got to the Treasury. At the Treasury we got to ride a camel, I thought it was fun but our dad and Brooklyn were nervous because our mom fall of last time and the camel was extra shaky.

After that we headed to the Petra theater. The theater was built in the early first century AD. Scientist’s believe the theater held theatrical and musical performances, poetry readings, athletic matches, and public meetings. The theater could hold up to 6,000 people! The theater was one big block of rock until they hand carved it out with no machines! Theaters were known to hold a quarter of the population so that means the population of Petra was about 24,000 people.

The Urn Tomb, Silk Tomb, Corinthian Tomb, and Palace Tomb are the four Royal Tombs. The Urn Tomb is the largest, next the Palace Tomb, the Corinthian Tomb, and finally the Silk Tomb. The Silk Tomb has strands of color throughout the stone. The Urn Tomb is the one to the left, the Corinthian Tomb is the second left one, Silk Tomb is the third left one, and Palace Tomb is the really tall one all the way to the right.

Next, we headed to the Monastary, also known as Ad-Dayr in Arabic. There are 800 steep steps leading up to the Monastary, so I was happy that my parents got us donkey’s to go up! We asked if our donkeys had a name and my donkey was called Zuzu and Brooklyn’s was Monica Lewinsky and they were both males. Our mom and dad got a mule. Sadly, are parents did not ask what their mules names were. Riding the donkeys was awesome! I loved it so much! I didn’t even get a person to guide my donkey so I got to steer. The donkeys mostly had the path memorized but they still wondered off track. By pulling on the reigns, I could steer the donkey to where I needed him to go.

The Monastary measures up to 46.77m wide and 48.3m high, and is the largest monument in Petra.6- Since it’s one of the hardest points to access in Petra, there were very little people here. It was built in memory of King Obodas and used for religious gatherings and later re-used as a Christian church.

There are 25 Djinn Blocks scattered through Petra. People worshiped these Djinn Blocks because they believed they were connected to religious practices. We spotted 5 of them.

It was very hot outside but it was still awesome riding the animals, and exploring Petra.