Jordon – Walk the Siq to the Lost City of Petra

There is so much to see in Jordan: ancient Roman cities, castles that the crusaders built, magnificent citadels and powerful biblical sites, the brook where Jesus was baptised, the fortress where Herod beheaded John the Baptist, and the mountain top where Moses saw the Promised Land.

Jordan Walk the Siq to the Lost City of Petra And, there is Petra — one of the worlds most spectacular and unmissable visits, a city almost as old as Madurai and Varanasi. However, Jordan is not all about ancient monuments. The capital city, Amman is an ultra modern, culturally diverse city and the country also offers some of the wildest adventure routes on the planet. Visit the Dead Sea, and lie on your back on its dense waters reading a newspaper without sinking (the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the earth at 400meters below sea level). The crystallised salt and the dead sea mud are so rich in minerals that they are used to make several cosmetics and beauty products. You can view the suburbs of Jerusalem in Israel from it’s shores in Jordan. Drive down the King’s Highway, one of the oldest roads in the World to see the City of Mosaics, Madaba. The Greek orthodox church there is a true jewel. The country is immensely diverse, from the red desert sands of Wadi Rum to the brilliant blues of the coral-filled Gulf of Aqaba ; from rich palm-filled wadis to the lifeless Dead Sea. Visit Jordon, and you will take home for years to come fond memories of the sensual delights of life in the middle east.