Petra

Petra is a big site but everything kind of blends in with the canyon walls when you zoom out.

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When you look closer you can see the holes into the tombs but the carvings are still hard to make out.

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There were many camels around for lazy people to ride down the ancient streets.

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To one side are the remains of a Roman city.

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There are also some churches from later on.

There were storm clouds rolling in at this point. It rained for about half an hour, other than that the weather was nice.

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They had an amphitheatre. It wasn’t very well preserved, but it was made of the pink stone so it was still pretty.

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Most of the Roman city had tumbled down in the earthquakes.

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