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1000places > PRELUDE TO PETRA - That evening from the balcony of our hotel we watched the sun set behind the Petra basin - a harbinger of the magnificent sights we were to see the next day.
1000places > AMMAN - From high atop the hill, the Temple of Hercules could be seen from virtually anywhere in ancient Amman. A monumental staircase once connected the temple with the forum, theaters, colonnaded streets, shops and other public activities in the city center below the Citadel. Traces of the staircase had long disappeared.
1000places > AMMAN - Larger than any temple in Rome itself, the Temple of Hercules is framed by six 33-foot tall columns.
1000places > WADI RUM - But where were the Bedouins? Off herding their flocks? Or herding tourists across the desert? Or were they watching us from the surrounding rocks...perhaps like this carving we saw on one of the rock walls?
1000places > WADI RUM - Even this Bedouin teapot next to the ashes of a firepit seemed to have been just recently filled with hot tea....
1000places > WADI RUM - The camp had obviously been recently occupied but was now strangely deserted. We entered one of the tents and found objects of everyday life - plus a table of Bedouin scarves and other items meant for sale. But no people....
1000places > WADI RUM - When we weren't "kicking sand" in our compatriots' path, or "eating sand" kicked up by spinning tires, we were out of our trucks climbing sand. It seems that some of us have never lost that urge to tackle any hill, no matter how difficult. Or maybe, for Jeanne, it reminded her of her former Congressional job -- take one step up and slide two steps back.
1000places > WADI RUM - At one stop, our guide showed us ancient petroglyphs engraved on the relatively soft sandstone.
1000places > WADI RUM - The ancient Alameleh inscriptions at Wadi Rum depict camels, wildlife, and hunters.
PRELUDE TO PETRA - That evening from the balcony of our hotel we watched the sun set behind the Petra basin - a harbinger of the magnificent sights we were to see the next day.

1000places > PRELUDE TO PETRA - That evening from the balcony of our hotel we watched the sun set behind the Petra basin - a harbinger of the magnificent sights we were to see the next day.
PRELUDE TO PETRA - That evening from the balcony of our hotel we watched the sun set behind the Petra basin - a harbinger of the magnificent sights we were to see the next day.

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