Petra

While in Eilat, Israel, I decide to take a day trip to Petra, Jordan with a German CouchSurfer. We look at organized day trips but they are a little expensive so we go on our own.

We take a cab to the Israeli / Jordan border. There we cross by foot through a barbed wire no-mans land with mines on either side. Then after my friend gets hit on by the border guards, we take a taxi to Aqaba – a nearby city. From there we take a bus to Petra. Luckily we find a Jeep driver who agrees to drive us back to the border in the afternoon.

Petra is an amazing 2000 year old city carved out of beautiful rock.

From Israel and Petra, Jordan

From Israel and Petra, Jordan

Afterwards we catch our ride back to the border right before it closes. The Israelis are really suspicious of us crossing over at the last minute and search my bag for 15 minutes. There are no taxis on the other side so we hitchhike back to Eilat.