Jordan in Photos

Can I just start by saying I LOVE Jordan!  Definitely recommend that you travel there if the opportunity presents itself (or you can create the opportunity)!

The View from Mt. Nebo, where Moses saw the promise land

Map of the view from Mt. Nebo 

Mosaic demonstration

they cut sheets or chips of actual colored
rocks into the exact size piece they need

Mosaic in a church floor of an ancient map
of what is presently Egypt, Israel, and Jordan

Mosaic of Jesus in the same church

Taking in Jordan's version of the Grand Canyon

Kerak Castle, one of the many crusader castles in Jordan,
to oversea the trade routes, this was is exactly parallel to Bethlehem

Entrance to Petra

Frankincense and myrrh 

Eroded rock resembling an elephant, Petra

Remnants of statues, Petra

Remnants of plumbing system that ran through Petra

The Treasury (which actually was a tomb), Petra

Closer look at The Treasury, Petra

Houses in Petra

this is how colorful all of Petra is but hard to see with the dust
this also illustrates where they extract the rocks from for the mosaics

Tomb, Petra

Posing with a Bedouin (a nomadic tribe) Police Office

Inside one of the tombs, Petra

Bedouin Merchant, Petra

Petra

Petra (you can see the marble color in the wall)

Example of Roman influence, Petra

Petra

Example of Roman influence, Petra

Bedouin Merchant, Petra

Petra

Little Petra was a "fueling or resting" stop for caravans
unlike Petra which was a cemetery that later became a city

Example of the steps that were created to carve the tombs, Little Petra

Shop, Little Petra

Paintings on the ceiling in a shop, Little Petra

Little Petra

Little Petra

Little Petra

Stopped to enjoy Bedouin tea, Little Petra

Little Petra

Wadi Rum

Wadi Rum

Wishing Rocks, Wadi Rum

Cave drawings, Wadi Rum

Wadi Rum

Carving dedicated to Lawrence of Arabia

Bedouin cook food underground for hours...

....in huge pots....

...that are sort of like pressure cookers
(meat was open the bottom and vegetables up top--it was delish)