Jordan-Petra

From Wadi-Rum I picked up a bus in the desert headed for Petra, the forgotten city of stone. I stayed for two days in Petra, and then caught a taxi on to Amman. At night, taking in the music, the food and cities paint a picture as old as time.

I crossed red sea over to Jordan on a ferry and continued to Petra then up to Accra and on into the desert.

Petra

Petra is spectacular full of hundreds of tombs, houses and monuments carved into the sandstone cliffs. I had some time to draw, and write and contemplate the empires who have created these fantastic cities in the sand. It is inspiring to say the least, and so as the old and the new co-exist in a land of extremes, the people