Approach to Petra

Anyone who loves Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade has an image of the Treasury at Petra hardwired into the brain. The Nabataean trading city, in southern Jordan, lies hidden amidst the Wadi Musa (the Valley of Moses) and is still relatively inaccessible. After a winding trek through the Siq, the grand caravan entrance into Petra, visitors get a glimpse of the city’s most famous building, ‘Al Khazneh’. This photograph was taken in December 2018 at dawn, with only a solitary camel for company.