We docked early in Aqaba, Jordan and they cleared the ship as fast as possible so we could get to our tours. Most of us were going to Petra., the Rose Red City. It was lost for 1000 years and only recently visitors were permitted to visit the site. The walk was over a mile just to get to the Treasury and it was downhill. From that part on, there was no cart service back so I had to stop as I cannot go up hill because of my asthma. Our guide didn’t tell us that I could have ridden a camel up that portion where carts were not allowed to go. I found out about that on the ship. I just wish I could have seen the entire city.

Alex, who is an archeologist was with our CSI tour and he said he actually shook looking at the various buildings. He felt it was one of the most spectacular discoveries in the world. I don’t know much about archeology but I agree it was spectacular.

There were many Bedouin camps, camels, donkeys and goats along our way through the desert. One camel caused our driver to hit the brakes as he took his time to get out of the road.