On the second day, we decided to check out some of the caves and tombs that were off the beaten path. We started out by heading to the Mughar an-Nasara, which were some Christian caves and tombs a little off the track. It was a lot of fun because most of the people that visit the site don't actually make it out here. We were all alone to climb around on the rocks and check out the tombs, which were pretty cool. We were trying to make it to the Al-Wu'eira Fort, a Crusader fort that is really far away from everything, but unfortunately, we didn't find it, so we settled for this area. One of the highlights was that as we were coming back and following some other caves along the basin, some camels were grazing around 300 yards from us. It was pretty cool.
After having lunch, we decided to hike up to the High Place of Sacrifice, a little area at the top of Jabal Madhbah (a mountain I believe). The hike was pretty steep and it took a while to get up there, but once we did the view was amazing! You could see the surrounding valleys on every side and it looked spectacular. We took some fun pics before beginning our decent.
Then we decided that we had enough for the day. We had done a ton of hiking and it was time to leave Petra. Truth be told, I didn't actually get to see everything that I wanted to. The tomb of the prophet Aaron is supposed to be near-by and I would love to be able to see the Crusader fort one day as well. Maybe next time.....
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