We picked up a rental car in Aqaba and headed off to Petra, an expected 2 1/4 hour drive. We planned to take Highway 15, a major route north, and connect to the highway to Petra but things went a little awry. Road signs weren't apparent as we headed north, and only after a couple of hours driving did we realize we'd taken the Dead Sea highway (Rt65), not the one that would give us good access to Petra. Scanning our maps we found we had to drive a considerable distance north, then cut across to the east (Rt35), then head south again to reach Petra. The bad news - it took us over 4 hours on some rather difficult roads. The good news - we finally saw some camels not in captivity along the route, and had some fabulous scenery on the road crossing the Wadi Al Fidan, which we would have missed had we taken the right route (like the Grand Canyon on steroids!)
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| Why Did the Camel Cross the Road? |
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| Camels, Apparently Grazing on Sand |
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| Herd of Goats Crossing Highway |
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| A Detour on Our Detour |
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| One of the Very Few Straight Stretches of Highway |
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