|
|
|
Other Wadi Musa Sites:
Little Petra
Ain Musa - (Arabic= The well of Moses). This is the small collection of three domed buildings as you head into Wadi Musa proper that is purportedly the very place where Moses struck the ground with his staff, producing water from the earth. There is also a place in Egypt claiming to be the same place. Worth a picture or two, but visit Ain Musa as part of a day where you go other places as well. ***** Little Petra - Little Petra, or Al-Bareed, or Siq Al-Bareed (Arabic "The cold" or "The cold canyon" due to the chilly winds howling through), offers a free version of its bigger sister Petra. You can see some beautiful ruins, rock formations, and the remains of an ancient Neolithic village (called Al-Beidha) where mankind supposedly first discovered gardening some 7000 years ago. There's a good academic website on the entire Neolithic Shkarat Msaied site here. In the area you'll probably meet actual Beduoins, because most of Petra's Bedu community were displaced when Petra was turned into a national park. You'll want to drive to Little Petra, or take a taxi, and most probably go with a guide, unless you are willing to wander around on your own, either way take some water, and consider packing a lunch for a picnic. ***** Amarin Bedouin Camp - For an "authentic" bedouin experience, this one's pretty
good, though it is a tourist related experience. You camp with actual
Bedouins in the desert and have a great outdoor dinner with music and
dancing. They have bathrooms and showers as well (a concrete building
covered with a black Bedu tent). Check their website http://www.bedouincamp.net/enter.html
for additional info.
<---back to Petra/Wadi Musa for Visitors for inquiries and comments (non-commercial only please): go.mideast @ yahoo.comCopyright ©2003-2010 gomideast.com unless otherwise credited |
|
