Showing posts with label jordan. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Travel Postcards - Jondent - Index

Travel Postcards - Index 

My travel postcards are all over this blog.  They are sometimes hard to find. So I thought it would be good to put them into some sort of order. Thus this index:

* Australia  
     - Fremantle - Western Australia (Historic Convict jail) 
     - Tathra (Southern NSW) 
     - Bodalla - old cheese factory NSW
     - Tilba Tilba (NSW)
     - Joadja Distillery - NSW Southern Highlands 
     - Skydiving Mission Beach - Queensland , AUSTRALIA
     - Mission Beach - Queensland
     - Barrington Tops , Cape Tribulation Queensland
     - Cairns to Darwin - Bus trip - (CAIRNS TO CROYDON) - Day 1  
     - Cairns to Darwin - Bus trip - (CROYDON TO MT. ISA) - Day 2
     - Cairns to Darwin - Bus trip - (MT. ISA to Cape Crawford) - Day 3  
     - Cairns to Darwin - Bus trip - (CAPE CRAWFORD TO Darwin) - Day 4
     - Devils Marbles - NT
     - Western Australia, Tree top walk  
     - Pemberton WA - Fire Lookout Climbing Trees
     - Kakadu National Park - Northern Territory Australia  
     - Bundenna to Otford hike - NSW
     - Tasmania, Australia - Lake Lilla Track  
     - Rack & Pinion Steam Railway - Queenstown, Tasmania
     - Nelson Falls - Mt Field - Tasmania  
     - Wine Glass Bay - Freycinet National Park, Tasmania
     - MUdgee - NSW  
     - Maria Island - Tasmania, Australia
     - Port Arthur - Tasmania  
     - Thredbo - NSW - Ski fields
     - Sydney Northern Beaches  
     - SAAB EMS
 

*  Bolivia
     - Lake Titicaca 
     - La Paz & Bowler hats 
     - Tiwanaku Ruins

* Burma - Myanmar
    - Golden Rock
    - Shwenandaw Monastery - Mandaly, Burma
    - U-Bein Bridge

*  Cambodia
     - Angkor Wat


* Croatia
     - Zagreb - part 1
     - Pulla _ Croatia - 1 


*  Cuba 

    - Havana 1
    - Havana 2
    - Havana Cuba 3
    - Manaca Iznaga Estate - Sugar & Slaves
    - Disco Ayala - the cave nightclub in Trinidad Cuba 
    - Santa Clara - Train, Che Guevara Mausoleum
    - Camaguey - Cuba


* Egypt
   - The Great Pyramid (Cairo)
   - The White Desert Camp
   - Karnak Temple (Luxor)
   - Luxor Temple
   - Balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings (Luxor)
   - Medinet habu - Luxor
   - Philae Temple - Aswan Dam
   - Temple of Kom Ombo 
   - Abu Simbel - Aswan
   - Felucca - Nile boat
   - The Step Pyramid - Saqqara
   - Mt Sinai - hike up the mountain (St Catherines)

* Germany
    - Garmisch-Partenkirchen in snow - part 1  

* Greece
   - Kos - Greece - part2
   - santorini 6

* Guatemala

 * India  
     - Kumbhalgarh Fort - Rajasthan
     - Akbar's Tomb - Agra
     - Udaipur - India 
     - Flying Fox - Jodhpur - India 
     - Amer Fort - Jaipur,  Rajasthan - India 
     - Jodpur Markets - Rajasthan, India
    - The Tower of Victory - Chittorgarh Fort - Rahasthan
    - The Baby Taj - Agra
    - Fatehpur Sikri - Uttar Pradesh near Agra
    - Chittorgarh and the legend of Lady Padmini

    - Mehrangarh Fort - Jodhpur, India
    - Hawa Mahal - Jaipur 
    - Jantar Mantar - Astromomy - Jaipur


 * Israel
     - The Separation Wall - Israel/Palestine
    - Israel - Golan Heights - Mt Bental
    - Masada - Israel
    - The Herodium - "Herod's Tomb"
    - Bethlemen - Street Christmas lights
     - Bethlehem - The Palestinian Territory - West Bank
    - The Church of the Nativity - Bethlehem
    - cAESAREA - Med coast
    - aCRE - Akko 



Ireland


   - Yoyogi park - tokyo 2019
   - Shibuya, Tokyo - crossing
   - Fukuoka 2
   - Nagasaki 2
   - Nagasaki - Suwa Shrine 
   - Nagasaki - Battleship Island -  Gunkanjima


*Jordan
    - Petra

 * Malaysia
    - Sabah
    - Borneo #2


* Mexico
   - Teotihuacan - "birthplace of the gods" 
   -  Monte Albán
   -  MUSEO FRIDA KAHLO
   -  Palenque
   -  Uxmal

*Morocco
  - Essaouira
  - Safi
  - Morocco - Sahara Desert - sandboarding, camels, building mud houses  


*New Zealand
   - New years eve 2016 NZ
   - Petone (Hattersley Loom) - a early sequencer
   - Franz Joseph Glacier (South Island)



* Peru
   -  Cusco
   -  Inca Trail
   -  Machu Picchu
   -  Lake Titicaca
   -  Nazcar Peru - Chauchilla Cemetery
   -  Arequipa - NYE celebrations 2011
   -  Acclimatizing to high altitudes

*Russia
   - Moscow 1
   - Moscow 2 
 
*Scotland

  *Singapore
   - Marina Bay Sands hotel view
   - Clifford pier

*Spain
    - Ibiza Town

Sri Lanka
+ Sri Lanka 8 Colombo Dutch museum
+ Sri Lanka 10 - Colombo Town Hall


* Syria
   -  Aleppo (1999)
   -  The Baron Hotel - Aleppo Syria
   -  Palmyra (the Roman City)
   -  Ugarit - Ancient ruins.
   -  National Museum of Damascus & army museum
   -  Tartus - Syria - seaside city 
   -  A'en Darah - Ain Dara - Syria - Lion of Afrin


*Thailand
    - Chiang Mai - Temples

*United Kingdom (UK)
 
*USA


*Vietnam
    - Ha Long Bay NYE 2019
   -  Hanoi 1 - Vietnam
   -  Hanoi 2
   -  Vietnam's first capital - Hoa Lu
   -  Ninh Binh - Tam Coc - Vietnam
   -  Hue - Imperial citadel 
   -  Han Van Pass
   -  Hoi An - Day Pics
   -  Hoi Ann - night pics
   -  My Son - Hindu Temples
   -  Saigon - War Remnants Museum
   -  Saigon Central Post Office

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Friday, 7 February 2014

Petra Panoramas

Some pics taken in Petra, Jordan. Capital city of the Nabataeans. 

The Treasury. Al Khazneh. dated around 1st century BC. Cut right out of the sandstone cliff.
A nice fusion of Greek & Middle Eastern Architecture.
It's quite amazing how well preserved it is. Probably due to its well protected location in the valley.
The details in the upper capitals are still crisp... like they were carved yesterday.


Petra was discovered as late as 1812 by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.

 Felt pen drawing done on an earlier 1999 trip.

This is the eastern entrance to the city. Its a dark, narrow gorge called the Siq (The Shaft). About 1.2 Km long it at times opens up into large sunlit spaces. Dotted with trees here & there, you walk over ancient Roman/Nabatean road.

The famous Indiana Jones view.




The place of high sacrifice. Perched high above Wadi Musa there are dramatic views over Petra below.
The two 6m obelisks  probably probably represent the chief male and female Nabatean deities, Dushara and al-Uzza. Whats amazing is that these are solid. The mountain top was removed to leave them standing.

Most likely animal sacrifice, ritual exposure of the dead (as practiced by Zoroastrians of Persia) and offerings to the god Dushara took place here. Did human sacrifice occur?  Maybe, though no one is certain.

This is the view from the place of high sacrifice as are the two directly below.




The amphitheatre has been cut directly into the hillside. Dated to the 1st Century AD its most likely
Hellenistic not Roman. The Greeks tended to build their theatres into the natural hillside.
The Romans probably restored the theatre after they took over. Seats about 9,000.



Roman road ... about 106 CE

The Monastery ... 1st century BC. Dedicated to the god Obodas. Getting here is a hour's hike from the city centre (1.5 hrs from the Treasury). It's well worth the effort.... hiking up through rocky gorges. Lots to see along the way.

The name "Monastery" is a misnomer. It was probably a temple dedicated to King Obodas I. He was worshiped as a god after his death.

Though not as ornate as the Treasury it looks like it's much bigger. Carved out of the side of the mountain it dominates the surrounding landscape.

View of the Monastery from the "High Place". Breathtaking views over Petra.


Petra Byzantine Church


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