I first knew I wanted to go to Petra when I was a mere ten years old. I saw an article in National Geographic and the images there stayed with me until I had the opportunity to experience the real thing in April of 2005. I was not disappointed! It still gives me goose bumps to remember the approach to the Treasury through the narrow wadi--first a tiny glimpse, then a widening into the cross channel and the full view. Magnificent! I had been told to choose the Deir (monastery) if I could make  more...