<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/40f784d1-98b2-430f-98da-3de76fa4edcf/2BFADD11-E4EF-4E9A-8111-6F2E799AE43D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://kerdowney.com/resources/blog/customized-travel-with-a-difference-visit-the-old-city-of-petra/" href="http://kerdowney.com/resources/blog/customized-travel-with-a-difference-visit-the-old-city-of-petra/" style="font-size: 11px;">kerdowney.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://kerdowney.com/resources/blog/customized-travel-with-a-difference-visit-the-old-city-of-petra/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/kerdowney.com/img/E06B56FD-C8B4-4630-AD0C-CF46972236DC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://kerdowney.com/resources/blog/customized-travel-with-a-difference-visit-the-old-city-of-petra/"><DIV>Petra is an amazing, once in a lifetime must-see site.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://kerdowney.com/resources/blog/customized-travel-with-a-difference-visit-the-old-city-of-petra/"><DIV>The entry price is not too bad, but as you really need three days to even scratch the surface it does tot up. We were lucky, having worked for a month on an archaeological project we were granted free entry. I remember thinking I would definitely be happy to pay it so...</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://kerdowney.com/resources/blog/customized-travel-with-a-difference-visit-the-old-city-of-petra/">If you get the chance...<BR />- Visit over at least two-three days<BR />- see the sun set from the Monastery (one of the highest spots)<BR />- Walk up to the High Place of Sacrifice - the views are phenomenal<BR />- Get lost in the arid expanse of open landscape exploring tombs and temples without seeing another soul.<BR />- Visit the 'Petra by Night' display and experience the magnificent sikhs and Treasury lit up by entirely by candle-light(I have seen other equivalents such as at Luxor and Giza in Egypt and they do not compare)<BR />- Stay at the Cleopetra hotel (Rough Guide)<BR />- Treat yourself to an ice-cream at the Movenpick hotel near the entrance.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2BFADD11-E4EF-4E9A-8111-6F2E799AE43D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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