Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti sikuti kulikonse komwe mukupita kumakhala kovuta. Zina ndi zokopa kwambiri kuposa momwe mungayembekezere, ndi anthu ammudzi akuyesera kukugulitsani ma tchotkes otsika nthawi iliyonse. Zina zimasungidwa bwino kapena zochepa kwambiri kuposa momwe munaganizira, kuwononga chithunzi cha m'maganizo chomwe munali nacho musanafike. Malo ena amangokhala okhudzidwa okha pa mayankho okhudzidwa, osalephera kutsatira miyezo yapamwamba yomwe timayika kwa iwo tisanati tifike kumalo.
Ndikukudziwitsani mosapita m'mbali kuti Petra sali malo amodzi, chifukwa chake ndidawopsya kwambiri kuti ndawerenga kale sabata ino kuti malo akale awona mwadzidzidzi - ndikudodometsa kwa alendo akutsatira chisokonezo m'deralo.
Mzinda wotchedwa "Rose-Red" womwe umadziwika kuti umapezeka m'mawa, Petra ndi malo otchuka ofukulidwa m'mabwinja omwe amapezeka kum'mwera kwa Jordan. Kumangidwe kumapeto kwa malo osungunuka, mzindawu unakhazikitsidwa panthawi ina pafupi ndi 300 BC kuti ukhale likulu la anthu a ku Nabataeans, omwe kale anali anthu achiarabu omwe ankakhazikitsa ufumu wawo omwe anali kukhazikitsa ufumu wawo pa nthawiyo. Malo ake apaderadera anapangitsa Petra kukhala wosavuta kuteteza ku magulu ankhondo, ndipo zaka zonsezi zinakula kukhala mzinda waukulu, wochuluka womwe unakhala malo opangira malonda m'derali.
Pambuyo pake, Aroma adzalandira zambiri ku Middle East mu ufumu wawo, ndikubweretsa Petra.
Panthawi ya ulamuliro wa Aroma nthawi yayitali misewu yamalonda inasintha kwambiri, ndipo mzinda unagwa. Zivomezi zinawonjezera mphamvu za Petra, ndipo ndi 665 AD zinali zonse koma zinasiyidwa. Icho chinakhalabe chikhumbo kwa oyenda Aluya kwa zaka mazana ambiri pambuyo pake, komabe izo sizikanadziwika kwambiri kwa dziko lonse mpaka izo zitapezeka ndi Swiss kufufuza Johann Ludwig Burckhardt mu 1812.
Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo, Petra adakopeka ndi kuyendayenda alendo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi, mosavuta kukhala malo otchuka kwambiri ozungulira malo ozungulira Jordan. Zakhala zikugwiritsanso ntchito m'mafilimu otchuka, kuphatikizapo Indiana Jones ndi Last Crusade ndi Transformers 2 . Zithunzi za miyala yamtengo wapatali yomwe anajambula m'makoma a canyoni akhala chizindikiro, ndikupanga malo amodzi kwambiri padziko lapansi. Ndipo mu 1985 Petra adalengezedwa kuti ndi malo otchuka a UNESCO chifukwa cha chikhalidwe chake ndi mbiri yake, kuwonjezera kukula kwake.
Kwa alendo omwe amapita ku Jordan, Petra ndi malo omwe simukusowa konse. Kungoyendayenda pansi, slender canyon - yomwe imadziwika ngati Siq - yomwe imatsogolera ku khomo lalikulu ndizochitikira zomwe zidzasokoneza anthu oyendayenda kwambiri. Ndipo pamene canyon iyo imatsegukira kuti iwonetsere kupezeka kwapamwamba kwa Chuma Chodziwika, zodabwitsa za Petra zimayambiradi kulowa.
Chumacho ndi chizindikiro cha Petra. Manda akale omwe anali a banja lolemera omwe kale ankakhala mumzindawu. Ili ndi zipilala zazikulu komanso zojambulajambula zojambulajambula zomwe zimaphatikizapo zikoka kuchokera kumitundu yambiri, kuphatikizapo Aigupto, Asuri, ndi Agiriki.
Ndi zochititsa chidwi zochititsa chidwi kuona, ndipo wina akudabwa kuti ziyenera kuti zinali bwanji kwa Burckhardt pamene adagwa mzindawo zaka zoposa 200 zapitazo.
Kwa alendo ambiri, Treasury ndi Petra. Koma monga wotchuka komanso wochititsa chidwi monga momwe amachitira, ndi nyumba imodzi yokha yomwe imapanga mzinda wonsewo. Ambiri amadabwa pozindikira kuti Treasury imangotchula malo olowera malo akale, komwe angapezenso manda ambiri, nyumba, ndi zipembedzo. Pali malo owonetserako mpweya, mabwinja a laibulale, ndi nyumba zina zambiri zomwe mungazifufuze. Ndipo iwo omwe ali ndi miyendo yolimba akhoza kukwera ndege ya 800+ masitepe, omwe ali pafupi ndi thanthwe la mchenga, kuti akafike ku Monastery, nyumba ina yotchuka yomwe imayambana ndi Chuma cha Ulemelero mwa ukulu.
Kuyendera Petra kumafuna tsiku lonse, ngati palibe. Othawa amatha kugula mapepala kwa masiku awiri kapena awiri, ndipo pamene kuli kotheka kuona malo ambiri pokhapokha, pokhala ndi nthawi yochuluka ikulolani kuti muchite mofulumira kwambiri. Kukhala ndi tsiku la masiku awiri kungakupatseni mwayi wopeza Petra m'mawa kwambiri, ndikulowetsani kulowa dzuwa lisanadze. Kumayambiriro, pamene kuwala koyamba kumayamba kuyendetsa pansi pa Chuma Chambiri, mudzazindikira chifukwa chake amadziwika kuti City Red. Pamene kuwala kukufika ku canyon, makoma a mchenga ndi nyumba zakale zimakhala ndi moto wofiira womwe uli wokongola kuti uwone.
Monga tanenera kale, Petra ndi imodzi mwa malo omwe sapezeka komweko. Ndi malo omwe amaphatikiza mbiri ndi chikhalidwe mu malo achilengedwe, ndikupereka mwayi wopita nawo kwa moyo wanu wonse. Kwa ine, izo ziri pafupi ndi chirichonse chimene ine ndachiwona ku Igupto, dziko lomwe limadziwika bwino chifukwa cha zodabwitsa zake zakale.
Ngati ulendo wa Petra suli m'ndandanda wa ndowa, ziyenera kukhala. Ndi malo osangalatsa omwe angakuthandizeni ndi zomwe akupereka. Mudzakulandiridwanso ndi anthu otentha ndi okondweretsa anthu a Yordani, zomwe zidzangowonjezera zomwe zikuchitikirani.