a Geographer's Place

Here begins the Traveler-tourist Circuit experiment. Each day or so another post will come online, detailing our experiences and a play-by-play of what we did. So... …on to Petra... After picking up our guests at the Amman airport, we drove back to the apartment for the night. We awoke early, leaving about 8:00am and taking a leisurely drive to Wadi Musa (the town at Petra’s gate). En route we drove on part of the King’s Highway, and attempted to visit Karak Castle. We found ourselves driving through a couple souks, and getting lost in the process. Very lost. We finally found a main road and, in the interest of time, decided to push on and explore Showbak Castle. Side note on “Highways” and signs: I use “Highway” in King’s Highway loosely. It’s not a very well-maintained road, but it follows the Roman Via Nova Triana , meaning it follows a pretty well-traveled route. Oddly, however, not many tourists take the road. Maybe even though it is a beautiful drive, people a...