{"id":3111,"date":"2024-02-17T05:27:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T05:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2024-02-17T05:48:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T05:48:30","slug":"jordan-little-petra-siq-al-barid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/2024\/02\/17\/jordan-little-petra-siq-al-barid\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan &#8211; Little Petra (Siq al-Barid)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3112\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7682-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7682-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7682-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7682-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7682-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7682-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7682-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Siq al<\/strong>-Barid is about 5 km from Petra, it has been a Unesco world heritage site since 1985. It is famous because of its ancient sculpted buildings made out of solid red sandstone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3113\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7683-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7683-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7683-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7683-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7683-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7683-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7683-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Archeologists are not sure about the purpose of the structures in this area, they believe that were probable as a suburb.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3114\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7696-copy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7696-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7696-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7696-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7696-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7696-copy-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7696-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Little Petra was established in the 1st century and later abandoned in the 7th century. 1950 archeologist started the excavations of Petra and\u00a0 Siq al-Barid .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3115\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7710-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7710-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7710-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7710-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7710-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7710-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7710-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The entrance to this site is free and there is no need for a guide, what I liked about this place is that there is no much supervision and it was not as crowded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3116\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7721-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7721-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7721-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7721-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7721-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7721-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7721-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cats were all over Petra and Siq al-Barid.\u00a0 Most of them were very friendly. The cat in the photo made me company for quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3117\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7743-copy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7743-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7743-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7743-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7743-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7743-copy-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7743-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below is a typical Bedouin home. Historically they have been a pastoral nomadic\u00a0Arab\u00a0tribes, in modern times many of them\u00a0 work as guides or have a small tea or souvenirs shops near the ruins.\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-Conrad1995_25-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3118\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7744-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7744-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7744-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7744-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7744-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7744-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7744-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3119,"href":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions\/3119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}