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Popular Warnings or Dangers | Miscellaneous Warnings or Dangers Tips | All Tips (21) A real danger is the sun and the heat. I am use to heat, but you will be so much time under this sun without any shadow to protect your self. You should take a big scarf to save your skin from burning and of insulation, have always water with you and your sun glasses. You will find cold water for 1 or 2 J.D. Leave a Comment
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In Petra, as it is such a big place, many people opt to ride a donkey or camel around, or just up to the monestary. We didn't, we're young and our legs work just fine. This is not so much a 'warning or danger' per se, but just a heads up, the way they treat the animals here is despicable. They kick them, hit them with sticks, I even saw one kid throwing rocks at a donkey, and not small rocks either. I am not some 'save the animals' hippy dude, but the way they treated the animals here was just disgusting. Don't support this, don't ride the donkey. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Hawkers, Guides and Donkey Rides | Tip Rating:  | | | | |
Of all the places in Jordan, Petra was the most hasslesome of them all. It wasn't all that bad. I've had to worse, but by European standards, and Jordanian, the guys here are hard sell. I found this especially so of the unofficial guides at the gate, but less so as I got inside the main area of the city. I think the local traders keep a tight reign on who is allowed into the main site. You have to be a bit cold hearted here. Don't tell anyone where you are from. Don't accept tea from the Bedouin. Don't look at anything you aren't interested in buying. Don't let anyone stop you if you don't want to be stopped. Whatever you do don't buy any "antique coins" from the shady guys wandering around, nor help them by giving them change for their large notes. Don't get stressed: it's not that bad at all. The place is big, the intrusions infrequent, and most times a "no thanks", or even better a "la'a shukran", gets you a "you're welcome" (or it's Arabic equivalent "afwan") and a free ride to continue unmolested. Leave a Comment
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Petra is surrounded by mountains, and many of the best sites, like the Treasury, are contained within high, narrow stone walls. This means that daylight is more limited than you might expect. Some of the sites are best viewed at certain times of the day, when the light streams down directly onto them. For example, the Treasury is best viewed before 11am, when the sun starts to move behind it. For the entire site, expect daylight to end an hour or two earlier than sunset. It's another reason why you want to spend more than a day there, so that you can get the best pictures with the best light possible. Leave a Comment
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Becoming dehydrated while roaming Petra is a very real danger. During the day you should be drinking several liters of water, at least 3 and up to 5 if you are there all day. 1.5 liter bottles of water can be purchased inside or outside Petra for 2 JD. Techincally, you can gauge how hydrated you are by your pee. If it's consistently clear you are okay. If it is cloudy and darker...drink more water! Leave a Comment Website: www.adventuresportsonline.com/stayhydrathot.htm
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| | | | The Bedouins ! | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Oh no ! I am attacking The Bedoiuns now ! Well, when we walk around Petra The Bedouins would offer us their hospitality. We smile & they smile back, then they come to us ! They ask us to buy this & that... Well, let's take a look; If we like it we buy it right ? If we don't want to buy anything, we just say, " La, shukran..." Means, no thank you. Some Bedouins, especially the young females like to make a habit of saying, "You Come Back Okay !". So, when we pass their souvenir stalls again, they will smile broadly & even offer us tea. Ahh, nice hospitality ! Then, of course...they will say, " You will buy something okay ! I made nice tea for you !" What do you do ? You just say, "No, thank you !" Leave ! Then, you can hear they are shouting behind you, "Oi ! Oi ! Oi ! You don't get FREE tea okay ! You will pay for the tea !" Keep on walking ! Leave a Comment
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