Early morning in Petra
admin June 26th, 2007
A very talented writer and photographer, Heida Biddle is posting daily updates of her trip to Jordan right now on her blog. Recent pictures include great shots of these two girls at Petra. They may not have the practised poses of Petra Nemcova, but they still made great models. Heida’s atmospheric early morning stroll round Petra is also well worth visiting.
I woke up very early this morning in hopes I could visit Petra entirely alone, away from the many other tourists visiting each day. At 5:30 am, the air was already hot, heavy and still as I walked past steep hillsides dotted with limestone houses, horses, goats and sheep. A little boy tended his herd of goats, singing a local melody at the very top of his lungs while a couple of young men rode by on Arabian horses, their horses prancing and fidgeting. It felt nearly biblical.
[...] few days ago we mentioned photographer Heida Biddle’s trip to Jordan and the fact we were following her route via her blog. Well, she’s back and has just posted a [...]