Time Magazine says “Hooray for Petra”
admin July 9th, 2007
We could not have said it better ourselves. Scott MacLeod, Cairo bureau chief for Time, is also one of the authors of the magazine’s Middle East blog. In his most recent post he writes about Petra’s success in the New7Wonders competition. He speaks with experience:
When I first visited Petra in 1983, it wasn’t much of a tourist site. You had to take a rickety 7 a.m. Jett bus from Amman, ride five hours or so south on a two-lane road and stay at the dodgy Rest House at the entrance. A 160-page book on Jordan given to me at the time by the Ministry of Information devoted all of four paragraphs to Petra’s wonders. Bedouin were still living in Petra’s tombs.
Fortunately for the millions of tourists who have subsequently visited Petra, the journey and the experience have improved considerably.
That’s a wonderful piece! Thanks for sharing!