Kuyinto edabukisayo ukuthi akuzona zonke izindawo zokuhamba ezihambayo ezihlala ezihlahleni. Ezinye zivakashele kakhulu kunokuba ungalindela, nabantu abathintekayo bezama ukukuthengisa ama-tchotkes ashibhile ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ezinye zigcinwe kangcono noma zincane kunalokho obekucabangayo, ukuchitha isithombe somqondo owawunakho ngaphambi kokufika kwakho. Ezinye izindawo zivele zihlukunyezwa ngokwedlulele, zihluleka ukuphila ngokuvumelana namazinga aphakeme kakhulu esiwabeka wona ngaphambi kokuba sivakashele indawo.
Ngiyakwazi ukukutshela ngokucacile ukuthi uPetra akayona enye yalezi zindawo, yingakho kwaba nokukhathazeka okukhulu kangangokuba ngifunde ekuqaleni kwalesi sonto ukuthi isayithi lasendulo liye labona ngokuzumayo-futhi eliphawulekayo - ukuguqulwa kwezivakashi ezilandela ukuphazamiseka esifundeni.
Eyaziwa ngokuthi "iDose Rose-Red" ngenxa yendlela ekhanya ngayo ekuseni, uPerra iyindawo evulekile yokuvubukula etholakala eningizimu yeJordani. Eyakhelwe ekupheleni komgwaqo omncane, ophikisayo we-slot canyon, idolobha lasekwaqala esikhathini esithile ngasekuqaleni kuka-300 BC ukuba ibe yinhloko yabakwa-Nabataeans, abantu base-Arabhu ababekade behlala emadolobheni ababebeka umbuso wabo ngaleso sikhathi. Indawo yayo eyingqayizivele yenza iPetra ilula ukuzivikela emabuthweni ahlasela, futhi ngokuhamba kweminyaka yakhula yaba idolobha elikhulu, elikhulayo elaba isikhungo sokuhweba esifundeni.
Kamuva, amaRoma ayengenisa iningi lamaMpumalanga Ephakathi embusweni wawo, eze noPetra.
Ngaphansi kokubusa kwamaRoma emigwaqweni eminingi yokuhweba kwashintsha ngokuphawulekayo, futhi idolobha lawela phansi. Ukuzamazama komhlaba kwaqhubeka kwehlisa ingqalasizinda kaPetra, futhi ngo-665 AD kwakushiywe kuphela. Kwaqhubeka kuba nesifiso sabahambeli abangama-Arabhu emakhulwini eminyaka kamuva, kepha kwakungeke kwaziwe kabanzi emhlabeni wonke kuze kube yilapho kutholakala uSwitzerland ohlola uJohn Ludwig Burckhardt ngo-1812.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, uPetra uye wajabulisa futhi wathokoza izivakashi ezivela emhlabeni jikelele, kalula waba indawo yezokuvakasha eyaziwa kakhulu eJordani. Kuye kwasebenza njengemuva kwamanye amafilimu adumile, kuhlanganise ne- Indiana Jones ne-Last Crusade ne- Transformers 2 . Izithombe zezakhiwo zamatshe ezithakazelisayo eziqoshiwe ezizindongeni ze-canyons ziye zabonakala ziyizithonjana, okwenza kube enye yezindawo ezibonakala kakhulu emhlabeni. Futhi ngo-1985 uPetra wabizwa ngokuthi i-UNESCO Heritage Site ngenxa yokubaluleka kwayo kwamasiko nemlando, okwandisa isithunzi saso ngisho nangaphezulu.
Izivakashi eziya eJordane, i-Petra ingenye yalezizindawo ongafuni neze ukuzilahleka. Ukuzulazula phansi i-long, slender canyon - eyaziwa njengeSiq - eholela ekungeneni okuyinhloko isipiliyoni esizoshiya abahamba ngezinyawo abahamba phambili kakhulu. Futhi lapho leyo canyon ivula ukuveza ukubonakala okuphawulekayo kweMgcinimafa odumile, isimangaliso sikaPetra siqala ukuqala.
UMgcinimafa uphawu lokubonakalisa uPetra. Ithuna lasendulo elalingomndeni ocebile owake wahlala edolobheni. Iqukethe izinsika ezinamathekisthi nezithombe eziqoshiwe nezithombe eziqoshiwe ezihlanganisa izimpembelelo ezivela eziningana zemiphakathi, kuhlanganise namaGibhithe, amaSiriya namaGreki.
Kuyinto enesabekayo ukubona ukubona, futhi omunye uyazibuza ukuthi kumelwe ukuba wayefana kanjani noBurhardhardt lapho ekhuleka endaweni engaphezu kuka-200 edlule.
Ngenxa yezivakashi eziningi, uMgcinimafa nguPetra. Kodwa njengoba idumile futhi emangalisa njengoba lesi sakhiwo siwukuthi, kuyisakhiwo esisodwa esiqenjini esikhulu esakha umuzi wonke. Abaningi bayamangala lapho bethola ukuthi uMgcinimafa uveza nje ukungena kwesayithi lasendulo, lapho bazokuthola khona amathuna amaningi, izindlu nezakhiwo zenkolo. Kunemidlalo yaseshashalazini evulekile, izinsalela zomtapo wolwazi, nezinye izakhiwo eziningi ezingase zihlolwe futhi. Futhi labo abanemilenze enamandla bangakwazi ngisho nokukhuphuka indiza yezintambo ezingu-800 +, ekhishwe ngedwala elingama-sandstone, ukuze bafike e-Monastery, esinye isakhiwo esidumile esiphikisana noMgcinimafa ngokwemvelo.
Ukuvakashela iPetra kudinga okungenani usuku olugcwele, uma kungenjalo. Abagibeli bangathenga ukudlula kokubili kwezinsuku ezimbili noma ezimbili, kanti ngenkathi kungenzeka ukubona okuningi kwesayithi ngokuya okukodwa, isikhathi esengeziwe sikwenza ukuthi uyenze ngaleyo ndlela ngesikhathi esisheshayo. Ukuba nokudlula izinsuku ezimbili kungakunikeza ukufinyelela ku-Petra ekuseni, ukuvumela ukuba ungene ngisho nangaphambi kokuba ilanga likhuphuke. Ekuseni, njengoba imisebe yokuqala yokukhanya iqala ukuwela ngaphesheya kweMgcinimafa, uzoqonda ukuthi kungani kuthiwa yi-Rose-Red City. Njengoba ilanga lifika e-canyon, izindonga ze-sandstone nezakhiwo zasendulo zithatha ukukhanya okubomvu okufudumele okumangalisayo ukubona.
Njengoba kushiwo ngaphambili, uPetra ungenye yalezo zindawo ezingavamile eziphila kuze kube sekugcineni. Yindawo ehlanganisa umlando kanye namasiko endaweni ehlelekile yemvelo, ukunikeza isipiliyoni sokuhamba esizohlala nawe isikhathi esiphila ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngami, kuhambisana nanoma yini engiye ngayibona eGibhithe, izwe eliyaziwa kakhulu ngezimangaliso zalo zasendulo.
Uma uvakashela iPetra akulona ohlwini lwakho lwamabhakede, kufanele kube. Kuyindawo enhle ezokukhanyisa ngalokho okuzokwenza. Uyothola futhi ukwamukelwa ngabantu abafudumele nabamemezayo baseJordan, okuzokwenza ngcono ulwazi olwengeziwe.