The Guest House and Cave Bar
Perhaps the coolest part of our Petra trip was the awesome
accommodations and incredible hospitality of our Disney World friend,
Nabil. So…to back track, last
summer we were standing in an absurdly long line at Animal Kingdom in hopes of
meeting Minnie Mouse for the 100th time when I noticed the guy in
front of us was wearing a hat that said “Petra.” I told him that we were moving to Jordan the following year
and wondered if he had been there before.
He said that he was actually Jordanian and was the manager of two of the
resort hotels in Petra. I motioned
for Ben to come over and they became fast friends. Nabil gave Ben his card and told him to call before we
visited Petra. Ben corresponded
with Nabil a few times after moving to Jordan and when it came time for us to
actually visit Petra, Nabil booked us the hotel, arranged for a private guide and had
his hotel staff cook us a private Jordanian BBQ on the terrace of our hotel
rooms. We enjoyed the classic
Mezza (hot and cold appetizers), Shish tawuk (chicken), beef and lamb kebobs,
fresh fruit, and wine while we watched the sun set over the valley. It was an awesome night.
Within the hotel, there is a famous bar built into the cave
called “the Cave Bar” and each little table is situated in an old tomb- it was
very cool (temperature and atmosphere).
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| Out hotel entrance, taken from our terrace |
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| Nothing like enjoying a beer in an actual tomb |
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| Dylan holding court |
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| Trying to capture the cool view behind us but you can't really see too much of it |
