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The writer taking a hard-earned break after a 900-step hike up to Petra’s Monastery.
ST PHOTO: CHERIE LOK
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JORDAN – I have been walking for about half an hour when I see it.
Peeking out through a crack in the coppery sandstone walls that frame my trek into the cradle of civilisation is the first of Petra’s many architectural marvels.
