Icho chinhu chinosuruvarisa kuti haisi nzvimbo dzose dzekufamba kunogara hupenyu huripo. Zvimwe zvikwereti kupfuura iwe unogona kutarisira, uye vanhu vane mungozi vanoedza kukutengesa iwe tchotkes shoma pane imwe nguva. Vamwe havakwanisi kuchengetedzwa kana kuti vaduku kudarika iwe waifungidzira, kuparadza chimiro chepfungwa chawakanga usati wasvika. Dzimwe nzvimbo dzinongoraramira ivo pachavo pamusoro pekuremekedzwa, kutadza kurarama maererano nemitemo yepamusoro yepamusoro yatinoisa kwavari tisati tashanyira nzvimbo yacho.
Ndinogona kukuudza zvakananga kuti Petra haasi imwe yenzvimbo idzodzo, ndicho chikonzero chakanga chiri nekutya kwakanyanya kwandakaverenga kare vhiki ino kuti nzvimbo yekare yakaona kamwe-uye inoshamisa - kudengenyeka kune vashanyi vakatevera mhirizhonga munharaunda.
Ichizivikanwa se "Rose-Red City" nekuda kwenzira iyo inopenya mangwanani, Petra inzvimbo yakakurumbira yekuchera matongo inowanikwa kumaodzanyemba kweJordan. Yakavakwa pamugumo wemugwagwa wakamanikidzwa, wakakoshesa mugwagwa, guta racho rakatangwa pane imwe nguva pakapoteredza 300 BC kuti rive guta revaNabataeans, vaimbova-vagari vemuArabhu vanhu vakanga vachigadza umambo hwavo pachavo panguva iyoyo. Nzvimbo yaro yakasiyana-siyana yakaita Petra zviri nyore kuzvidzivirira kubva kuhondo dzinopinda, uye pamusoro pemakore yakakura ikava guta guru, rinobudirira rakava nzvimbo yekutengeserana munzvimbo.
Gare gare, vaRoma vaizoita zvakawanda kuMiddle East muumambo hwavo, vachiunza Petra pamwe chete nayo.
Mukutonga kweRoma kwenguva yakareba-yakagadzirwa migwagwa yekutengeserana yakachinja zvikuru, uye guta rakakundikana. Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaramba kuchikanganisa zvivako zvePetra, uye ne 665 AD zvakanga zvese asi zvakasiyiwa. Yakaramba iine chido kune vanofamba muArabhu kwemazana emakore mushure mezvo zvakadaro, asi hazvingazozivikanwi kune dzimwe nyika kusvikira yawanikwa neSwitzerland achiongorora Johann Ludwig Burckhardt muna 1812.
Kubva panguva iyoyo, Petra akafadzwa nekushongedza vashanyi vanobva kumativi ose enyika, nyore nyore kuva Joridhani inzvimbo yakakurumbira yevashanyi munzvimbo iyi. Yakashandawo sechekare kune mamwe mafirimu anozivikanwa, kusanganisira Indiana Jones uye Last Last Crusade uye Transformers 2 . Mifananidzo yematombo anoyevedza ematombo akavezwa kubva pamadziro emakona ave chiratidzo, achiita kuti ive imwe yenzvimbo dzinonyanya kuzivikanwa panyika. Uye muna 1985 Petra akaziviswa seNESESCO Heritage Site nekuda kwekukosha kwayo kwetsika uye yekare, kusimbisa chimiro chayo kunyange kupfuura.
Kune vashanyi vanoenda kuJorodhani, Petra ndeimwe yezvivako izvo iwe zvachose haunoda kupotsa. Kungofamba-famba pasi refu, slender canyon - inozivikanwa saSiq - iyo inotungamirira kumusuo mukuru iyo inosangana nevanonyanya kushamiswa nevanofamba-famba vafambi vachishamiswa. Uye apo iyo canyon inotanga kuzarura kuvepo kunotyisa kweHaigari inonzi yakakurumbira, chishamiso chaPetra chinotanga kuisa.
Imari yePfuma ndiyo chiratidzo chinoratidza chiratidzo chaPetra. Imba yekare yaive yemhuri yakafuma iyo yaimbogara muguta. Inosanganisira shongwe dzakakwirira uye zvigadzirwa zvakavezwa zvakavezwa uye frescoes zvinosanganiswa zvinobva kune dzimwe nyika dzakasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira vaIjipita, vaSiria, nevaGiriki.
Izvo zvinotyisa kuona kuona, uye mumwe anoshamisika kuti zvinofanira kunge zvakafanana sei neBurckhardt paakagumburwa panzvimbo iyo makore anopfuura 200 apfuura.
Nokuda kwevakashanyira vazhinji, Treasury ndiPetra. Asi seine mukurumbira uye unofadza sezvo sarudzo iyi, inongova chivako chimwe chete mumuganhu mukuru unogadzira guta rose. Vakawanda vanoshamisika kuona kuti Mari yeHaimari inongoratidzira pagedhi renzvimbo yekare, kwavachawanawo matongo akawanda, dzimba, uye zvitendero. Kune mhepo yakasununguka yemitambo, zvisikwa zveraibhurari, uye dzimwe dzimba dzakawanda kuti dziongorore zvakare. Uye avo vane makumbo akasimba vanogona kukwidza kukwira kwema 800 + masitepisi, akavezwa akavezwa kubva padombo rejecha, kuti asvike kuMonastery, imwe chivako chakakurumbira chinopikisana neChechi yeHurumende maererano nekukwirira.
Kushanyira Petra kunoda kana zuva rose, kana risina. Vatambi vanogona kutenga mapfupa kwemazuva maviri kana maviri, uye apo zvichikwanisika kuona zvakawanda zvewebsite mune imwe chete kuenda, kuva nenguva yakawanda inokubvumira kuti uite izvozvo panguva yakawanda. Kuva nemusi wemazuva maviri kunogona kukupawo kupinda kuna Petra mangwanani ekutanga, uchikubvumira kupinda kunyange zuva risati rasvika. Mambakwedza, sokutanga kwechiedza chekuvhenekera kunotanga kuputika muNhepfenyuro, iwe uchasvika pakunzwisisa kuti sei inonzi Guta reRose-Red. Sezvo masikati achisvika muCanyon, masvingo ejecha uye masvingo ekare anotora kupisa kwakatsva kunopisa kuona.
Sezvambotaurwa kare, Petra ndeimwe yezvinhu zvisingawanzoitiki izvo zvinorarama kusvika kune huwandu. Iyi nzvimbo inobatanidza nhoroondo uye tsika mumamiriro ezvinhu anoshamisa, nekupa ruzivo rwekufamba rwuchagara newe kweupenyu hwose. Kwandiri, zvinenge zvichienderana nezvose zvandakaona muEgypt, nyika inonyatsozivikanwa nokuda kwezvishamiso zvayo zvekare.
Kana kushanyira Petra hakusi pane bhuku rako, rinofanira kuva. Icho nzvimbo inoshamisa iyo ichakuratidza iwe nezvinofanira kupa. Iwe uchazogamuchirwawo nevanhu vanoyevedza vane ushamwari uye vanoyevedza veJorodhani, izvo zvinongowedzera ruzivo rwacho zvakare.