Never in my wildest of day dreams would I ever dream  about being on a 42 day cruise, being an adventurer or being up close and personal with history.  When I watched all of the Indiana Jones movies, I thought "That's nice,"  and dismissed the idea. 

Newly retired from my full time gig, I would check out all of the cruises and other trips I spotted on line.    I was hunting for just the right new place to see and at the right cost.  When I spotted a cruise ad that said 3 continents in 15 days--interesting, I thought.  Dear husband asked where it went after those 15 days and found there were 13 more ending in Singapore.  THEN, he asked about where the trip originated.  

Well,  the trip started in New Orleans traveled to Europe, stopped in Egypt, passed through the Suez Canal, Red Sea, to Dubai with stops at Goa and Cochin, India before Malaysia and ending in Singapore. 42 days on a ship?   

After leaving Alexandria and while passing through the Suez Canal, we stopped at Aqaba.  Our contingent boarded a luxury motor coach to take us past Wadi Rum and on to Petra.  

Our reserved cart and driver were waiting as we disembarked from the coach.  Though our skills were limited, we did understand when the driver indicated we should hold on tight.  

The cart whizzed through centuries old narrow path ways between gigantic rocks and past terrified pedestrians.  It was hard to distinguish who was more scared--pedestrians or passengers.  

As we exited the narrow passageway, we saw it!  The Treasury was directly in front of us. At that moment in time, we understood.