Monday, April 16, 2007

The Promised Land from atop Mount Nebo

It took us 3 hours to reach the Dead Sea from Petra. On the way, we stopped at Madaba and Mount Nebo, holy sites for Christian pilgrimage. Mount Nebo is a mountain in Western Jordan where the Dead Sea and the West Bank can be seen on a clear day.

Mount Nebo is where the Prophet Musa according to Christian's bible was given a view of the promised land that God was giving to the Hebrews. Pope John Paul II visited the site during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The land is amazingly fertile and green. Up the mountain it was quite cool and breezy with thick clouds clambering not too far above.

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