“Do you like surprises?” Mohammed asked in the half-gloom. The towering stone walls put his expression in shadow but I could hear the smile in his voice.
"Go on then". I peeked around the boulder, eyes blinded by dazzling sunshine before the awe-inspiring spectacle of the Petra Treasury snapped into focus. There it was in all its glory, a magnificent sculpted facade chiselled straight into dusty rose-coloured rock.
