At the end of the avenue of columns, everyone was exhausted. The next thing to face was more than 1,800 steps carved along the rock. Only by climbing these winding stone steps could we reach the "Deir Monastery" in the deepest part of Petra. Although everyone was confident, they still sat down for a short rest before continuing on the road.
On the way up the mountain, sometimes we walked through narrow canyons, met two goats staring at you on the winding cliffs, sometimes looked back on the abrupt boulders, overlooking the center of the ancient city of Petra, and sometimes sat on the side of the road, watching groups of tourists from all over the world passing by.
After nearly two hours of climbing, the end of the steps suddenly opened up, and the monastery appeared in front of us on the right side of the huge square. The monastery is very different from what I have in mind or what I have seen in Europe. It turns out that this is also a temple built by the Nabateans. It was only during the Roman Empire and Byzantine period that it was converted into a monastery, and then it has been passed down as a monastery. Interestingly, the bottom of the monastery is very weathered, but the higher it goes, the more intact it is. The weathering at the bottom seems to be eroded by water, but the eroded parts are not on the same plane, which is puzzling.
The way down the mountain is not that difficult to walk, and there is no need to walk, rest, or look around, so the speed is much faster. It took more than an hour to reach the Khazneh Temple, while it took more than two hours to walk up the mountain.