The Siq is the main entrance to Petra. We went there at 7am, but it was already full of people. Petra gets 2000 visitors per day. Unfortunately my camera could not accurately capture the amazing colours of the rocks of the Siq.
This channel runs into the mountain for hundreds of metres, to divert flood waters away from the Siq.
Bab al-Siq (Door of the Siq). The mountains did originally meet towards the bottom, but the Nabateans carved them apart and levelled the path between them. 
Along the Siq were many small shrines to Nabatean gods. 
The open water channel that runs the length of the Siq.
Two water channels run the length of the Siq to the city, one open, and this one lined with ceramic pipe.
Foothole steps up to shrines, for maintenance.
People would throw offerings of money, jewels etc. into this hole.
Ibrahim introduces Uzza and Dushara, the main Nabatean goddess and god.
A natural rock formation that looks like a cute elephant!
The camel leader. Although these sculptures might suggest differently, there were no trading merchants in Petra, as it was a holy place. There was another city nearby, called Small Petra, where all commerce took place.
Camel's feet.
The impressions of camels carved into the rock.
The impressions of camels carved into the rock.
A dog in the water channel.
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