By Blackbuck -  Updated on December 24th, 2010

The Latest: Chasing The Wind with Blacktorn: "Petra - The First Time." - "Petra is a city literally sculpted out of cliffs in a deep, winding canyon in Jordan. My wife and I visited this incredible city in 2006 on a combination tour of Israel and Jordan. I asked our guide when it was built and he said, “It wasn’t built. It was carved. Out of the cliffs. In the first century before Christ.”..." Continue.

"The Temples of Abu Simbel and Philae," by Blackthorn October 23rd, 2009" - Last March my wife and I took a Nile cruise. On the last full day of the cruise we visited two of the most interesting temples in Egypt, Abu Simbel and the island temple of Philae.

The Great Temple at Abu Simbel is one of the world's most fascinating engineering marvels. Taking about 20 years to build, it was finished in about 1265 BC. It was dedicated to the gods Amon-Ra, Ptah, Harmakhis and Ramses II himself, who demanded to be worshipped as a god. The front of the temple had four spectacular statues, 60 feet tall, of Ramses. They depict him at different times of his life, from left to right, youngest to oldest. [Read More]

"Chasing The Wind: Angkor Thom and the Temple of Bayon, Cambodia," By Blackthorn. "Last year I got to fulfill a lifelong dream when I visited the temples of Cambodia. These temples were mostly erected between the tenth and twelfth centuries." - also check out The Roads Of Delhi," posted earlier this week.

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