Flower the Donkey

This is 'Flower' the Donkey - Elly's new best friend. She had made it all the way through the 2km or so from the entrance to the Treasury, but it was clear she wasn't going to make the same distance again, up 800 or so steps, to the Monastery.

So we enlisted the help of Flower. At first Elly was very reluctant to get on the donkey. But once dad was on, she jumped on too. After a minute or so, she was fine all by herself. And thereafter she was practically attached to the donkey.

And Nial, Flower's owner, was always at her side, guiding Flower and holding Elly on when necessary.

She became somewhat of an attraction; other tourists stopped and watched, Jordanians tried to touch her hair, and random people commented on how cute and happy she looked.

And eventually we made it all the way up to the Monastery. Yay!