This is the story of the first big adventure shared by four teenagers when they set out from England in 1963 on worn out motorbikes to find the legendry Arabian city of Petra. It is a story of comradeship, rivalry, careful planning, reckless fun, some danger, many a mishap and of endless problem solving. Above all it is a story of friendship. Nearly half a century later all of the four boy-adventurers, now much older but probably not much wiser, remain firm friends