Taba
Travel Blogs from Taba, Egypt
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WUSS OUT
... hostel. The hostel's owner was writing a book about the Sudanese refugees who regularly came to Israel. First, they went to Egypt, where they were looked down upon and spit on. So, then, they paid money so they could be carried in jeeps ...
Three countries in one day
... ; We jump on the bus to the Taba border and pay the 13 sheqels for the bus. 10:40am: We arrive at the Taba border between Israel and Egypt. 10:45am: We are stamped out of Israel. We pay the border tax with 10 sheqels to spare. ...
Day Tour to Petra from Aqaba Port
... nbsp; 235$ Go Egypt Travel representative will pick you up from your Ship Cruise by air-condition modern van to visit Petra, Petra is a ...
Vacation Purgatory
... the border patrol to see what the problem was but to no avail we were again refused and told that we could not leave Egypt. Several more incredibly expensive calls to the tour agent and discussions with anyone that would talk to us later the ship ...
Back to Cairo - again
... on going back to Cairo with the night bus between the 6. and 7. of August, but as it happened, there were no night bus, why I had to travel by day. I travelled via Taba, the border crossing people use when visiting Israel and the Palestine ...
Hotter than Hotness, Saltier than Salt
... . In the afternoon we swim/float on the Dead Sea. We then bus to the Southern tip of Israel at Eilat, cross over the border to Egypt, and overnight at Taba, just across the border at the Sol y Mar Sea Star Hotel ...
Back to reality...
Today was time to go home and be home at a decent hour-or so we thought. Silly us to think we could go on American time! No, it was strickly Arab time which delayed us all the way around. Remember that word "efficiency"? It still wasn't working.... ...
Day Tour to Wadi Rum from Aqaba Port
... ; 215$ Go Egypt Travel representative will pick you up from your Ship Cruise by air-condition modern van to visit Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum ...
A very short note
... able to send regular updates. All travelers are well, and everyone will be anxious to share all that they have learned, seen, and experienced both in Israel and Egypt. We are looking forward to being back home among you! In Christ, Michael & ...
Sunny in Taba
... full once we got done with all of that! After dinner we did a little shopping on the boardwalk and then time to head back to Taba and the hotel. It took 1.5 hours to get back and we weren't ready for the hotel buffet yet. We met around 8:00 for the ...
Cairo
... I will still never be bored, then I would have called them crazy. I'm sure by now most people have heard about the bombings in Egypt. One of my friends was stuck in Israel. Another (Mitch from SC) would have been stuck in Israel, but he was turned ...
Adventures in Orifices!
... . Volcanic orifices? We were just as confused as you may be! About an hour away, between Hail and Qassim, is the Feid/Taba area. Feid is a historical ruins site and Taba has a large crater. It's believed the crater was made by volcanic ...
A lazy day...
Today was a day in the sun! It was very relaxing and all of us got some good color. It's about time... Mom and I took the shuttle bus that went to the other hotels to check out the gift shop at the InterCon as it was supposed to have good knick ...
THE 22, 23, 24 AND TODAY IN TABA
... it is in the tourist area and a woman from France was killed and 17 others injured. It will hurt the tourist industry in Egypt. Tuesday, Feb 24 Same daily routine. A group of Czechs left yesterday and a smaller new group came in. Today a large ...
EGYPT PART 2 FEB 19, 20 & 21
... right out to the border. We walk through departure, get our passport paper stamped and pay 84 shekels. Walk a short way to Egypt's arrival border. We pass an extremely long, long line of tourists, probably from Kenya, waiting to leave Egypt. We ...
Crossing the line
... short on water. There, I hitched a ride to Eilat, but I did not stop in the city. I walked straight on to the Taba border crossing to go to Egypt. I had no time, there is only one bus each day from Taba down south, which I did not want to miss. Eilat and ...
Angels in Paradise
Tali was blonde with blue/green eyes and a radiant golden tan... think Jennifer Aniston. She wore a white shirt over her bikini which revealed a piercing on her perfectly formed naval. San was dark and exotic looking. Slightly ...
FEB 26 - 28
Thursday, Feb 26 To day we went for a walk in the afternoon up the road, just to see what was around the corner, - just another corner. So we continued walking up the hill and at the top there is new restaurant being built. We went to look over the ...
MARCH 1 AND 2
... we think they were Cornish game hens, but then joked maybe they were pigeons as they are suppose to be one of the meals to try in Egypt. One day we had bird tongue soup, couldn't really find any tongues, but then I didn't know what I was looking for. We ...
From One side of Egypt too another
... be an excellent choice who got us through the snarl of evening traffic to the right terminal in comfort and safety - typical leaving Egypt just when starting to get the hang of it. Flew to Taba and the waiting pickup car from the Marriot Hotel. Endless ...
Hitchhiked to the Red Sea and camped
we stayed with the nicest people, they fed us great food and helped us in the morning to get to the suez ...
ON THE WAY TO TABA.
TABA is the last town of EGYPT were you fine the border between EGYPT and ISREAL,at this time we were heading to ISREAL so because of some document i could not continue and my freind when to jordan to get his flight to turkey and some european country, i ...
Eilat to Taba
There's no place like home, or Egypt. We got back into the motherland, and arranged a minibus to take us to Sharm El ...
Cairo to Taba
... care about it. it's a perfectly good garbage can. the only green you see is along the river. egyptian men aren't the greatest. egypt would be a wonderful country if you got rid of the egyptians. they're very creepy and hit on wester women, they think ...
The Border Crossing from Israel to Taba, Egypt
It is always good to have your papers in order, Egyptian border guards wanted to know why I got my visa from the consulate in SFO rather than the Embassy in DC. Now how do you answer that kind of thing? Also, never take more luggage than you, ...
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