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Sun, sand, coral, beer and welcome to Egypt time
Short transfer to Aqaba where we hung around town for a hour before heading for the "Fast" Ferry to Nuweiba. Local agent handled our immigration clearance and we boarded the ferry at1200 for a 1300ish departure. Not too bad a trip, we changed our JD into Egyptian pounds on the ferry - 111JD got me 865 LE - we all got different rates :)
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- Neal (Steve Martin) & Del (John Candy). "Planes, Trains & Automobiles"
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