Ramada Dolphin Beach Resort Taba

... Royal tombs, Kasr Al-Bent & the Archeological Museum. Lunch at local restaurant, and then drive back to your Cruise in Aqaba Port.

Inclusions:

Meet and assist at Aqaba Port

Transportation by air-condition modern vehicle

Professional English tour guide

Lunch at local restaurant ...

... pas si bas que ça (peut-être 2-3 fois moins que la France pour les produits de consommation courante). Ca les motivent pas trop pour faire des études et ça rapporte presque autant de profiter des touristes au black. Il n'est pas marié et cela semble être pour lui un lourd fardeau. Il m'explique que le problème ce n'est pas de trouver une femme à marier (ça les familles s'en chargent dans la majorité des cas) mais c'est l'argent! Pour se ...

... to
climb mt sinai. There are 2 ways to reach the top of Sinai. The 1st is
to take a camel for 2 ours up a winding path that has been carved in
the mountain. The other is to take over 4,000 steps (rocks in no
particular pattern= that need to be climbed rather than actual steps
you walk on. So 4 of us chose to do the steps. Knowing it would be
exhausting but well worth it knowing we retraced the steps of Moses and
pushed ourselves physically. So with 3 liters of ...

... down the street. We arrived in Aqaba with low expectations. We had images of Lawrence of Arabia thundering into the seaside town on a camel to fight the Turks, but had been fore warned by Lani that present day Aqaba was on the dreary side with little romantic ambience remaining. A quick walk about town and along the seaside promenade supported her impression, but we would have to say that our night in Aqaba was quite enjoyable (I don't know that I ...

Sunday, Feb 22 Same routine, breakfast, gym then the beach, lunch, pool, ice cream floats, cards, and dinner. Tonight we go to the disco for 9:30 as they have a dance group coming in. They were entertaining, 3 women belly dancers, and 3 men who did an Egyptian dance, but we thought a little more enthusiasm and jumps and they could pass for Ukrainian dancers with their red Kozak boots on. Then the men did a sailor dance with the women. The finale was group participation ...

... a glimpse into the local history and wandering around the tiny fort was interesting enough.... Back to the bakery for some breakfast items for our early start tomorrow and some photos of the conveyor belt with thousands of flatbread on the. One man invited us downstairs to the baking area to show us around. It was fantastic to see how they make the bread and the massive mixers ...

... the sunset. I started hiking down "my" mountain, back on a track that would lead me to the road: I didn't want to, but I was running 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 ...

... and no one has small bills to give. This makes purchasing difficult, especially when something costs 1.5 dinars, and you only have a 10-dinar note. Who has all the change? In Petra, you are prey, and the bulk of the shopkeepers will do their best to charge you as much as possible and not bargain, as they're in cahoots with the other shopkeepers who also inflate the prices for the tourists. Prices are not marked. Local people pay far less. However ...

Today we left the campsite by camel to return to Aqaba. I got quite comfortable on camel-back; if one let's the bottom half of the body go with the flow and tries to keep the upper body straight, it works quite nicely. It's best to cross the legs around the front pommel, with one leg extended farther than the other such that you sit a little off center (this prevents the back pommel from denting your back.) I've been wearing a hat given to me by a fellow ...

... 2 found us a place to eat right on the water-Ali Baba. What a cool place-comfy couches, cats wandering around, and fresh fish were the order/odor of the afternoon. The three of us ordered fresh calamari and prawns and fresh lemon mint juice. Bian and the kids had fresh red snapper and calamari. We got our plate with grilled calamari, lightly battered calamari, and prawns in garlic and olive oil-check out the picture! I was ...