The 1.5 Hour Ferry Ride That Took 12 Hours
Today we travelled across the Red Sea from Jordan to Egypt. A pretty cool area actually. You can see Jordan, Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia all from one spot. So…The Red Sea is not actually that wide. You can see across it very easily. So why did it take 12 hours you ask….
10am we arrive at the terminal in Aqaba, Jordan, figuring that after some hurdles we could go on the 11:30 sailing to Nuweiba, Egypt. So the 11:30 sailing finally boards at around 3pm. Then we sit on the ferry until 7pm when it starts puttering it’s way South (Hydrofoils aren’t supposed to putter are they?). 9pm we arrive. 10pm we finally make our way thru Egyptian passport control.
Hard to believe even as I typed that.
Tomorrow…..A nice lie in for the morning and then some snorkelling in the afternoon. The next few days are going to be hectic. Mt. Sinai and off to Cairo. Dahab is beautiful from what I can see (its 1:30am!). I think we will come back here in a few weeks to relax for some time.
Over and out for now.
Chris
June 01 2007 10:38 pm | Egypt
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Bet your butts got sore after that long waiting game!