Pulled into Luxor around dinner and after some deliberation decided to go with the 3-star “New Pola” hotel as a little treat; the price is normally $35 US a night but sales guy gave it to us for less than…
Aswan, Egypt – Day 100
Train from Cairo to Aswan took around 12 hours, thus arriving at about noon. Sleepers were rather expensive so we signed up for first class instead which has nice, spacious seating that’s semi-sleepable. Aswan is quite a nice looking town…
Dahab, Egypt – Day 90
Didn’t end up making it to Nuweiba (on ferry from Jordan) until well after dark; found our way to the correct bank that sells visas for Egypt, showed it to customs and shared a minibus with a really nice couple…
Petra, Jordan – Day 87
Took the bus across the Sanai Penninsula to a port town called Nuweiba (for the ferry to Aquaba, Jordan). Pretty desolate place – took about 6 hours to cross and MAN was it cold (although Petra turned out to be…