Travel Journal
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Day 261 – Madaba to Petra
Road Trip to Petra Today we decided to stick together once more with our new friends from yesterday’s tour. We all had breakfast and then left Pilgrims Guest House after packing our bags. We used the same driver as yesterday (Day 260), who we had negotiated a price of 70 JOD / $143.65 AUD for […]
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Day 258 – Jerash and Ajloun
Jerash Roman Ruins and Ajloun Castle from Amman Today we left our accommodation, Jordan River Hotel to catch a taxi using the Uber App to the North (Tabarbour) Bus Station. The taxi driver dropped us off right in front of the correct bus to Jerash. The mini buses in Jordan don’t typically have a schedule. […]
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Day 260 – Madaba
Holy sites and the Dead Sea Today we left Madaba Hotel after the very average included breakfast. We moved down the road to Pilgrim’s Guest House. Here they actually allowed us to check into a room in the morning, which was really nice. It turned out we were next door to our friend. We woke […]
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Day 257 – Amman
Exploring Amman during Ramadan Today was our first full day to explore Amman! From Jordan River Hotel, the closest attraction was the Amman Citadel. Unfortunately the walk was a constant uphill climb! Amman Citadel The Amman Citadel is included with the Jordan Pass (otherwise I believe the price is 3 JOD / $6.12 AUD per […]
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Day 259 – Amman to Madaba
Getting from Amman to Madaba Just like yesterday (Day 258), we caught an Uber to the North Bus Station from the River Jordan Hotel in Amman. The taxi driver didn’t stop in front of a bus this time, but after asking a bus driver, we were pointed to the correct bus. Once we placed our […]
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Day 256 – Cairo to Amman, JORDAN
Leaving Egypt Today we left Voyage Hotel to start a voyage of our own! A large breakfast, was delivered to our room. After this, we checked out and caught an Uber to the Cairo International Airport. Since we had been here a couple of weeks ago to fly to Luxor (Day 242), we were not […]
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Day 255 – Cairo
Ramadan Eve in Cairo Today, is just a buffer day in Cairo. Our flight out is tomorrow as we didn’t want to miss our flight in case there was an issue with the Bus. So we had a quite morning, before we got hold of the friends we met back in Alexandria (Day 235). We […]
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Day 254 – Hurghada to Cairo
Today we caught another Go Bus back to Cairo. We left our hotel, Sunny Seaside Villa, with an Uber to the bus station and then got on the bus. We had actually just booked the last 2 seats on the bus the day before, so we were right at the back. The gentleman sitting next […]
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Day 253 – Hurghada
Sindbad Submarine and El Gouna Sindbad Submarine Today we went on another tour that we had booked yesterday. After talking with Book Egypt Tours as per the amazing Dolphin House Tour (Day 252), we ended up chatting with the manager of Sunny Seaside Villa. He was willing to beat the price they offered for the […]
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Day 252 – Hurghada
Snorkelling in the Red Sea We had booked a tour yesterday over the phone with “Book Tour Egypt” for Dolphin House. Despite the name, there is no house. It’s a boat tour into the Red Sea with snorkelling in an area that is known of dolphin sightings. The tour is advertised as 13 English Pounds […]
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Day 249-251 – Hurghada
Over the next couple of day, I was feeling a little under the weather, which was horrible as Hurghada is a beach town. In an attempt to not get any worse, we decided to rest over the next couple of day. We extended our stay at Villamar Red Sea View for one day. We wanted […]
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Day 248 – Luxor to Hurghada
From the Nile to the Red Sea Today, in the wee hours of the morning, we woke up to say good bye to the in-laws. We were surprised to see that the airport transfer from Sunset Hotel to Luxor Airport, would be done by the manager of the tour company. It all went without a […]
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Day 247 – Luxor
Karnak and Luxor Temples Today, we would be leaving the M/S Monaco Cruise Ship after breakfast. We packed our bags and left them in the lobby until our pick up van arrived. Once transport arrived, the luggage boys/men ran to pick up our luggage. One of them held a 60L backpack on his head in […]
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