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+Title: Middle East Travel
+Url: /travel/middleeast/
+Save_as: travel/middleeast/index.html
+
+
+<br />
+<h2>Misc</h2>
+<b>Shekels: </b> 1 USD = 3.916 NIS<br />
+<b>Jordanian: </b> 1 USD = 0.707 JOD; 1 JOD = 1.413 USD<br />
+<b>Egyptian: </b> 1 USD = 5.533 pounds; 1 pound = 0.1807 USD<br /><br />
+
+Hitching: <a href="http://hitchwiki.org/en/Jordan">Jordan</a>, <a href="http://hitchwiki.org/en/Egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="http://hitchwiki.org/en/Israel">Israel</a>
+
+<h2>August 2009 Schedule</h2>
+<table style="border: solid black 2px; border-collapse: collapse; width: 75%;" border=1>
+ <tr /><td  />Thr 6th<td />Depart haifa for jerusalem with nick and rishi
+ <tr /><td  />Fri 7th<td />Masada in the morning, ein gedi, sleep at apartments
+ <tr /><td />Sat 8th<td />Morning in jerusalem, depart PM for Eilat?
+ <tr /><td />Sun 9th<td />Need to be moved out of the Jerusalem apartments at 9:30am. Eilat, depart PM for   Cairo?
+ <tr /><td />Mon 10th<td />Cairo?
+ <tr /><td />Tue 11th<td />Cairo?
+ <tr /><td />Wed 12th<td />Cairo?
+ <tr /><td />Thr 13th<td />Sally gets back from turkey in the morning; meet at lotan (the kibbutz)
+afternoon/evening; sleep at kibbutz
+ <tr /><td />Fri 14th<td />hang on kibbutz; sleep at kibbutz
+ <tr /><td />Sat 15th<td />travel to wadi rum.  can take our sweet time, lotan is close to the
+border-ish, and wadi rum is maybe an hour cab ride from the border
+ <tr /><td />Sun 16th<td />stuff in wadi rum, sleep in wr
+ <tr /><td />Mon 17th<td />stuff in wadi rum, travel to petra
+ <tr /><td />Tue 18th<td />petrapetra, to amman at night
+ <tr /><td />Wed 19th<td />amman.  jaresh?
+ <tr /><td />Thr 20th<td />some more amman if it's cool, or just wubbie
+ <tr /><td />Fri 21th<td />wubbie morning, then to j-town.  DIVOT PARK
+ <tr /><td />Sat 22th<td />Sally flies out early from TLV. Students in jerusalem?
+ <tr /><td />Sun 23th<td />Students in jerusalem? Tel Aviv?
+ <tr /><td />Mon 24th<td />Depart TLV for Zurich @15:55; Zurich;
+ <tr /><td />Tue 25th<td /> fly Zurich to JFK
+ <tr /><td />Wed 26th<td />Arrive Boston?
+
+</table>
+
+<h1>Jordan</h1>
+"<a href="http://www.jordanjubilee.com/">Jordan Jubilee</a>" has a bunch of information about traveling around jordan in general, including <a href="http://www.jordanjubilee.com/outdoors/canyoning.htm">canyoning</a> and wadi rum.
+<h3>Amman</h3>
+Cheap hostels
+<h3>Wadi Rum</h3>
+Tents can apparently be had for 2JD/night at the rest house near the main gate, or from  JD17/night/person including breakfast. See <a href="http://www.baitali.com/">bait ali</a>.
+<br />
+There are apparently a few hikes from the main "resthouse" area that can be done on foot w/o a guide.
+<br />
+Horse tours are about 40JD/each for half a day or 70JD/each for a day (for two people). Trips look nice and a lot more ground can be covered. There are cheaper camel trips
+<ul>
+ <li /><a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Wadi_Rum">wikitravel</a>
+ <li /><a href="http://www.wadirumsunset.com/tours">Sunset camp</a>
+ <li /><a href="http://www.bedouindeserttourspetra.com/">some other tour guy</a>
+ <li /><a href="http://www.rumguides.com">general tour advice</a>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h1>Egypt</h1>
+<ul>
+ <li />Bus to/from Jerusalem:  <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/From_Cairo_to_Jerusalem_by_bus">wikitravel</a>, 
+</ul>
+
+<h1>Israel</h1>
+<ul>
+ <li />Kibbutz Lotan: <a href="http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/">website</a>, <a href="http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/community/context/where_is_lotan.htm">directions</a>. 40 minutes north of eilat, regular buses (60NIS).
+</ul>
+</ul>
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+Title: Travel in New Zealand
+Url: /travel/nz/
+Save_as: travel/nz/index.html
+
+
+<br />
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="http://www.wwoof.co.nz/">WWOOF</a>: a work for food, housing, and education travel program</li>
+ <li><a href="http://couchsurfing.com/">couchsurfing</a>: a house stay social networking site</li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Tepapa/English/">te papa museum</a> in wellington</li>
+ <li><a href="http://wikitravel.org/">wikitravel</a> pages: <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/New_Zealand">whole country</a>, <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Tramping_in_New_Zealand">tramping</a> (aka hiking)</li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.doc.govt.nz/">dept of conservation</a> (runs national parks)</li>
+ <li><a href="http://seat61.com/NewZealand.htm">seat61 NZ</a>: rail information
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Trains</h3>
+See <a href="http://www.tranzscenic.co.nz/">tranz-scenic</a> for tickets.
+<ul>
+ <li><b>tranzcoastal</b> goes from Christchurch to Picton (top of the north island); one way from $64-73nzd, just over 5 hours leaving 0700. A joint tranzcoastal/interislander ticket is $119nzd</li>
+ <li><b>overlander</b></li> goes from Wellington to Auckland; one way is about 12 hours, departs 0725 and costs $100nzd</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Ferry</h3>
+The Picton-Wellington ferry costs about $72 per adult one way for a flexible ticket: cheaper inflexible web tickets are $52; see <a href="http://www.interislander.co.nz">http://www.interislander.co.nz</a>.
+
+<h3>Says a friend...</h3>
+<blockquote>
+You should go to milford sound and take one of the small boat cruises if you can. The waterfalls are over a mile high in most places -- they're more like vertical rivers than waterfalls... the pancake rocks in Greymouth are really worth seeing too. I really liked the city of Nelson a lot, it's very chill. I also liked Queenstown, but my brother (who's been living here for 9 months) didn't care for it. I only spent a few hours there though. My brother also didn't like Christchurch much.
+
+oh, and go to the craters of the moon near the caldera south of rotorua, they were pretty intense. boiling mud and steam shooting everywhere, I thought it was very cool. =)
+</blockquote>
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+Title: Travel to Russia
+Url: /travel/russia/
+Save_as: travel/russia/index.html
+
+
+<br />
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="http://www.waytorussia.net">way to russia</a>: excellent resource, visas, train tickets, etc. I've had this recommended to me in person, so I trust it more than most travel sites.</li>
+ <li><a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Russia">main wikitravel page</a>: general info</li>
+ <li><a href="http://seat61.com">seat61.com</a>: great resource for trains and general travel, based in britain; <a href="http://seat61.com/Trans-Siberian.htm">trans-siberian</a>, <a href="http://seat61.com/Russia.htm">russia</a></li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Ferry to/from Japan</h3>
+<ul>
+ <li>"<a href="http://www.euras.co.jp/en/ship.html">EURASTOURS</a>": 376.23 USD one way</li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.bisintour.com/">bisintour</a>: 330 USD one way student
+</ul>
+<h3>Trains...</h3>
+<a href="http://www.eng.rzd.ru/">http://www.eng.rzd.ru/</a>, <a href="http://www.poezda.net/en/index">http://www.poezda.net/en/index</a>
+<ul>
+ <li><b>trans-siberian express</b>: moscow to vladviostok</li>
+ <li><b>trans-mongolian express</b>: moscow to beijing, through mongolia</li>
+ <li>moscow to st petersburg: 5 hours, ~50 USD?</li>
+ <li><b>International:</b> <a href="http://www.waytorussia.net/Transport/International/TrainSchedules.html">waytorussia</a>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>NZ Consulate</h3>
+<a href="http://www.rus.co.nz">Russian Consulate</a> in New Zealand; <a href="http://rus.co.nz/home/consular/v_tourist.htm#s5">forms</a>, <a href="http://www.rus.co.nz/index.php?categ=56">visa info</a>, <a href="http://www.wises.co.nz/l/Wellington/Karori/57+Messines+Road/?gclid=CJa7hb_PsZACFQsGQQodQXDHGg">map</a>
+<pre>
+c/o Karori Post Shop
+Wellington
+57 Messines Road, Karori, Wellington
+tel. (04) 476 6113
+fax (04) 476 3843
+email info@rus.co.nz
+Consular section
+tel. (04) 476 6742
+tel. (04) 476 9548 (visa issues)
+Monday-Friday 9.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
+email wltvisa@xtra.co.nz (visa issues)
+email consul@rus.co.nz (consular issues)
+</pre>
+
+<h3>Vladivostok</h3>
+<a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Vladivostok">wikitravel</a>
+<ul>
+ <li />Ferry from south korea: <a href="http://www.dongchunferry.co.kr/russia/ferry.html">Dong Chun Ferry Co., Ltd.</a>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Hostels etc</h3>
+<ul>
+ <li /><a href="http://www.hostel.ru/moskhostel.php3">http://www.hostel.ru/moskhostel.php3</a>
+ <li /><a href="http://www.hostelling.ru/index.php4?patchs=piter">http://www.hostelling.ru/index.php4?patchs=piter</a>
+ <li /><a href="http://www.hostelling-russia.ru/hostels.htm">http://www.hostelling-russia.ru/hostels.htm</a>
+</ul>