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Misc

Shekels: 1 USD = 3.916 NIS
Jordanian: 1 USD = 0.707 JOD; 1 JOD = 1.413 USD
Egyptian: 1 USD = 5.533 pounds; 1 pound = 0.1807 USD

Hitching: Jordan, Egypt, Israel

August 2009 Schedule

Thr 6thDepart haifa for jerusalem with nick and rishi
Fri 7thMasada in the morning, ein gedi, sleep at apartments
Sat 8thMorning in jerusalem, depart PM for Eilat?
Sun 9thNeed to be moved out of the Jerusalem apartments at 9:30am. Eilat, depart PM for Cairo?
Mon 10thCairo?
Tue 11thCairo?
Wed 12thCairo?
Thr 13thSally gets back from turkey in the morning; meet at lotan (the kibbutz) afternoon/evening; sleep at kibbutz
Fri 14thhang on kibbutz; sleep at kibbutz
Sat 15thtravel 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
Sun 16thstuff in wadi rum, sleep in wr
Mon 17thstuff in wadi rum, travel to petra
Tue 18thpetrapetra, to amman at night
Wed 19thamman.  jaresh?
Thr 20thsome more amman if it's cool, or just wubbie
Fri 21thwubbie morning, then to j-town.  DIVOT PARK
Sat 22thSally flies out early from TLV. Students in jerusalem?
Sun 23thStudents in jerusalem? Tel Aviv?
Mon 24thDepart TLV for Zurich @15:55; Zurich;
Tue 25th fly Zurich to JFK
Wed 26thArrive Boston?

Jordan

"Jordan Jubilee" has a bunch of information about traveling around jordan in general, including canyoning and wadi rum.

Amman

Cheap hostels

Wadi Rum

Tents can apparently be had for 2JD/night at the rest house near the main gate, or from JD17/night/person including breakfast. See bait ali.
There are apparently a few hikes from the main "resthouse" area that can be done on foot w/o a guide.
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

Egypt

Israel