Title: Middle East Travel
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<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>
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 <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?

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<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>.
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There are apparently a few hikes from the main "resthouse" area that can be done on foot w/o a guide.
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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
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 <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>
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<h1>Egypt</h1>
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 <li />Bus to/from Jerusalem:  <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/From_Cairo_to_Jerusalem_by_bus">wikitravel</a>, 
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<h1>Israel</h1>
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 <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).
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