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Ferry from Aqaba to Sinai?

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wojtekd Premium account Joined: Oct 02 Points: 74870 Posts: 411 Posted: 2007-08-27 17:31:00    Hi Globies! Question to our ferries experts: Is there a ferry from Aqaba (Jordan - Red Sea) to Egypt - Sinai is closest place. Any idea about timetible and prices? Is Egyptian visa on arrival available? Thanks... Wojtek --- You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced... W.D. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact wojtekd   mortimer Premium account Joined: Jun 04 Points: 15075 Posts: 528 Posted: 2007-08-27 21:36:00    There is a ferry from aquaba to nuweiba here is the report from a scottish family who did this crossing giving you an idea how it works: http://www.2c2k.net/traveldiary_exp.php?id=83 hope this helps as a starter --- Today is the first day of the rest of your life, enjoy it! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mortimer   rangutan Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 34752 Posts: 1044 Posted: 2007-08-27 21:51:00    Hi Wojtek I would love to visit Sinai one day, didn't know that Jordan also has access to the Red Sea and now know how the Gulf of Aqaba got its name! Thanks for that information. Read about the Aqaba-Nuweiba (Sinai) ferry at: www.goredsea.com/en_magazine-archivebyissues-article-nuweibaaqabaferry-magazinearticleredsealivingnews.aspx?monthid=january2005 described at this great website too: http://www.ask-aladdin.com/ferries.html There is a bit about visas at: http://www.jordanjubilee.com/travelme/sinai.htm explaining that a visa can only be obtained at an consul or in Cairo. I remember getting my visa at the airport in Cairo. See also again: and again: http://www.ask-aladdin.com/visas_and_passports.htm Remember to send Aladdin a GLOBOpostcard when you return! Regards RR --- Rudolf "Rangutan" Graspointner Reply    Reply with quote    Contact rangutan   wojtekd Premium account Joined: Oct 02 Points: 74870 Posts: 411 Posted: 2007-08-28 07:14:00    Thank you for your valuable links. 45 USD for one-hour sail - looks not so cheap... And 20 dinars departure tax in Aqaba! Regarding Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba: I am engineer not a geographer, I am not authority but once they taught me that every bay or gulf regardless of the shape belongs to the sea or the ocean. I live on the Bay of Gdansk which is the part of Baltic Sea... Everybody can have his point of view... For me Gulf of Aqaba is the part of Red Sea. Thank you Wojtek --- You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced... W.D. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact wojtekd