Friday was a day of hanging around. We had to get from Aqaba in Jordan to Dahab in Egypt, which involves Jordan Customs, a ferry across the Red Sea and then Egyptian Customs. This is a very bad combination - any one is likely to be hopeless and the three together are horrendous.
The key thing is to find out when (even if) the ferry is running. Initially we thought that we would leave at 10am, then 12am then 1pm. We took our bus to the Aqaba port at 1 pm and we got on the ferry at about 2:30pm (having been allowed to leave Jordan). The ferry finally sailed at about 3:30pm. You get you passport stamped for Egypt entry on the boat, so this is finally looking more efficient.
The ferry arrived in Nuweiba in Egypt at about 5pm and we were allowed to disembark at about 5:45pm. We got on our bus - fantastic we thought.
In fact, the bus took us for a 4 minute drive to the Egyptian Customs, where we unloaded our bags and proceeded to hang around for a while. Eventually, we had to heft our bags to a building to have them perfunctorily scanned and then back on our bus. We then got as far as the gate and an Egyptian immigration officer checked all our passports. By about 7pm, we were finally on the road to Dahab, which was about a 90 minute drive.
Dahab is a Red Sea resort, famous for its reefs and diving. Our hotel was one of the best we had been in - clean with large rooms and a view over the pool and the beach.
We strolled along the foreshore strip to have a good meal together, to end a day that really only consisted of getting out of Jordan and into Egypt.
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