From Aqaba through Sinai
Aqaba looked wonderful, warm, clean and buzzing with tourists, I was looking forward to taking a stroll along the beach but when I called the ferries terminal the operator told me that we had to come a.s.a.p. The ferries were overbooked with thousands of Egyptian laborers working in Saudi Arabia returning home for the Eid holiday, and with no ferries or hovercrafts on Saturday it was essential to get a place on a boat that same day. We were lucky to get on the 2pm ferry. Normally, the crossing... Sign in to see full entry.