Well, we had a busy travel day today.
We got up and checked out of our nice beach-side hostel and caught a cab to the bus station. We took the bus to Taba and from there walked across the border. I must have been their next random drug check because they routed my passport to a different station and made me pull out my phone and camera...but, no drugs on me! :)
We crossed into no-mans-land until we made it to the Israeli gateway. It's a lot like the airport and we had no problems. We then walked into Israel!
Right away we met some Americans - the first we have met in a week since being gone. They were waiting for a bus to Eilat - which was the same one we needed to take. We then caught a Sherut (a shared taxi) that brought us to Jerusalem.
We drove past the Dead Sea and smelled the sulfur and saw some people floating. We're hoping to get that direction later during our stay.
After we were dropped off, we walked to our hostel. It was crazy there! Apparently a group was supposed to check out and had not done so yet because of a lost passport. So there were a bunch of people waiting for HOURS to get checked in, even with reservations. We had to wait about 2 hours, and then they put us in this tiny space in the back of the hostel. It's seriously a room back by the laundry machines with a piece of paper and the room number written in highlighter taped to the door. They said that we'll get a new room tomorrow.
Good thing we booked this 5 months ago because for the 5 nights we are staying we paid a little over 900 Sheckels and he said now it is over 2000. Prices are up because of the Easter holiday.
We were happy that we were prepared.
We walked out for dinner (and dessert) and just got back to the hostel now to plan for our day tomorrow.
Time for bed, more interesting stuff to come!
Love from the Holy Land :)
We got up and checked out of our nice beach-side hostel and caught a cab to the bus station. We took the bus to Taba and from there walked across the border. I must have been their next random drug check because they routed my passport to a different station and made me pull out my phone and camera...but, no drugs on me! :)
We crossed into no-mans-land until we made it to the Israeli gateway. It's a lot like the airport and we had no problems. We then walked into Israel!
Right away we met some Americans - the first we have met in a week since being gone. They were waiting for a bus to Eilat - which was the same one we needed to take. We then caught a Sherut (a shared taxi) that brought us to Jerusalem.
We drove past the Dead Sea and smelled the sulfur and saw some people floating. We're hoping to get that direction later during our stay.
After we were dropped off, we walked to our hostel. It was crazy there! Apparently a group was supposed to check out and had not done so yet because of a lost passport. So there were a bunch of people waiting for HOURS to get checked in, even with reservations. We had to wait about 2 hours, and then they put us in this tiny space in the back of the hostel. It's seriously a room back by the laundry machines with a piece of paper and the room number written in highlighter taped to the door. They said that we'll get a new room tomorrow.
Good thing we booked this 5 months ago because for the 5 nights we are staying we paid a little over 900 Sheckels and he said now it is over 2000. Prices are up because of the Easter holiday.
We were happy that we were prepared.
We walked out for dinner (and dessert) and just got back to the hostel now to plan for our day tomorrow.
Time for bed, more interesting stuff to come!
Love from the Holy Land :)
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