31/07, 1/8 e 2/08- Aqaba

2 hour south from Petra is the strategic city of Aqaba. Being the only port of Jordan it is one of the main gateways to the transport of people and goods coming from the Red Sea and beyond.

Besides that, aqaba is sold, turist wise, as the perfect diving place in the red sea.

Well....we were extremly disappointed. The city itself is pretty basic and unworth any visit; The diving/snorkeling is quite pleasent but for me same price you can get much more in Sinai; it even doesn't have the party atmosphere of the neighbor Eljat..summing up: if your aim its to dive continue to Sinai, to party go to Eljat to sleep go to Egypt.

Curiosly we had our first Mcdonald's meal in 1 month..

Transport tip:

DON'T EVER TAKE THE FERRY TO NUWEIBA!!!Besides being too expensive ($60) its also too slow and uncomfortable - we had to wait for 6 hours to get in..there was people sleeping everywhere..total chaos..who would have guessed??Still i had some interesting conversation about the other side of the story - to be posted soon!

You are much better off taking the way across the border..