The time to leave Jordan has arrived.
Taking the ferry from Egypt to Jordan was a debacle, so Eric and I have done everything we can to make the ride from Jordan to Egypt as smooth as possible.
Egyptian visa? Check.
Ferry tickets purchased in advance? Check.
Helping the ferry ticket salesman with his correspondence course on critical thinking from the University of Oregon? Check.
Let’s do this thing!!!
We hail a taxi, negotiate a fare and head to the terminal, where we go through the first round of customs and are given “jump the line” status to get on the boat…
The ride isn’t perfect, but for the most part Team Jordan Ferry comes through and we arrive in Egypt at 2:30pm.
We hustle over to the bus station and are able to catch the 3:00pm bus to Cairo.
And this is when it all falls apart...
The bus ride should have taken about 7 hours. But since we’re forced to stop for 3 separate security checks, plus a bunch of coffee and dinner breaks, we don’t actually arrive in Cairo until 12:30am, 9 ½ hours later.
Thankfully Cairo never sleeps, so we have no problems checking into our chosen guesthouse where William, the former Montreal resident, makes sure our laundry is put at the front of the line… Jordan’s really dusty.
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