Thursday, July 7, 2011

Aqaba 7-7-11 day 2

Oh forgot to mention you can see Egypt ant Israel from the shore, seems so close but yet so far.

Aqaba is also the place you must go within 48 hours of arrival to have your free visa validated. There is an office in town for this but I didn't go there because it was well past 48 hours so what's the point.

We had a wonderful lunch of fresh seafood at Ali Baba's, skip the calamari though it was a little chewy. We then went to the Aquarium. TIP: It's less to get in if your a native so Rayan got the tickets and I just followed him in making sure I didn't speak. After that we did a bit of shopping, this is a tax free zone no 18% tax here but most of the stuff is cheaply made in china and not good quality. There was however a good deal on nuts and we got several bags to bring home with us.Time to head home, we drove past a Saudi Border entry point and on the way out you have to go thru a customs checkpoint. If you buy electronics they could tax you. No tax on nuts and the other items we purchased and we were on our way. Cigarettes were 14 JD for a carton of marlboro, that's about 20 USD.

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