We are on the move today, we left Jerusalem heading to Élan ,on the bus, so that we could cross the border into Jordan. We felt totally safe as there was a plain clothes guard on our bus with an M16 standing right next to Fred most of the way which was about a 5 hour ride. Totally no worries. We have seen more security in the past few days than you could even imagine.
The road through Israel was very good, mostly a 2 lane highway. I know the Reeve was checking out the road system as we went along. The countryside is very rugged, on one side of the road was the Dead Sea and the other side were very rugged mountains. In places along the way we would come upon a grove of palm trees and greenhouses. Not sure what they were doing with that.
The crossing went smoothly and we were through before we knew it. We walked into Jordan, caught a cab to Aqaba, Jordan to spend the next day here just hanging out. We are able to see Egypt and Israel from here in Aqaba. Aqaba is situated on the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. Quite a cool little town. We are hoping to get a little time at the sea tomorrow.
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