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Egypt – Dahab, Sharm el-Sheikh, Alexandria & Cairo

23 January, 202220 February, 2022 BeckyMiddle East

Egypt was the final country of our Madventure Arabian overland tour. We took the Aqaba to Nuweiba ferry and it was obvious that the 2 year hiatus in international travel due to covid had taken its toll here because the immigration and customs officials appeared to be bewildered with what to do with us. It…Continue reading Egypt – Dahab, Sharm el-Sheikh, Alexandria & Cairo

Jordan – Petra & Wadi Rum

5 January, 202220 February, 2022 BeckyMiddle East

Jordan was the penultimate country on our Arabia Overland tour. We entered from Saudi Arabia and even though we had negative PCR results taken within 24 hours, Jordan forced us to pay for yet another PCR test at the border! Once that was out of the way, we were stamped into country where we met…Continue reading Jordan – Petra & Wadi Rum

Saudi Arabia – Jeddah, Riyadh & Al Ula

3 January, 20229 February, 2022 BeckyMiddle East

The border crossing from the United Arab Emirates into Saudi Arabia took over 3 hours and we were finally stamped in at midnight. Yippee! We were the first overland truck in history to enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and it felt great. From the border, our first official stop was the Bir Hima rock…Continue reading Saudi Arabia – Jeddah, Riyadh & Al Ula

Kuwait – Kuwait City

28 December, 20219 February, 2022 BeckyMiddle East

It looked like our visit to Kuwait (country number 6 out of 8 on our Arabia Overland trip) might not happen. Just a few days before we were scheduled to arrive, Kuwait suddenly announced that despite recent negative covid test results and vaccination status, all visitors arriving after midnight on Christmas Day had to go…Continue reading Kuwait – Kuwait City

Bahrain – Muharraq & Manama

25 December, 20219 February, 2022 BeckyMiddle East

Even though we had PCR covid test results within 48 hours of entering Bahrain, we were still forced to take another one at the border (free, courtesy of the Bahrain government). None of us were supposed to leave the hotel until the test results came back and were posted in the contact tracing app, “Be…Continue reading Bahrain – Muharraq & Manama

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