Shekels: 1 USD = 3.916 NIS
Jordanian: 1 USD = 0.707 JOD; 1 JOD = 1.413 USD
Egyptian: 1 USD = 5.533 pounds; 1 pound = 0.1807 USD
Hitching: Jordan, Egypt, Israel
| Thr 6th | Depart haifa for jerusalem with nick and rishi |
| Fri 7th | Masada in the morning, ein gedi, sleep at apartments |
| Sat 8th | Morning in jerusalem, depart PM for Eilat? |
| Sun 9th | Need to be moved out of the Jerusalem apartments at 9:30am. Eilat, depart PM for Cairo? |
| Mon 10th | Cairo? |
| Tue 11th | Cairo? |
| Wed 12th | Cairo? |
| Thr 13th | Sally gets back from turkey in the morning; meet at lotan (the kibbutz) afternoon/evening; sleep at kibbutz |
| Fri 14th | hang on kibbutz; sleep at kibbutz |
| Sat 15th | travel to wadi rum. can take our sweet time, lotan is close to the border-ish, and wadi rum is maybe an hour cab ride from the border |
| Sun 16th | stuff in wadi rum, sleep in wr |
| Mon 17th | stuff in wadi rum, travel to petra |
| Tue 18th | petrapetra, to amman at night |
| Wed 19th | amman. jaresh? |
| Thr 20th | some more amman if it's cool, or just wubbie |
| Fri 21th | wubbie morning, then to j-town. DIVOT PARK |
| Sat 22th | Sally flies out early from TLV. Students in jerusalem? |
| Sun 23th | Students in jerusalem? Tel Aviv? |
| Mon 24th | Depart TLV for Zurich @15:55; Zurich; |
| Tue 25th | fly Zurich to JFK |
| Wed 26th | Arrive Boston? |
"Jordan Jubilee" has a bunch of information about traveling around jordan in general, including canyoning and wadi rum.
Cheap hostels
Tents can apparently be had for 2JD/night at the rest house near the main gate, or from JD17/night/person including breakfast. See bait ali.
There are apparently a few hikes from the main "resthouse" area that can be done on foot w/o a guide.
Horse tours are about 40JD/each for half a day or 70JD/each for a day (for two people). Trips look nice and a lot more ground can be covered. There are cheaper camel trips