This morning’s ferry crossing from Jordan to Egypt was surprisingly painless. The ferry company seemed well used to foreign vehicles travelling this route and before we knew it, we were crossing the Red Sea over to Nuweiba.
The Hummer enters the ferry to Egypt
The Egyptian side of the crossing was a painful affair. Egyptian Customs insisted that we buy a fire extinguisher for the car. We’re not sure what use this would be as in the case of a fire, we’d probably just run away from the car as fast as we could! Customs also insisted on Egyptian license plates and another driver’s license for Dave.
After several hours of procedures, we escaped the port and began a long drive through the arid desert towards Cairo. On the way we passed through Suez and took a tunnel under the Suez Canal, the world’s busiest shipping lane.
We reached Egypt’s chaotic capital just as the call for prayer we’ve become so used to was echoing around the city at 3.30am. We began the usual ordeal of finding a cheap Lonely Planet recommended Hotel in this giant metropolis. We ended up in a bit of a dive just to put our heads down that is definitely the cheapest accommodation on CRAZYJOURNEY so far at only 5 Euro each a night.
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