Day 8: Aqaba

We left the desert early in the morning and headed to the port town of Aqaba on the Red Sea. Mohammed showed us around town, and at one point we had views of Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and of course, Jordan. After Mohammed helped us buy tickets for the ferry to Egypt, he dropped us at our hotel. We were sad to say goodbye to our great tour guide.

We stayed at another Kempinski hotel and we were upgraded to a corner room with a beautiful sea view. We spent the day relaxing by the beach and pool before resting up for what was sure to be an exciting (read: stressful) ferry ride to Egypt.

View from our balcony.
Paul looking out at our pretty view.
Paul sitting in the infinity pool in the sunset.
Me walking on water! The Holy Land has that effect.

From our balcony we looked out at Taba, Egypt - the city on the left - and Eliat, Israel - the city on the right. The tall line of white buildings in the middle of the photo is the northern border of Taba.