Date of travel: May 2023 Got the Jett bus to the King Hussein Bridge (Leaves at 7:00, but be at 6:45 in Abdali Station). I bought the ticket a few days before just to be sure, but the bus wasn’t full. The fun part starts when the bus drops you at the Checkpoint. Get into the building where everyone goes into, grab one of the small forms, and fill it. First, go to Departures desk (on the far…
Date of travel: May 2023 The cheapest way I found to go to the Jordanian Dead Sea from Amman is with Jett Bus. The bus (or mini-bus, depending on the attendance) leaves Jett Bus Abdali Station at 08:30 AM. The same bus will stop at the 9th Circle Station at 09:00 AM. The return bus will pick you up between 15:00-17:00. It’s possible to book the return for a different day, in case you decide to…
Date of travel: May 2023 So you wanna cross the Egypt/Israel land border? You have to pay for exit stamps from Egypt (15 EGP?), fill a form, and give it to the border exit. Then you walk a few meters into the Israel entry border check, where you give them your passport at the entrance, go through security, where you’ll get the passport back, then head to passport control. PS: get some shekels from…
Date of travel: May 2023 So you wanna cross the Egypt-Israel land border, and you’re trying to find out how to get to Taba (the border town)? Well, let me help you out. There’s a bus that goes from Cairo to Taba, through the East Delta Bus Company but for some reason it was not running. I ended up having to take a bus to Dahab, and then getting a taxi to Taba. Cairo → Dahab I took the overnight…
Date of travel: May 2023 Egypt requires a visa for most passports, and you can get it on arrival (which seems highly recommended, because I read people had many issues with their website). They’ll most likely give you a form in your flight. Once you land and get into the airport, you need to go to a bank/currency exchange desk close to the exit, with the form filled. There are 2 desks, the default…
Date of travel: May 2023 Most people take a taxi or a private minibus to get to the city center. A taxi will cost around 400-500 EGP, and I don’‘t know about minibuses (they usually only allow drops at points in a specific route). But there’s a public bus, that only costs 6 EGP (cash only), but you have to walk around 15 mins to the bus terminal (which is pretty easy to find in Google Maps). Note:…
This guide is targeted to “hackers” who wish to move to the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically San Francisco or Silicon Valley. This guide reflects my lifestyle - male, single, focused on work (in tech) and saving money, but keeping an eye on my health. I will only focus on things deemed important to “Hackers”. More discussion here . Japanese version by @legoboku . Table of Contents History and…