Hi & hail to you hardcore travellers of the Middle East.

I'm travelling London-Melbourne late 08/early 09.

I need help with a route from Turkey to Syria to Jordan and then into Egypt. Preferably I want to take the ferry from Jordan to Egypt and bypass Israel.

I'll be going on to the sub-Sahara forum for similar help with routing Egypt through to Cape Town down East Africa, but if you've got such a route too...please feel free to recommend your route.

Waypoints are also welcome.

I have a Zumo 550 and am new to this.

Cheers, Discoenduro

I will travell on same route from 2. maj from Serbia to Jordan. If you be there, we can to meet and driving together part off the way. I will be there one months.
Istanbul-Ankara-Kajseri-Adana-Aleppo-Damask-Amman-Akaba-Nuweuba (Egipat)...

Hey Dragan, i see you're travelling 2 maj: Is that 2 May? I'd be happy to meet up and ride with you, only I'm travelling sometime around December 2008 to February 2009.
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Hi discoenduro,

20th of september we're heading to Izmit,Ankara,Nevsehir(Capadocia),Adiyaman(Mount Nemrud),Gaziantep,Allepo(Syr),Tadmur(Palmyra),Dama scus,Amman(Jor),Petra,WadiRumm,Aqabah,Ellat(Isr),B ethleehem,Jerusalem,Tel-Aviv,Tiberias,Haifa on our three week tripp and return same way via Jordan and Syria,but Turkey via Adana,Antalya,Denizli,Kusadasi(Ephesus),Izmir,Cana kkale,Edrine and Bulgaria.
If you're interested be welcome to join us!!

Cheers,
Simon

How are you planning to go back via Syria when you've been to Israel then?
Just curious, as they will send you back, or did you find a way to do it?

Jurgen

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When you enter Israel don't let them stamp your passport. they will stamp a seperate piece of paper which you need to keep with your passport if you ask them . When you get back to Syria 'lose' that piece of paper and you will have no Israeli stamp in your passport.
I just had the same crossing from south to north cyprus. The north stamps a piece of paper because if you have a northern cyprus stamp you can't get into Greece.

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Hey Guys;
I've been browsing this thread and getting some ideas! I'm planning on being in Jordan (likely amman) from mid feb 09 to mid april 09. I see some of you are going to be starting in Turkey and ending up in that neck of the woods...would anyone be interested in selling their bikes to me in Jordan? I'd love to use in jordan and then I would make the return trip to istanbul.

I'd like to sell it/leave it in istanbul at the end of my trip and fly back home (california). Would someone be willing to let me use their bike and return it to them in istanbul? We could work out a fair price?

thanks so much!
ano

Syria
Krak des Chevaliers: N34 45.416 E36 17.746
Palmyra: N34 32.974 E38 16.286

Jordan
Mount Nebo: N31 46.097 E35 43.534

Stephan

English name // Arabic name // Latitude Longditude // altitude // What is it ?
ALEPPO // HALAB// N36 12.182 E37 09.523 // Aleppo City
AMMAN // //N31 56.992 E35 55.993 // Amman City
APAMEA // //N35 25.319 E36 24.105 // altitude 267 m //Apamea (Roman ruins)
Apamea //(Afamia) // Afamea N35 25.055 E36 24.232 // Apamea (Roman ruins)
BAGDADCAFE // // N34 04.941 E37 30.452 // altiude 879 m //Bagdad Café between Palmyra and Damscus
CITADEL // // N36 11.886 E37 09.662 // altitdue353 m// Crusader castle
DAMASCUS// DIMASHQ // N33 30.000 E36 18.002 // Damascus city
Hama// (Hamah) Hamah // N35 08.001 E36 44.997 //Hama city
JESUS BAP// // N31 50.240 E35 32.958 // altitude -388 m // Jesus Baptism site (Jordan side)
KRAK de chevaliers// // N34 45.446 E36 17.740 650 m Crusader castle (Excellent !!)
LATTAKIA // AL LADHIQIYAH// N35 31.002 E35 47.000 // Lattakia City
Maaloula/ Ma`Lula // N33 49.991 E36 32.988 // Maaloula town
Dead SEA // //N31 43.133 E35 35.245// altitude -398 m //Dead Sea resort hotels
PALMYRA// // N34 33.229 E38 16.253 //altitude 408 m //Palmyra Ancient roman city (excellent !!!)
Tartus// Tartus// N34 53.092 E35 53.498 //Tartus town on the coast (nothing special)
WADI MUSA// N30 18.981 E35 28.966// Wadi Rum entrance
WADIRUM// WADI RUMMEN //N29 38.167 E35 21.657// Wadi Rum desert

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Stephano, Gecko, brilliant guys. Thanks for those waypoints...now if only i could get some for Sudan from the sub-Sah forum!

Money63: mate, I think September might be too early for me. I won't find out until late July...it's all visa related.

Hello,

Stefano,Gecko...same thanks for the waypoints

Discoenduro,if you decide earlier heading down,please let me know.....hope to see all you guys on the road!

Cheers,

Simon

One important piece of advice for you... when you arrive at the port in Jordan to ship to Egypt, someone may tempt you into taking the "slow ferry" because it has more convenient sailing times, or it's cheaper, or etc, etc. DON'T DO IT! Hold out for the "Fast Ferry," my friend. It sails once per day from Aqaba, Jordan to Neweiba, Egypt.

The paperwork is straight forward, it sails on time and it's comfortable. When I took the slow boat several years ago, I had to wait on board for three hours before we even left the dock. We arrived in Neweiba at an unholy hour in the morning after a long, uncomfortable journey.

I took the fast ferry this time round and had an enjoyable experience... details and some photos HERE. (Visit Dahab, in Egypt, too!)

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anyone know if this is possible to do? 17 days ie.
i was thinking of spending a few more days in egypt before trekking out
anyone planning on travelling between dec 9-26 from cairo?