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Transportation: Buses & Service Taxis..
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  • Written by coceng on Jun 23, 2005
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    Category: Bus
    Getting TO/AROUND: Buses & service taxis are the best options to move around The Middle East.
    They are sometimes reliable sometimes they are not !
    Please check the time tables.
    Most of the times, we pay the price of the journey on the buses or service taxis themself. No need to get a ticket beforehand.
    Some service taxis (which look like mini vans...) will only start their engine when enough passengers are onboard so this could alter your plan in reaching some destinations.

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    Transportation: Taxis...
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  • Written by coceng on Jun 23, 2005
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    Getting TO/AROUND: Taxi is also a good option.
    Do take a taxi if you are not scared of being conned or over-charged !
    Anyway, sometimes taxi is the ONLY option to take say if you are going to somewhere remote & there's no other public transportations.
    Make sure you know where you are going & at least have a rough idea of how much you want to pay to the taxi drivers !

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    Transportation: Trains...
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  • Written by coceng on Jun 23, 2005
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    Getting TO/AROUND: I rarely met any tourist travelling with trains in The Middle East.
    Most of the times, they are slow but in some places, the trains would provide some bext sights which we can't see on the roads.
    At least along The Nile, train is the best option !
    the sceneries are just amazing with Egyptians are running their everyday life, that we could see through the train windows...

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    Transportation: Ferry...
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  • Written by coceng on Jun 23, 2005
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    Getting TO/AROUND: When crossing The Red Sea, ferry or fast ferry or even being called a catamaran would be the best option to take.
    Although not that cheap but it's a pleasant journey as we want to get to the next destination as soon as possible !

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    mfas2000 Tue Sep 1, 2009 12:03 UTC
     Good introdcution and useful tips on Arabia..however as one comment ealier, do get into Yemen where there is alot fo old Arabia heritage    		JohnniOmani Sat Sep 22, 2007 03:13 UTC
     Nice page but head to Oman and Yemen for off the beaten track ''true'' Arabia. Jordan/Egypt are touristy but these two will knock your socks off ;) Cheers from the Bahamas Jz
    magor65 Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:07 UTC
     Fantastic pictures, interesting tips; by the way - when are you going to complete them? Looking forward to it    		Mairo21 Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:05 UTC
     GORGEOUS! that is the first word that comes to mind , to describe the picture you took of the sunset on the nile.
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