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=== How to get to South Sinai ===
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'''By car::''' There are busses from [[Cairo]] to Sharm-el-Shekh and St. Catherine (around 50-70 LE one trip), also special offers like Dahab-[[Luxor]] etc., anyway best is over-night because over the day it is too hot and most of the busses buses don't have airconditionairconditioning. I have no experiences in hitchhiking this way. Most of it is lost desert. It doesn't seem like a good place. But maybe you are lucky and you find a truckdriver truck-driver near Sharm who is going all the way. ''Anybody has experiences?''
'''From/To [[Israel]]:''' The Taba Border Crossing is today the only open border crossing between Israel and Egypt. It is easy to find a ride to the Taba junction (5 km away from the Taba Border Crossing), the rest you have to walk or take a taxi. If you arrive in Taba from Israel don't get confused from the taxi drivers who offer you their services or even lie and say there is no bus anymoreany more. There is allways always a bus at 3 pm 15:00 going Taba-Nuweiba-Dahab-Sharm! If you are leaving to Israel you will find on the other site a city bus to Eilat. From the central bus station it is close to the mainroad main road heading up North to the Dead Sea and Jerusalem.
'''Ferries:''' There are ferries from Hurghada to Sharm or Ras Mohammed. Check this out in the internet.
'''From/To [[Jordan]]:''' There is a ferry between Nuweiba and [[Aqaba]] (Jordan), if you want to get from Sinai direct to Jordan.
'''By plane:''' There is an international airport in Sharm which has surprising cheap flights to all [[Europe]], [[Russia]] and the [[Middle East]]. Be aware of the taxi drivers at the airport who allways always try to cheat you.
=== Safety ===
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There are a lot of checkpoints at each junction where they will ask the driver why he has foreign people with him, so it is hard to get lost. Of course, you hear from time to time bad things of kidnapping etc. in the news but this is mainly in North Sinai. In the South the people are in general all very friendly and helpfullhelpful.Take allways always enough water with you, Sinai is a desert. And be aware from this crazy wild dogs everywhere.
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