Posts

Egypt - Jordan

Image
Egypt 埃及 -  Jordan 約旦   I booked my flight into Lebanon in late February 2020, and had been monitoring the regional safety. The protests since October 2019 continues in Lebanon, but life continues there as well.  The outbreak of  coronavirus caused Beirut  Hostel cancelled my reservation,   so I took advantage of American Airlines ' free cancellation flights via Hong Kong offer and  re-booked  flights into Egypt. Basically, I reversed my travel direction from hot areas into colder areas and skipped  Lebanon. The Israeli lockdown triggered a domino effect, so I cut short my tep and came back to USA. I traveled during Feb. - March, 2020  to Taiwan- Egypt – Jordan, and happily dropped my trip back to USA safe and sound.   My trip highlights include (1) biking again gust of 14 Mph for 8 km to snorkel near the Blue Hole, Dahob, Egypt; (2) catching the Ferry from Egypt to Jordan mainly carrying Egyptian labor; (3) escaping Jordan and Qatar coronavirus lockdowns to fl