Egypt - Jordan

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 fly back to USA like a refugee; (4) being harassed but not scammed when traveling solo in Egypt; (5) Wadi Rum Desert camping (Jordan); (6) staying in a Hilton-affiliated resort in Nuweiba, Egypt (with more staffs than guests); (7) running into a Polish couple in Wadi Rum Desert (Jordan) whom I met in Georgia (next to Russia) in 2013; and (8) reunited with my Costa Rican friend (met in Slovenia in 2015) in Amman, Jordan. See details at https://mediterraneanjt.blogspot.com/

I lived in Taiwan, Japan, and USA, visited Albania, Argentina, Australia, Armenia, Austria, Brunei, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Serbia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Vietnam. 

Believe me, you can but do not need to learn local language to travel. I only learn one word of Farsi but traveled Iran for 3 weeks. After staying in South America for three months, Spain for 2.5 weeks, and Central America for two months, I speak just about 30 words of Spanish.


Other people deploy strategies such as working via the internet or remotely, finding jobs abroad, work-stay at hostels, guest worker at organic farms, etc., to realize their own overseas life style.  If you really want to travel, you will find a way to do it. 

Here are some budget travel tips:

“Last year I traveled around the world on just $2000. I hitchhiked, Village hopped, couch surfed through more than 20 countries.” Eric, NC, USA. 1/6/2013 http://www.yourworldyourhome.com/how-to-travel-across-the-world-on-less-than-2000/

How to Hitchhike Around the World? Ask the Guru, Kurt!http://www.teachingtraveling.com/2013/01/24/hitchhiking-around-the-world/

 

 

You can browse my venture blogs:
   Fall 2011 Argentina/Chile/ Colombia/Ecuador/Peru http://southamericajt.blogspot.com/
   Fall 2012 Taiwan/China/Vietnam/Cambodia/Thailand/Nepal/India. http://asiajt.blogspot.com/  
   Fall 2013 Middle East (Greece/Turkey/Georgia/Armenia/Iran/Spain) http://jtmiddleeast.blogspot.com/
   Summer 2014 Cuba/Mexico/Guatemala/Honduras/Nicaragua/Costa Rica http://centralamericajt.blogspot.com/
Spring 2015 to Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. http://jtseasia.blogspot.com/
Summer 2015 cycling with a group across Virginia along the Transamerica trail in 10 days http://cyclex-us-jt.blogspot.com/
Fall 2015 to  UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Netherlands. http://easteuropejt.blogspot.com/
Summer 2016 to Italy, Vatican City State, Greece, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Germany. http://italyeasteuropejt.blogspot.com/ 
Summer 2017 to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Chinese Silk Road, Taiwan. https://jtsilkroadcentralasia.blogspot.com/

Spring 2018 to New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan. https://nz-aujt.blogspot.com/ 

Winter 2019 to Sri Lanka, South India, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Korea, and Taiwan. https://jtasiaiii.blogspot.com/

Early Spring 2020 to Taiwan - Egypt – Jordan https://mediterraneanjt.blogspot.com/

   Fall 2021 to Portugal - Monaco - France - Luxembourg  -  Belgium - Netherlands - UK - Morocco  https://jtwesteurope.blogspot.com/

   Summer 2022 to Iceland – Norway – Sweden - Estonia - Finland - Latvia – Lithuania – Sicily – Naples – Taiwan https://jtnortheurope.blogspot.com/

   Summer 2023 to Israel – Palestine - Cyprus - Kenya – Tanzania – Malawi – Zambia – Zimbabwe – Botswana – Namibia - South Africa.  https://africajt.blogspot.com/

  Summer 2024 to Russia – China - Taiwan https://russiachinajt.blogspot.com/