Comments on: Bailing on the Maldives http://www.greenaroundtheglobe.com/2009/11/02/bailing-on-the-maldives/ Discovering Sustainability Worldwide Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:32:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Keith http://www.greenaroundtheglobe.com/2009/11/02/bailing-on-the-maldives/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Keith Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:24:03 +0000 http://www.greenaroundtheglobe.com/?p=475#comment-141 David - you are correct if you let the Israeli agent stamp your passport we would not be able to get into the U.A.E. You also have to be careful with getting the exit stamp from Jordan at the Israeli border. From our research it appears that what you have to do is get Jordan to stamp their exit stamp on a loose piece of paper and then get Israel to also stamp the loose paper for both entry and exit. Yo then remove that paper from your passport before heading to the U.A.E. What is interesting to me about this is that apparently this is this peculiar wrinkle for traveling in the Middle East is well understood and accepted practice by both Jordan and Israel. So if we go we just have to be sure we follow the tricks. Regarding India we considered it as part of the preliminary route but felt that we really only had time for a city or two and that we would return to India on a future trip. It was also a toss up between India and China and for this trip China got the nod. David – you are correct if you let the Israeli agent stamp your passport we would not be able to get into the U.A.E. You also have to be careful with getting the exit stamp from Jordan at the Israeli border. From our research it appears that what you have to do is get Jordan to stamp their exit stamp on a loose piece of paper and then get Israel to also stamp the loose paper for both entry and exit. Yo then remove that paper from your passport before heading to the U.A.E. What is interesting to me about this is that apparently this is this peculiar wrinkle for traveling in the Middle East is well understood and accepted practice by both Jordan and Israel. So if we go we just have to be sure we follow the tricks.

Regarding India we considered it as part of the preliminary route but felt that we really only had time for a city or two and that we would return to India on a future trip. It was also a toss up between India and China and for this trip China got the nod.

]]> By: David http://www.greenaroundtheglobe.com/2009/11/02/bailing-on-the-maldives/comment-page-1/#comment-140 David Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:24:31 +0000 http://www.greenaroundtheglobe.com/?p=475#comment-140 Hopping to Israel from Jordan would be interesting, esp. given some of their technology dedicated to dealing with limited resources. Does that (or at least getting Israeli stamps in the passports) pose any problems with getting in to the UAE? What about India? Hopping to Israel from Jordan would be interesting, esp. given some of their technology dedicated to dealing with limited resources. Does that (or at least getting Israeli stamps in the passports) pose any problems with getting in to the UAE?

What about India?

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