The journey to the border takes about 45 minutes.  To my surprise, there are totally 15 backpackers in the bus are crossing the border as well.  I feel a bit relief that I am not the only one.

We are at the departure gate by 9:15am.  The process is very simply, they took our passport, we paid JD4 for exit tax, they stamp the passports, and we are official out of Jordan.  But in order to get to Israel, we need to get onboard the border bus, it will take us cross the Allenby Bridge into Israel custom.

The bridge is not that long, but crossing it seems to take forever due to constantly stopping and passport checking.  Once crossed the bridge, a platoon of anti terrorist soldiers are waiting for us.  They check the bus thoroughly, make sure there is no bombs and any other type of explosive, then, the bus heads toward the custom.

We are on Israel soil!  It is a bit exciting to see its national flag flying high above buildings.  What has life prepared for me?  Is the situation really that bad in Jerusalem like CNN shows?  I will soon find out.  

Good-bye Jordan!

It is a wonderful country with great hospitality, I enjoyed it very much! Although I encountered a bit of hassales while visiting Petra and Jerash, but they were minimal and I was able to get away just by saying "La Shukran (No, Thanks)". Traveling here alone is definitely much easier and more pleasent than Egypt. There is no problem dealing with paper currency, but coin can be confusing. Currently two sets of coins are in use.