Budget Guide to Egypt : Israel, Egypt Travel Planner

Bus Station
Bus Station: Intersection of Al-Karnak and Al-Mahatta St., by the mosque and the Horus Hotel. All buses stop here. To Cairo: 6am (ll-12hr., LE17), 4:30pm (11 12hr., LE21), and 7pm express with A/C (9hr,, LE35). Seats may be available on the A/C bus from Aswan to Cairo which passes through...

Budget Travel : Practical Infrormation
Budget Travel : Practical Infrormation ISSTA, 31 HaNevi'im St. (tel. 25 72 57). ISIC costs NIS25; bring proof of student status and a photo. Sendees include student discounts on (lights to Europe and Cairo, car rentals, and Eurail Passes. Lines can be long. Not always the best deal in town. Open...

Food
Food Jordanian cuisine has evolved through centuries of Bedouin cooking. The national dish, mensaf, ideally consists of 8-10kg of rice on a tray at least a meter across, topped with pinenuts and the stew of an entire Iamb or goat. The Bedouin still serve the head of the lamb on top,...

South Saqqara
South Saqqara The most interesting funerary monument at South Saqqara is the Tomb of Sheps-eskaf (popularly known as Mastabat Faraun), an enormous stone structure shaped like a sarcophagus and capped with a rounded lid. Though Shepseskaf, son of Myc-erinus (whose pyramid stands at Giza), reigned for only three or four years,...

Buses
Buses: An-Nasr Way, 100m north of the southernmost limits of the town. Book seats at least 1 day in advance. Standing room may be available at the last minute. Buses to Cairo (8 per day, 6hr., LE2O-3O). To Suez (13 per day, 5hr., LE12-27). To Luxor (4 per day, 4hr., LE7.50)....

Pillars of Islam : Introduction To The Region
Pillars of Islam : Introduction To The Region Allahu akhbar. La ilaha WAllah Muhammadun rasul Allah. God is great. There is no god but God. And Muhammad is His prophet. This beginning of the cail to worship (the adhari) punctuates daily life in Muslim areas, sounding five times each day from...

Post Office
Post Office: At Shabtai Levi and HaNevi'im St. (tel. 64 09 17), in Hadar. Take bus #41 from station. Also at central bus station, 152 Yafo St., Sha'ar Palmer St.; at 19 HaPalyam Blvd., in port area; at 63 Herzl St., Hadar; and at 7 Wedgewood Blvd. in Carmel. Poste...

Judaism : Introduction To The Region
Judaism : Introduction To The Region "In the beginning," the Bible relates, "God created the heavens and the earth." Nineteen generations and a flood later, Judaism began with a man called Avram. According to Genesis 17, God appeared to Avram when he was 99 years old, telling him "thou shall be...

Food : Isreal
Food : Isreal Some Israelis' diets are affected by kashrut (meaning proper or properly prepared), the Jewish dietary laws. Kashrut forbids the consumption of meat or chicken with dairy products, animals without split hooves that do not chew their cud (most notably pork), and fish without both scales and fins (such...

Islam : Introduction To The Region
Islam : Introduction To The Region Bismillab ar-Rahtnani ar-Rahim. In the Name of God, the merciful and the compassionate. The Arabic word islam means in its general sense '"submission," and Islam the religion is the faithful submission to God's will. Islam has its roots in revelations received from 610 to 622 AD...

Orientation
Orientation Ten- and 15-story buildings, towering along 20km of Mediterranean beachfront on a strip nowhere more than 3km wide, mingle with pre-1900 architecture and wrought-iron balconies. The city's industrial, commercial, and residential sectors jockey for space along the main arteries parallel to the coast, while ancient Alexandria, on the now-pacific Eastern...

Toll-free : Isreal
Toll-free : Isreal Toll-free direct-dial numbers are the easiest way to make overseas calls; you can dial toll-free to an overseas operator and place a collect or calling-card call. (AT&T: 177 100 2727; MCI: 177 105 2727; Sprint: 177 102 2727; Canada: 177 105 2727; U.K.: 177 440 2727; Australia: 177...

Accommodations & Food
Accommodations & Food Although today the town of Bethlehem offers more than mangers, rates and political tension are much higher than in ancient times. Bethlehem doesn't really cater to the budget traveler. Unless you are here during Christmas or Easter, stay in Jerusalem and make Bethlehem a...

Food
Food While no gourmet's paradise, Luxor serves up better fare than most temple-hugging towns. Its menus are a little longer, its dishes are a little stranger, and its restaurants have a little more charm. Many of Luxor's affordable culinarias huddle around the train station and to the north of Luxor Temple...

Food
Food Old Town Be'er Sheva's Keren Kayemet LeYisrael St. is lined with numerous excellent falafel, shwarma, pizza, and sandwich stands (MS 2.50-9). Nearby is The Bulgarian of Itzek, 112 Keren Kayemet LeYisrael St. (tel. 23 85 04), which serves outstanding Pad Thai. Just kidding. Bis LeKhol Kis, 98 Mordei haGeta'ot St....