Useful Information for the middle east teknival
General
* The Teknival is confirmed and will take place in the south of Jordan, near the border with Israel (Aqaba) and Egypt.
on the 16/10/2008.
* There is no water source nearby the location… there will be a water tank for the people…. please bring more water with you… and save the water! It’s a very precious thing in the desert.
* If you carry a sound system with you , it’s better have a receipt that shows you own the equipment for the borders (true or false.. whatever u can do)
Arriving To Jordan
1. By Sea
For this moment there is no information about ferrys that going from europe to the middle east
if you are in greece or turkey you can check it out in the port. Stay tuned for further information also for ferries back to europe from Israel and Egypt.
2. By Air
There are several airports which are pretty close to the location:
Amman (Jordan), Tel Aviv (Israel), Sharem el sheik (Egypt) also Cairo is possible, however is a bit a far. Royal Jordanian airlines fly cheap to Amman (Home)
Ffor visa information look below.
3. By Road
For the travellers who wish to come with their trucks or cars, the best and maybe only way is thru Turkey-Syria-Jordan
* TR
A. Important! The diesel price in Turkey is the most expensive in the world (1.65 euro) fill your tanks in Bulgaria or Greece before entering Turkey.
B. The way from the border with Bulgaria to the border with Syria (Kilis) is 1400 KM.. mostly on highways.
* Syria
A. Applying for visa:
– The Visa is suppose to be made in your residence country, in other EU countris the process will take more time because they will send the passport to your residence country.
– Normally the process takes 1 day.
– Expiration date of passport must be more than 6 months.
– The visa is a multiply entry for 6 months.
– You better you say you have a job in your origin country. (bla bla)
– When applying to the visa you must sign that you don’t go to Israel, if you have a stamp of Israel in your passport from before, you must get a new passport…
If anyway you want to go to Israel after that, the Israelis authorities don’t care that you visited Syria, but if you want to go back to Syria,
you should ask in the Israeli border to get the stamp in a separate paper (NOT INSIDE THE PASSPORT!)
– Dogs must have passports.
– It is forbidden to drive a motorbike in Syria.
B. When arriving to the border each truck need to pay tax+insurance (about 200 USD)
C. The way From the border with Turkey to the border with Jordan is about 600 KM on highway.
D. The price for the diesel in syria is a about 0.4 Euro.
* Jordan
A. Applying for visa
– The Visa to Jordan you can get in the border to the country.
– The price is about 25 Euro.
– If you wish to get a multiply entry visa you must get it in the Jordan embassy in your country (Around 35 Euro).
– It is forbidden to drive a motorbike or bicycles in Jordan.
B. when you enter the country you need to pay special insurance for the vehicle (for 19 Tones Truck is about 150 euro for 1 month)
C. The way from the syria border to the location is about 400 KM.
D. When leaving Jordan you must pay a small tax (about 8 euro).
