Visas

On May 21st, 2006, Doron Schulman and Josh Goldstein got on a bus leaving from Kibbutz Ketura and destined for Eilat. Their journey had one mission, obtain a visa to visit the African country of Egypt. This was supposed to be an easy task, but like most things in foreign countries, nothing is easy. This trip only set the tone for a journey that would change two men forever.

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The bus ride was not too long and the Egyptian consulate was not far from the bus stop. After a brief cab ride we were climbing the stairs, only to find a group of irritated travelers hanging out on the front porch. One of the guys greeted us and invited us to sit down and get comfortable. Apparently the General Consulate was busy with a conference call and would not be signing any visas until he was finished with the call. Fortunately, this worked in our favor because what our friends who had visited Egypt never mentioned, was that a passport photo needed to be handed in with the visa application.
So we hailed a cab and went back to the bus station where there was a Kodak shop was nearby. After getting some pictures taken we cabbed back out to the consulate. The wait was only thirty minutes and we received our stamped passports at the same time as those who had been waiting since the consulate opened. Then it was back to the kibbutz to pack and get some rest.