Today I visited my second Middle Eastern country and crossed into Jordan. Leaving Israel and entering the Kingdom was fairly easy and straightforward, so we explored downtown Aqaba for a while.
Around sunset, we had an amazing evening relaxing on the shore. Compared to Israel, the boardwalk and actual beach area were not as clean, but the area teemed with life. Mothers unfolded checkered picnic blankets as children splashed in the warm embrace of the Red Sea. We bought several cheap drinks as others smoked the seemingly omnipresent hookah and watched the sun spread its fleeting light over the purple mountains.
Here, the waves, sun, and mountains tell tales of a storied past that speak past those told by their mortal counterparts…

After clearing Israeli customs, we had to walk to the Jordanian passport check area. My question is: What country has jurisdiction over this seemingly no-man's land? If there was a crime committed there, which nation would deal with the consequences?

Visa for both Jordan and Aqaba (Aqaba, along with Eilat, are in special tax-free zones to encourage investment and development)

Aqaba has been titled the "crown of Arab tourism" in recent years after receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in investment to develop 5-star hotels and gourmet restaraunts. However, the city still retrains its old, Jordanian, market feel.

Cruise ship docked in the Port of Aqaba, presumably coming from the Perisan Gulf and continuing around to the Suez Canal to southern Europe
As always, you take the reader into the heart of your adventure!
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If only I had a dime for every time I came here.. Superb read!
Thank you very much!