One other thought on our trip. We did not have much trouble crossing from Israel to Jordan using the northern bridge. Our Israeli guide dropped us off at the entrance to the bridge on the Israel side. We then went to two customs windows and had our passports stamped and purchased Jordanian currency. (There is a fee. So this wasn't the most inexpensive way for obtaining dinars. However, we decided it would be better to have some Jordanian currency just in case we had a problem in Jordan). We then waited about 15 minutes and took a bus across the bridge. Once on the Jordanian side we went to a window to purchase Jordanian visas and then to a second window to have our passports stamped. After this we went outside and met our Jordanian guide. Overall time for crossing was 1 1/2 hours. There were very few people crossing when we went. So YMMV.