Destination: Egypt
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Sun, 2 Dec 2001 | By stowaway | Views [1240] | Comments [8]
Meanwhile, back in Aswan, Batman prepares to escape from the clutches of the dreaded tourist police jokers by leaping onto the BatBoat... Well, perhaps it wasn't quite the Batboat, but we did sail a Felucca (small single-masted sailboat) down the ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, egypt, tomb, tutankhelvis, pyramids, aswan, felucca, nile, cairo, sphinx
Mon, 19 Nov 2001 | By stowaway | Views [1339] | Comments [4]
Then it was off to Wadi Rum , a desert region of sand dunes and impressive vertical rock mountains made famous by the exploits of Lawrence of Arabia, who used it as a base during WW1, and also lived there for some time after the end of the war. It ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, egypt, wadi rum, bedouin, ramses, cairo, pyramids, lawrence of arabia, bedouin, abu simbel
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By jreuter | Views [625] | Comments [5]
I'm not sure why, but for some reason, a dinner cruise along the Nile sounded like fun last night. So I threw down my 120 pounds, put on a nice shirt, and almost immediately regretted my decision. It seems I was the only one at my hotel who signed ... Read more >
Sun, 23 Mar 2008 | By jreuter | Views [1160]
Arriving in Alexandria was an initially morose and depressing experience for me. After all, this was the intellectual center of the Hellenistic world, home to the legendary Cleopatra. Founded by Alexander the Great in 332 BC, Alexandria boasted of monuments ... Read more >
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 | By sstolper | Views [328] | Comments [2]
Chalk up the 3rd missed flight of my life. Not too good a record here, and that's not including all the trains and buses I've missed. But sitting on this balcony of the Hilton Hotel overlooking the Nile, I remember still how lucky I am to be here. Not ... Read more >
Tags: sights
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [302] | Comments [2]
Another cup of tea needed for part 2! After seeing the valley of the Kings we headed to our cruise boat where we were to sail up the Nile for a few nights. It was great because we had managed to get a 50 passenger boat all to ourselves only 16 ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [264] | Comments [2]
Before reading all: Get a cup of coffee/tea and make yourself comfortable. EGYPT - WHAT AN AMAZING PLACE! We arrived for our tour first night and met this guy from Townsville Tim and had a chat with him...ended up being a really good mate by the ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [234] | Comments [2]
Well, arrived safe and sound....cairo is a caotic city where a 3 lane road is anything from a 2 lane to 5 lane road....the drivers just toot their horns to let you know they are there, crossing the road is a story for another time! Yesterday we went ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [1003] | Comments [1]
Ahhhh.....what better whay to recover from clambering up desert mountains than spend 2 days relaxing by the red sea! stayed at sawa camp metres from the shore eating, snorkelling, drinking fresh juice and lying on the beach looking at saudi arabia...... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Wed, 21 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [456] | Comments [1]
Egypt is amazing! cruised down the nile on a felucca all of yesterday stopping only when the wind dropped at sunset to have a raging fire on the river bank! got the overnight train down from Cairo and arrived in Aswan about 11.00am. Went on a motor boat ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [259] | Comments [1]
from petra we drove north to the dead sea which is 30% salt. what a strange experience, firstly we went to a resort style complex with pools and restaurants...and a jordanian dj 'pumping' REALLY LOUD arabic pop songs which all the guys were dancing ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [234] | Comments [1]
After Luxor got the overnight train back up to Cairo...lets just say the trip up to Cairo was better than the trip down! sept a busy day sight seeing in Cairo, cruising the King Tut room in the museum and SHOPPING!!! The next day drove to the sinai ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Sun, 3 Feb 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [226] | Comments [1]
Hot chocolate this time...last one for Egypt sorry it's so long! We caught the train back to Cairo. We had a free day to go and see what ever we wanted. A few of us went to Dahshur Pyramid and the Step Pyramid. We went down into the Dahshur Pyramid ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 1 Feb 2009 | By seanandkate | Views [162] | Comments [1]
salaam alaykum from egypt! we spent half of our tıme ın egypt ın caıro, and half explorıng other cıtıes, temples and ruıns along the nıle rıver. caıro ıs crazy; the people are pretty aggressıve, ıt's loud, chaotıc, and ı feel lıke we need hyperbarıc ... Read more >
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [67] | Comments [1]
We
arrived in Egypt to a not so nice taxi experience that Dan and I
would rather forget – Nothing outrageous but these guys will try
anything to rip off foreign travelers... One funny thing to tell is
our travel ... Read more >
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 | By jmbworldpilgrimage | Views [1371]
If the overcrowded confusion of the ferry from Jordan to Egypt was any foretelling indication of my travels in Egypt, I knew I was in for a rollercoaster of fast-paced chaos. Arriving at port, I left behind a sea of stationwagons, with every piece ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [56]
We flew into Cairo not really knowing what to expect from our tour, only knowing that it would be good to having someone else looking after us for a while so that we could relax and not have to worry about anything. True to their word, Muhammad (everyone ... Read more >
Tags: egypt, cairo, luxor, karnak, edfu, kom ombo, pyramids, sphinx
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [771]
WOW!!!! i can't really think of any other way of describing a place i have wanted to visit ever since i first heard of it and saw pictures years ago!! driven at a manic speed from wadi rum to petra by a shiek (maybe) we arrived at the petra moon hotel ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By colleen_finn | Views [705]
I can honestly say that we've tried just about every form of transportation on this trip, with the notable exception of bicycles (which would be ridiculously stupid on Egyptian roads, but you do see them). We've traveled via bus, van, train, boat, ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles, adventures, sightseeing
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 | By gododesinquieto | Views [1014]
El tío Santi al aparato: muy buenas de nuevo. En este capítulo no hay acción ni emociones fuertes, más bien pensamientos extraviados y pedanterías sin cuento y sin venir a cuento... solo para los más adictos, o para los aburridos del turno ... Read more >
Sun, 25 May 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [470]
How exciting! We got to see the pyramids in real life! And we marvelled at how they could possibly have been built, and how they have lasted thousands of years of sun and wind and sand. Just amazing. From the outside. Going inside is like crawling ... Read more >
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 | By jreuter | Views [363]
Michael Jackson was cranky. I know this because when I pulled left, he turned right. When I snapped the reins, he slowed down, and when I shot a photo of him, he grumbled and moaned. The camel is an amazing animal though, and one that I'm not sure ... Read more >
Mon, 19 May 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [356]
Public transport from isolated diving camps in the desert of southern Egypt is understandably pretty scarce. So all things considered, I think we did pretty well to get to Luxor at all. The story goes like this: 10pm Tuesday - get in clapped out old ... Read more >
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By colleen_finn | Views [341]
While all of you were likely enjoying a turkey feast for Thanksgiving, I ate grilled chicken and kushari in the Sinai. The next morning, we awoke at 1:30am (!) to begin our hike up Mt. Sinai so that we could reach the summit by sunrise. For those who ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, sightseeing
Wed, 14 May 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [274]
Egypt is a land of package tourists. Which is both good and bad for us independent travellers. Good at the airport when the ENTIRE plane lined up at their tour operator's booth, and we got to stroll up to the visa counter and money exchange counter, ... Read more >
