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Tue, 11 Jan 2011 | By taroso | Views [658]
Deja Vu I
keep seeing the same backpackers. Now admittedly I sometimes appear to be
mildly prosopagnosic. For some reason it took me six months or so to
learn to distinguish Sophie Marceau from Catherine Zeta Jones, and the
words ... Read more >
Wed, 29 Dec 2010 | By taroso | Views [821] | Comments [2]
Arrival First Class on the
ferry to Nuweiba is at the prow, spacious and uncrowded with a cafeteria
and the opportunity to buy freshly-cooked box meals. Almost half of
its passengers were backpackers, and the remainder well-heeled ... Read more >
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 | By damonlk | Views [1033]
The Egyptian Museum of Agriculture* - Mathaf al Za'ri al Masri – was built in 1934 and has ever descended thereafter into a twilight gloom of dust and neglect. These days it is a museum piece in itself. Display cases emptied by the slow actions of ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Dec 2010 | By derek-anderson | Views [627]
Today we are going to see the top attractions of the Luxor area. First we saw The Valley Of The Kings. In the valley is where they discovered King Tut's tomb. The are sixty-three tombs in the valley but we didn't have nearly the amount of time to see ... Read more >
Mon, 13 Dec 2010 | By derek-anderson | Views [607]
After waking up to the beautiful sunrise in the desert, we packed up and continued to make our way. We were driving to our next destination, Luxor the ancient city of thieves and the Vally Of The Kings. We were told the drive would we only fovea or ... Read more >
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 | By derek-anderson | Views [471]
Today we got up early again! We got up at six in preparation for a big day! We had many deserts to see today! When we got up we climbed into the van we had rented for the time we're here and drove about three hours to a remote town south of Cairo. It ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Dec 2010 | By derek-anderson | Views [485] | Comments [2]
Today we went to see the pyramids of Giza. Our mode of transportation; camels and horseback. We woke up bright and early and drove to the stables. It was a windy day so the pyramids seemed even more mystical in the desert sand, barely visible to the ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Dec 2010 | By derek-anderson | Views [440]
Today we woke up to the blackness of night. We have to catch a flight to Cairo at 8:45 so we got up at five in oder to get to the airport, which was an hour away and then get through international customs, another two hours of waiting in lines. After ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Dec 2010 | By travis_anderson | Views [437]
land in Egypt, went and saw the incredible museum with the famous mummies
Thu, 9 Dec 2010 | By lauren-farr | Views [745]
talk about dusty. but i guess that was to be expected when riding a quad bike through the sandy dusty desert. we had to mask up our faces with scarves so that we didnt die from the dust. it was a bit annoying that the made us drive in single file, therefore ... Read more >
Thu, 9 Dec 2010 | By lauren-farr | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 8 Dec 2010 | By damonlk | Views [871]
Although he does not live there M______ stays with his
friend A____ in Tibah, 15 km east of Luxor. A____ studies at the nearby Faculty
of Art. His paintings are easily the best thing in the college, though staff
and students alike disparage ... Read more >
Wed, 8 Dec 2010 | By lauren-farr | Views [2114]
the blue hole is absolutely amazing, number one dive spot in the world. so many fish the water was surprising warm and so clear. awesome experience
Wed, 1 Dec 2010 | By damonlk | Views [878]
The tourist trade describes three paths through the commercial and social landscape of Luxor. The first, the ruins of the Middle Kingdom capital of Thebes, are what brought European travellers here in the 18th and 19th centuries, and made the fortunes ... Read more >
Wed, 1 Dec 2010 | By huw-and-rose | Views [1229] | Comments [1]
For six days, eight of us drove south from Cairo, along the Bahariya oasis road, turning off after 200km into the desert. Like, properly into the desert. Like, not another living soul to be seen desert. (Well, for the most part.) Like, dunes and rocky ... Read more >
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