Destination: Egypt

Gallery: Islamic Cairo

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Cairo 2

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [836]

Hi All, Spent the day essentially in the hotel room recovering. Was nice to just lay around and read a book and relax. Even wove a new watch band for Vanessa as her 'genuine' leather one from Rio de Janeiro broke. We needed and enjoyed the rest with ... Read more >

Sinai

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [1126]

Hi All, Got to say that travelling with a day pack is so much easier than having all our gear. Jumping on buses and taxis is so easy. Caught the bus from Alexandria to Port Said. Only a couple of hours. Arrived at the bus station with no map. The lonely ... Read more >

Alexandria

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [959]

Hi All, Getting the train ticket at the Cairo station was remarkable easy. There were tourist police who helped. Waited out the side of the station as no seats outside after watching a crazy man dancing around trying to catch what appeared to be the ... Read more >

Nile Valley Tour 2

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [964]

Hi All, On the mini bus and off to visit temples on our way to Luxor. Edfu. What a massive temple! the carvings were huge and impressive. Just getting to the ticket office looked like a challenge as there is a fence that guides you past 100m of souvenir ... Read more >

Gallery: Sinai

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Nile Valley Tour

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [968]

Hi All, Caught the train to Aswan at 1230am. The train should have been suitable for sleep but...we had tickets next to the door on the carriage; my seat reclined but didn't lock; the tea person came along every hour asking for tea; the egyptians slammed ... Read more >

Gallery: Alexandria

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Nile Valley

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Cairo

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [977]

Hello All, We didn't make it to Mt Sinai. Got a bus to Dahab and then ran into a common problem in Egypt. Liars. Lots of liars. When does the bus for St Katherines leave we asked at the bus station? there is no bus but you can take a taxi is the response.... Read more >

Gallery: Cairo

Fri, 6 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Tarabin

Tue, 3 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Nuweiba, Egypt

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [1079]

Hi All, Glad to get out of the port of Nuweiba after immigration. We already had a plan and headed out to a beachside area called Tarabin and onto Sababa camp. The taxi driver tried to get lots of money out of us but we already knew the correct price.... Read more >

Egypt

Sun, 1 Feb 2009 | By seanandkate | Views [1620] | 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 >

Gallery: Egypt

Sun, 1 Feb 2009 | By seanandkate | Photo Gallery