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24 Hour Transit: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1223]

It took all day to get from Helsinki to Cairo, thanks to the inconvenient routing of our One World RTW ticket. We were routed through Barcelona for an 8 hour layover, and the Barcelona airport is not the one I'd pick for a long layover. We tried ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

The Pyramids by camel and horseback

Sat, 5 Jun 2010 | By cherylb | Views [1143]

Cairo far exceeded our expectations. After reading many bad reports on Tripadvisor about taxi rip offs, theft from hotels, being hassled by purveyors of fine goods, I was a bit trepidatious... but we had an amazing experience! Our hotel room had ... Read more >

Tags: cairo, egypt, pyramids

Egypt - Part One

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [1082] | 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

Scams!

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 | By ellij | Views [1074]

Well after surviving the much less developed parts of Africa, maybe I became a little too relaxed arriving in what is in many ways, close to the developed nation of Eygpt - including not just the exploitation of tourist funds but the active process of ... Read more >

3750 steps up.....

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [761] | 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

Walking Like an Egyptian

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Views [757] | Comments [3]

And so on to the Pyramids. We docked at Port Said and then had a 3 hour journey into Cairo - most of which we slept because we'd been up so early. While we were in Cairo the ship moved on to Alexandria, where we joined it late at night. The Pyramids ... Read more >

Egypt

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 | By jamesandjulie | Views [695]

In a bid to avoid Christmas (always a difficult time when so far away from family) and to go somewhere warmer than London, James and I, along with 5 others: Emma and Maneesh, David, Kirk and Eli spent a fantastic two weeks together in Egypt. ... Read more >

Your Backyard - Bamboo little restaurant

Mon, 4 Nov 2013 | By bamboo | Views [486] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I am an amateur movie maker, I started by writting scripts for short movies & short animations. With the help of some friends and a simple semi pro camera I was able to make a short film and make it to the finalists of the Arabic version of the international ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Film Scholarships 2013

Across The Mystic Deserts

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 | By derek-anderson | Views [447]

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 >