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  • Oct. 19th, 2007 – Hotel Cosmopolitan – Midnight Yesterday was great! I had my first Arabic lesson and learned new vocabulary and was introduced to the Arabic alphabet. J My teacher is lots of fun. Hameed also introduced me to a friend of his who has been living Posted by lisahaisha in Egypt 2007 | Oct 19, 2007
  • Oct. 18th , 2007 – Hotel Cosmopolitan – 10pm I have been here for two full days now at the hotel Hameed originally recommended. It is not much better than The President, but at least it’s closer to my school. Hameed called me the morning after my arrival and Posted by lisahaisha in Egypt 2007 | Oct 18, 2007
  • Oct. 17th, 2007 – Presidents Hotel – Restaurant 7am I wake up with a stiff back from a very lumpy, worn out mattress, but for some reason I have slept like a baby. No interruptions. I had put my head to the pillow and was out until 4am. I Posted by lisahaisha in Egypt 2007 | Oct 17, 2007
  • Oct. 16, 2007 – The President Hotel I’m laying in my bed, exhausted from my twenty-two hour journey. I was really looking forward to a nice hotel room – and with a name like The President Hotel and a modest recommendation from my Google hotel search, I Posted by lisahaisha in Egypt 2007 | Oct 16, 2007
  • Oct. 15, 2007 – Los Angeles to Cairo Lufthansa Airlines – LAX- Frankfurt I’m in seat 48A, sitting next to an elderly couple headed for Florence, Italy. We chat and they are perplexed when I tell them my final destination is Cairo. “Don’t you know we are at war Posted by lisahaisha in Egypt 2007 | Oct 15, 2007
  • October 15, 2007 (Part 2) Lufthansa Airlines – Frankfurt – Cairo On the second leg of my flight I am seated next to an elderly Iranian couple. As it turns out, they don’t speak a word of English and ask for my help filling out Posted by lisahaisha in Egypt 2007 | Oct 15, 2007
  • Negotiating our way through Egypt As we left Aqaba, we were both excited to make a small detour through Israel. We'd heard horror stories about security and we were imagining the exciting change from turbans and mustaches to Posted by amyandwim in Amy & Wim | Dec 2, 2007
  • Marsa Alam - Dolphin House Reef Today we went to Gabal el Rosas, a really beautiful reef near our Brayka Bay Reef hotel in Marsa Alam. The first drop off is until 20 meters. And there are some pinnacles at 30 meters, but the long reef Posted by erodrigo in Garfield around the world | Dec 3, 2007
  • The old and the very old We woke up leisurely on Tuesday morning and went to the ornate dining room (see directly above) for breakfast. I was wary of eating anything that wasn't sealed so confined mys Posted by davecallan in Capers in Cairo | Nov 25, 2007
  • Marsa Alam - Abu Dabab Marsa Alam Yesterday I made my Check dive, which is obligated here by the Extra Divers dive center. But that was no punishment, because the housed reef was very nice to start this diving holyday off. What made it especially nice Posted by erodrigo in Garfield around the world | Dec 1, 2007
  • Back on African soil We arrived in Cairo at sunset. My first view of the city was exhilirating – I opened the flap on my plane window and saw a golden sun setting over the Nile. The rays reflected in the river, transforming it Posted by davecallan in Capers in Cairo | Nov 24, 2007
  • Cairo on our minds In October 2007, after much deliberation, Callan and I decided to visit Cairo, Egypt the following month. We had initially planned to go to Barcelona but the weather there is not guaranteed to be sunny in November and, in any Posted by davecallan in Capers in Cairo | Nov 24, 2007
  • EGYPT We spent a week in Egypt traveling to Cairo, Aswan, Abu Simbel, and Luxor hitting the highlights of each city. Seeing the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx in Cairo was fantastic! We’d seen pictures, heard and read about Posted by Jeff-Iris in Round the World | Nov 14, 2007
  • From one bog to another! Matt typing Sunday the 28th of October After waving goodbye to our ex Kumuka travellers we headed to Sinai for our much anticipated climb to the top of Mt Sinai. We headed off aro Posted by krystalmat in Krystal & Matt's Adventure | Nov 5, 2007
  • Relaxing on the Nile Wednesday 24th October Hi all, its my turn to have a crack at this blog writing as I have been pretty slack with it lately and Krystal has been getting angry with me. Only joking but I think i'm overdue Posted by krystalmat in Krystal & Matt's Adventure | Nov 4, 2007
  • Abu Simbel an 8th Wonder? Hello peoples, It's Krystal typing. Just got back from our two nights of sailing up the Nile in a Felucca (tough life but someone has to do it)! Sunday 21st October Welllll stretc Posted by krystalmat in Krystal & Matt's Adventure | Oct 26, 2007
  • Special price for you my friend As you can tell from the title of this entry this is what we here everyday from every bloody Egyptian trying to sell us shit! As you can proberly tell its Matt typing this time. Wedn Posted by krystalmat in Krystal & Matt's Adventure | Oct 23, 2007
  • And the Middle East tour begins Krystal typing again, Matt the slacker just jumped off the second storey balcony of where we are staying into the pool. One of the tour guides a while back did that and smashed his heals Posted by krystalmat in Krystal & Matt's Adventure | Oct 17, 2007
  • Hot Hot HOT! Zai ark (Hello) everyone, it's Krystal typing. Having a ball in the middle east, can safely say it is like no other place we have been to and far more different to what we imagined. It i Posted by krystalmat in Krystal & Matt's Adventure | Oct 16, 2007
  • Egyptian Tour ENTER THE PYRAMID Moments before we were ready to enter the Great pyramid of Cheops at Giza our tour guide Mr. Bassem Wagdey from the New Star Egypt tour agency delivered a grim warning. “In side the pyramid”, he said, “It Posted by tjjohn in Tours | Sep 11, 2007
  • Excursion to Seaside Alexandria (updated w/ pics!) Now I know why I don’t usually blog. It takes way too long. I’ve been traveling through Hong Kong, Macau, and Thailand over the past week and haven’t had much access to affordable internet. Now I’m in Posted by AGN22 in In Search of Rainy Season | Aug 15, 2007
  • Alexandria alexandria was not such a good experience for me. i just stayed there for one day and then came back to cairo. the buildings have a colonial fascade but the town is unkempt and unclean with a lot of litter. Posted by sulemaniya in SUNNY EGYPT | Jul 26, 2007
  • DAHAB this was the best place i could be. heaven on earth for short. dahab always comes to amaze you. the town is very versatile with a base for scuba divin, mountain climbin, ATV,wind surfin and what more partying. its got Posted by sulemaniya in SUNNY EGYPT | Jul 26, 2007
  • Sharm el Sheikh sharm is a good place but the accomodation, travellin , transportation is all very difficult to get and very expensive. the beaches are all closed and u have to pay to use them cmon we r backpackers we aint got Posted by sulemaniya in SUNNY EGYPT | Jul 26, 2007
  • cairo cairo has a lot to offer. i started my cairo trip from tahrir where i stayed in canadian hostel a good place which was clean for 20 LE. tahrir could be termed as the focal point of the city since Posted by sulemaniya in SUNNY EGYPT | Jul 26, 2007
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