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  • Egypt: Aswan: Cracked Obelisks and Dam Boats ===If you ever take a train in Egypt remember that they run on what is known as “Egypt Time”. So if they say it gets in at 9am that is anytime from 9:30-11am! The seats were fairly comfy Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | May 4, 2011
  • May 6 - Arriving in Luxor4:45 a.m. I don’t think I slept at all last night. Train was a bit noisy. Timothy and I are awake and ready by 5:00 a.m. Breakfast is another exciting culinary adventure: after a sleepless night, it’s just what I need Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | May 6, 2011
  • May 5 & 6 - Cairo to Luxor on the Sleeper TrainWhen it’s really hot and you’ve been out sightseeing in this hot weather, a cool gin and tonic sounds really good, doesn’t it? Especially about three o’clock in the afternoon. We’re on vacation so it doesn’t seem too early for Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | May 5, 2011
  • May 5 - Coptic Cairo via the MetroToday we decided to check out Coptic Cairo and took the Metro to get there. I don't think we were there during rush hour but the trains were crowded. We get out at the Mar Girgis station and the Coptic Museum Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | May 5, 2011
  • May 3 - SaqqaraNext we drive over to Saqqara to see the oldest pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Zoser, which was designed and built by the architect Imhotep. And for those of you who know nothing of Egyptian history, Imhotep was never a Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | May 3, 2011
  • May 3 - Mit Rahina Museum, MemphisNext stop is the Mit Rahina Museum in Memphis. There used to be a huge city here but all that remains are a few excavated temples. The statuary left has been set up in a small clearing but there’s really Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | May 3, 2011
  • Egypt: Giza: Camel Rugs, Camel Rides and Claustrophobia ===The Nile was central to the lives of the ancient Egyptians and the majority of temples were built to have easy access to this river. As we leave Cairo our tour guide Hana stops to give us our first Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | May 3, 2011
  • Egypt: Cairo: Ancient Egyptian History 101===All the Egyptians we’ve meet have been very friendly and more than happy to help, sometimes. . . for a little “baksheesh” or tip. We got the news today that Osama Bin Laden has been killed while we’re Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | May 2, 2011
  • Egypt: Cairo: Taxi to Tahrir Square===Our flight was at 2pm so we just lounged around Sharon’s place until it was time to head to the airport. Sharon is a total sweetie and dropped us off to the tube. We were finally on our Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | May 1, 2011
  • Egypt - CairoDay 17 – Dahab to Cairo Today was taken up by a 7hour drive from Dahab back to Cairo, and was pretty good! Well, in comparison to our overnighter to Aswan, and our 18 hr stint to Dahab, 7hrs was a Posted by liz3rd in Liz & Karz's Amazing OE! | May 7, 2011
  • May 4 - Egyptian Antiquities MuseumYeah! Today we are off to visit the Egyptian Museum. If we were to doing nothing else in Cairo, the Pyramids and the Egyptian Museum are “can’t miss” destinations for me. Let me just start by saying that the Egyptian Museum Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | May 4, 2011
  • Egypt - DahabDay 11 – Overnight bus ride to Dahab Well, overnight bus trips, especially ones in little mini buses. Karz and I thought we were lucky getting the back seat to ourselves,….. cept the bus has absolutely no shocks, and almost every Posted by liz3rd in Liz & Karz's Amazing OE! | May 5, 2011
  • May 3 - Giza Pyramids and the SphinxWe met our guide, Shaimaa, about 8:30 a.m. this morning: she is very nice and very enthusiastic. We outlined a rough schedule of what we wanted to do and headed out to the Giza Plateau first thing. Traffic is very Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | May 3, 2011
  • Tuesday, May 38:00 a.m. For some reason the local time on our phones and laptop is not set correctly; it tells us it is an hour later. Which means we went to sleep an hour earlier than we thought. At first I thought Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | May 2, 2011
  • We have arrived in Egypt!We arrived in Cairo about 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. It is pleasantly warm - the weather on my phone says it's about 99 degrees. Downtown Cairo is everything I have read about - busy, noisy, dirty, cars everywhere ignoring the Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | May 2, 2011
  • EgyptDay 7 – Aswan Today we got up at 2am and joined a big tourist convoy with police escort to drive the 3.5hrs to Abu Simbel. It was very hard to get up that early, we were both feeling a Posted by liz3rd in Liz & Karz's Amazing OE! | Apr 29, 2011
  • End of Singapore & to EgyptDay 2 – Singapore Our second day in singapore we lazed about a bit in the morning, explored the block around us and updated everything at Starbucks, and did a bit of research on what to do that avo. The weather Posted by liz3rd in Liz & Karz's Amazing OE! | Apr 23, 2011
  • EgyptAfter saying reluctant goodbyes to our new friends, we checked back in to the Sonesta St George and we amused ourselves by going for a walk through Sharia as-souq (which we think roughly translates to “shop street”) in downtown Luxor, Posted by RobandEve in The Honeymooners | Apr 18, 2011
  • Red Sea We flew to Sharm-el-Sheikh after a farewell dinner in a restaurant by the side of the Nile. For $4 a taxi took us on the 45 minute ride to the airport and we left our tour Posted by madrona38 in Kenya and beyond 2011 | Apr 16, 2011
  • Nile Cruise Part TwoAfter our little side trip to Abu Simbel, we returned to the boat and met some of the passengers who joined the cruise for the return to Luxor. We went for a quick spin in a feluca (small yacht) around Posted by RobandEve in The Honeymooners | Apr 15, 2011
  • Abu SimbelOur first overnight stay in Aswan was rudely interrupted by a 3.15am wake up call. We stumbled out of bed and into the car for the three hour drive to Abu Simbel. We slept most of the way down but Posted by RobandEve in The Honeymooners | Apr 13, 2011
  • Nile Cruise Part One We joined the cruise just before lunch on Saturday which marked the start of our “official honeymoon” so we were quite excited. It has been a dream of both of ours to come to Egypt, probably since primary school, Posted by RobandEve in The Honeymooners | Apr 10, 2011
  • Egypt The hotel van dropped us in the market in Old Cairo which is pretty much unchanged from medieval times. At 9:30 few shops were open so I discovered why traffic was light – nothing gets going Posted by madrona38 in Kenya and beyond 2011 | Apr 9, 2011
  • EgyptWe flew into Cairo and checked into our domestic flight about half an hour early only to find that our booking was incorrect, and instead of a perfectly timed (considering transit time between terminals) three hours in Cairo airport we Posted by RobandEve in The Honeymooners | Apr 8, 2011
  • 2011 - Oasis Overland (Part 5 - Dahab, Egypt) This is a laid back resort on the Red Sea. It is much nicer than some of the other places as it does not cater to the mass market package tourists like the other Red Sea Posted by nzhamsta in Glynn's travel blog | Mar 18, 2011
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