- 2011 - Oasis Overland (Part 4 - Luxor)
Sunday 13 March - The morning trip was out to the Valley of the Kings. This is where a large number of tombs have been discovered, especially that of Tutankhamen. We had a good Posted by nzhamsta in Glynn's travel blog | Mar 14, 2011
- Le GouvernementLe Pharoh est comme le premier ministre, ou le president (mais plus respecte). Tout le monde travail pour le pharoh ou pharonne. Le pharoh est plus importante que le pharonne(avec l'exception de hatshepsut)parce que il est le roi est un Posted by desouza.travels in L'Egypte | Mar 29, 2011
- L'ecritureL'ecriture des egyptiens, comme notre est different des autres. Les Hieroglyphes va haut en bas. Il y a des lettres pour des sons comme "thut", "shpsy", "sty", ou "shma". Aussi il y a deux symbols pour une lettre. Les egyptiennes Posted by desouza.travels in L'Egypte | Mar 29, 2011
- L'Egypte===L'egypte est un pays tres interessant.
Il y a des structures comme le pyramide, le sphinx, le temple of Horus, le valliy of the kings, et plus. Aussi, il decouvrir le paprus, et pour ecrire, il utiliser le heiroglyphes. Posted by desouza.travels in L'Egypte | Mar 29, 2011
- Les Sciences et Les MathematiquesBASE DIX: Les egyptiennes utilise le base 10. Avec cet method, il peux calculer les impots, les formule, le geometrie, et retracer la limit properties efface par des crues de nil.
CALENDRIER: Pour mesurer l'annee, les egyptiennes se sont bases sur Posted by desouza.travels in L'Egypte | Mar 29, 2011
- 2011 - Oasis Overland (Part 3 - Aswan to Luxor by felucca)Thursday 10 March - This morning we packed up and met our felucca in Aswan. These are traditional wooden boats that have been used to transport people and goods up and down the Nile for yonks. We had Posted by nzhamsta in Glynn's travel blog | Mar 12, 2011
- 2011 - Oasis Overland (Part 2 - Aswan)The long overnight train trip was finally over. I managed to get a bit of sleep late in the morning. It is interesting wandering around train stations at 3:00am getting some exercise and fresh air.
[map=265597 lat=27.068080304756357 lon=32.7374701999 Posted by nzhamsta in Glynn's travel blog | Mar 9, 2011
- 2011 - Oasis Overland (Part 1 - Cairo)The first part of my 2011 Tiki Tour is over and part two starts here.
This is a tour run by Oasis Overland, one of the best specialist overland tour companies. This portion of it runs from Cairo to Istanbul Posted by nzhamsta in Glynn's travel blog | Mar 7, 2011
- 2011 - My Tiki Tour (Part 6 - Cairo & Alexandria)As spoken to me by the guy sent by the travel company to collect me from the airport in Cairo.
I flew from Muscat to Cairo via Dubai. Muscat is an odd airport, as it has no Posted by nzhamsta in Glynn's travel blog | Mar 6, 2011
- AfricaI am heading to Egypt now to see the amazing pyminds and to explore more about it. Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa , with Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is bordered by Posted by agaskin105 in My Travles | Mar 15, 2011
- EGYPT 2011 Posted by sue deegan in Egypt revolution | Mar 15, 2011
- Ramses toursEGYPT 25TH JANUARY REVOLUTION MSG TO THE WHOLE WORLD
On the 25th January 2011 the whole of Egypt was taken by surprise; the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the civilian and the army and most of all Posted by a.salah in ramses tours | Mar 15, 2011
- Democracy and regimes…Those of us who are watching the news today are aware of the recent turn of events in the Middle East. With the fall of the Tunisian government (protests caused the ruling president to flee the country), on Jan 25, Posted by 2011 in A Tale of Three | Feb 2, 2011
- Walk like an EGYPTIANI thought before we added our first European adventure blog I would start with my latest trip to Egypt. It’s safe to say that Cairo was a lot more peaceful when I arrived - No major political uproar had started Posted by JessBeard in Jess and Kierans European Road Trip! | Feb 1, 2011
- Egypt ReadsAgain, I doubt this is a complete list but it's a start... I will add to it as I find more titles.
The Arabian Nightmare, Robert Irwin
The Cairo House, Samia Serageldin
The Cairo Trilogy, Naguib Mahfouz
The Crocodile on the Sandbank, Elizabeth Peter Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | Jan 23, 2011
- Films Set in EgyptI doubt this is a complete list but it's a start...
(in alpha order by title)
The Awakening (1989)
Cairo Time (2009)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (1980, made for TV)
Death on the Nile (1978)
The English Patient (1996)
The Egypti Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | Jan 23, 2011
- A list of Egypt guidebooksWhile visiting friends in Portland I had to stop at Powell’s (always a must when in Portland!) and I was able to pick up the following books on my Egypt list:
The Traveler’s Key to Ancient Egypt, John Anthony West
Culture Smart! Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | Aug 18, 2010
- Maybe a new piece of luggage?Hmmm... I think this trip might call for a new piece of luggage. I have been lusting after a piece of Mandarina Duck luggage since Hong Kong (stumbled upon an MD store at one of the malls there and fell Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | Jan 23, 2011
- Working on itinerariesSpent all day working on possible itineraries for December and October. Ugh! I’ve never spent this much time planning a day-to-day trip before I actually get there. We usually have a general list of things we want to do with Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | Jan 15, 2011
- The miles gameWe received offers to apply for the United Airlines VISA card which will give us each 50,000 additional miles. I expect these miles to show up by early February so we can start working on a flight itinerary. Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | Dec 29, 2010
- Maybe a December tripSpent Thanksgiving week driving to and from Santa Fe and visiting the McDs. We discussed a few details and set out a time frame based on R's school schedule, 16 December - 30 December. Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | Nov 28, 2010
- Yes! We're going to Egypt!I can hardly wait! We are still working on the details of the itinerary but I told t.s., "I have always wanted to go and I don't want to wait anymore!". So we decided this year to celebrate our fifteenth Posted by MeijiBlack in MeijiBlack's Egypt | Jul 17, 2010
- Mt SinaiIt is known as a holy site for the 3 main religions, its is also known as Mount Horeb, Mount Musa, Gabal Musa,Jabal musa. According to Jewish and Christian tradition this is the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments. Posted by Thuligal in Thuli Khoza's adventures | Jan 20, 2011
- The Homous WeeklyOur first night in Syria I realized why Smart Traveller had issued the warning 'seriously reconsider your need to travel'- the homous was a national disaster. It was the worst, and it didn't help that we had to wash it Posted by CP LEE in Middle East | Jan 8, 2011
- Egypt - the land of dust and PharaohsWell we're in the home stretch, sitting on the East Bank of dusty Luxor, Egypt.
Since our last entry, we explored the desert of Wadi Rum in southern Jordan and ate / slept with a Bedouin family. This was such a Posted by CP LEE in Middle East | Jan 4, 2011