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Egypt – Day Nine – Return to Texas
Today is our return day. Our cab was supposed to arrive at our hotel at 1:00 am but Yasser called and said it had been in an accident and he had to order another. Our flight to Amsterdam is at … Continue reading
Egypt – Day Eight
Today was a free day and we used it to relax and enjoy the local food and prepare for our return. The big news is the super storm (Hurricane Sandy) heading for New York and we are grateful that we … Continue reading
Egypt – Day Seven
Our first stop of the day, lead by our Guide Ghada, was at the oldest Mosque in old Cairo, followed by a visit to the Ben Ezra Synagogue which is quite possibly the site on the Nile River where Moses … Continue reading
Egypt – Day Six
We arrived by train at 8:15 am in Cairo after a very “jerky” 13 hour trip from Aswan, the train stopped numerous times along the way and although the service was good, dinner and breakfast were dismal at best and … Continue reading
Egypt – Day Five
After sleeping in till 8:00 am we missed breakfast on the boat so we walked down the scenic shoreline street to the local McDonalds where we enjoyed a McArabia and coffee while watching the children swim and have fun on … Continue reading
Egypt – Day Four
We got to sleep in today. Around 8:00 am we went to see the unfinished 130 foot tall Obelisk that was carved out of a granite mountainside in Aswan and which was to be shipped to the Karnak Temple in … Continue reading
Egypt – Day Three
We visited the Edfu Temple early this morning (when it was cool) after a horse-drawn carriage ride through the streets of this small city. This temple is one of the better preserved Ancient Egyptian Temples and Mohamed told us some … Continue reading
Egypt – Day Two
After breakfast on our riverboat we met Mohamed and driver and drove from Luxor to the Valley of the Kings where we explored the tombs of Ramasses 3,4 and 9. The tombs are large walk-in monuments chiseled into the mountains … Continue reading
Egypt – Day One
Our taxi took us on an exciting ride through Cairo to the Airport and I found it astounding that traffic lanes are essentially meaningless. Whoever gets to an open space first gets the space. Furthermore, a driver barging through politely … Continue reading
Egypt – Trip from Israel
Getting from Tel Aviv to Cairo has its political complications. As the agent at the airport said…. Israeli’s are not safe in Egypt. However, we went through seven different levels of security just to get out of Israel. We flew … Continue reading