Nile Cruise (Part 2) – Philae Temple & Nubian Village
A new day in Egypt and more lovely people to meet. We met our driver, Ramy, this morning, who will be taking care of us tomorrow in our transfer to Continue Reading →
Nic and John’s adventures and tips as they travel the world
A new day in Egypt and more lovely people to meet. We met our driver, Ramy, this morning, who will be taking care of us tomorrow in our transfer to Continue Reading →
Temple of Horus at Edfu An early start this morning was necessary as we had a site to see before sailing on later in the morning. The Temple of Horus Continue Reading →
Karnak and Luxor Temples lie at either end of Luxor and were once joined by the Avenue of the Sphinxes. In typically grand ancient Egyptian urban design, this 3km road Continue Reading →
Yesterday’s mammoth day of sightseeing was nearly matched with another very full day close on its heels. The magnitude of this day, however, was not in the number of ancient Continue Reading →
What a bloody big day we had! Mara, the owner of our accommodation in Luxor, Mara House, likes to pack as much as possible into each day her guests are Continue Reading →
Cairo to Luxor Checking out of the InterContinental Cairo Semiramis we were asked if we required transportation to the airport. We nodded and thanked and were told a hotel driver Continue Reading →
Coptic Cairo We began our further explorations of the nation’s capital by heading directly to the Coptic Cairo area. Ayman collected us at 8:30am and we were greeted by Monday Continue Reading →
Our journey from Alexandria to Cairo necessitated another early start, this time to get to the capital before the traffic hit the highway. It felt like we had been in Continue Reading →
On our arrival at the InterContinental Cairo Semiramis our immediate attention was diverted from the towering accommodation on the banks of the Nile to trying to sort sudden EgyptAir flight Continue Reading →
Alexandria conjures romantic notions of the Ancient seaport of an Egypt ruled by Cleopatra, where the powerful nation did business with the rest of the Mediterranean and the world. While Continue Reading →