Back in Cairo and in the same hotel room as before. We must admit we weren’t entirely crazy about checking back into the room where we spent so many unpleasant hours. Nonetheless, we shrugged it off for our last remaining days of the trip.
After an interesting trip through Garbage City, I visited Mohammod Ali Mosque […]
We arrived in Nueiba on the Red Sea directly across from mountainous Saudi Arabia and spent two wonderful days relaxing and snorkling. The snorkling was amazing! Shannon and I ventured out while the tide was still coming in, so the water wasn’t as deep as I would have liked. Sea Urchins waited patiently for our […]
After a wonderful 2 days relaxing on the felucca, we headed back to land on our way to Luxor. Before we got to Luxor we visited two “optional” sights, Edfu and Kom Ombo Temple. The temples and monuments in Egypt really are something special. The sophistication and technology that the Ancient Egyptians held nearly 5000 […]
(Above: Mike exploring on the banks of the Nile)
After a busy day and a half of what I like to call “temple-going” our group headed out on a 2 day Nile sail on a felucca. A felucca is essentially a big sailboat and ours was equipped with a giant bed-like surface that fit all 14 in our […]
After the meds kicked in and we were up for travel, we made our way to rejoin our tour group in Aswan. It was only a short 1 hr 20 min. flight and we were there! Yeah! It felt great to catch up to the tour. Arriving late in the evening, I was up for […]
Fortunately, we do not have any photos for this post. On the evening of the 29th, we both got miserably sick. First it was Shannon and then it struck me. Aparently, we ate or drank something with bacteria in it. We suffered with unimaginable diarrehia, fever, and vomitting for 24 hours until we went to […]
Yesterday, Mohammod arranged a private car for us to visit the Step Pyramids (Saqqara) and the Dahshur Pyramid. It only cost 150 Egyptian Pounds, which is roughly $30 US dollars! What a bargain! We were gone for nearly 5 hours. The drive alone through all the small villages was absolutely amazing! We saw heaps of […]
Above: Man on bike is carrying the bread.
Waking this morning in Athens, we found ourselves jittery with excitement and nervousness about flying to
Egypt today! The
Cairo airport was busy and we were swept into the mix. We met a man from the ministry of tourism who quickly escorted us over to a cab. We […]
