We were worn out after a long overnight flight from Cairo to Nairobi, Kenya (with a quick stopover in Sudan…seems a bit scary as Sudan has been in political and social turmoil for years, yet we did not even get off the plane). When we arrived in Nairobi we had a 6 hour layover and […]
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 […]
