We arrived back in Cairo to the magnificent Conrad Hotel. We have 3 nights here so we can relax, unpack a bit, and get some washing done. That night we went to the Giza Sound & Light Show. This was a bit corny, but worth seeing. We ‘d opted not to do the show at […]
We cruised on the Tower Prestige I towards Luxor. This was a nice boat, ‘The Best On The Nile’ reportedly. It was pretty good, with an onboard gift shop and a jewelry shop. There was a bar on the 2nd level and a disco on the 3rd level. We had a rooftop BBQ on the
We departed the Old Cataract Hotel on route to the temple of Phelea, which was the second largest temple moved due to the creation of the Nile Dam. This temple was on an island, about 15mins ride from Aswan. On the boat Tommy had arranged for one of the local vendors to sell necklaces made
We flew to Aswan, via Luxor, then onto Abu-Simbel. Juice box on each of the 4 legs 🙂 Side Bar: Egypt Air dont really subscribe to the idea that the safety video needs to be finished prior to the actual take off. On 2 occasions we were in the air before the video was half
We had a leisurely breakfast and met in the lobby for our tour to kick off. We headed off to the Cairo Museum which was a bit of a drive away. No cameras allowed in the museum unfortunately, so no pictures. Brief intro to things then went to see ‘the scribe dude’ who is famous
Got to Cairo Airport and had an easy transfer. We got to the beautiful Conrad hotel and promptly had a couple of Stella’s (local beer). Checked out our Nile View room. Side Bar: The worlds supply of satellite dishes are in Cairo. We had a swim and then caught some zzz’s by the pool. Went
After getting back to the hotel we had a little lie down before we got picked up by Waris (Wireless he said to call him). We were in a Land Cruiser GX-R Petrol with a 6 point roll cage installed. This was going to be FUN!!!! We picked up two other couples and then headed
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After getting ahold of our cold hard cash, we proceeded to hire a cab and headed off to the ‘Spice Souk’. This is bacically a couple of alley ways that have a bunch of stalls with guys selling ‘spices’. Some of them were rocks and it seems as though the worlds supply of dried lemons
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We’ve survived our first day. Boy it’s hot here. We arrived at 5:30am and got to our hotel by about 6:30. As we’d booked the night before, our room was ready for us and we were able to go right in and try and catch up on some much needed sleep. Kath had a bit
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We’re at the airport and just having a beer. Thanks so much to Quey and Janelle for dropping us out here. I’m attempting to attach a picture to this post via email. By!!!
Well, the day has finally come. We are doing the last of our packing, trying to keep the weight down on our day packs, making sure we turned off all the things we can about the house, cleaned out the gutters, sorted out the BBQ, taking the Jeep to the secure car park and trying
Well, less than a week away now before we head off. Not sure that it’s real yet, but we are pretty organised so it must be real. Stay tuned for updates and photos of our travels.
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