Tag: Egypt

Oh, the joy of getting up in my own time, having a leisurely breakfast, and being in charge of my day! Today is my last day in Egypt, and also the only free day I get to be in Cairo. My goal for today was simple: to see the two Egyptian museums, the old one… Continue reading The Egyptian Museums

Getting to Cairo was a nightmare! After having got up really early for the Abu Simbel excursion, the evening flight (which was late enough on its own) was delayed, and between one thing and another I crashed at my room at nearly three in the morning! And they expected us to leave at seven! (They… Continue reading The Pyramids, Memphis

Remember how I said at the beginning that I did a lot of research only to come to the conclusion that all basic Egypt package itineraries are the same? The one thing they differ in is whether or not they include a visit to Abu Simbel. The temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel is… Continue reading Abu Simbel

When I woke up this morning -at seven, an hour that felt like 11AM after the last couple of days and what awaits me tomorrow- we were docked in Aswan, the capital of Southern Egypt, the gateway to the desert and the Nubian civilization, and the last leg of our Nile cruise before we fly… Continue reading Temple of Philae, Aswan

Nothing like an intense day of traveling to appreciate a good night’s sleep! Last night our ship docked at Esna at around 7:30PM to cross the locks, and imagine how much traffic there is on the Nile that we didn’t get to cross until one in the morning -I was obviously fast asleep, woke up… Continue reading Temples of Edfu and Kom Ombo

Okay, so a bunch of my predictions from yesterday came true right off the bat: they did run us ragged (I can barely stand and it’s only 2PM of the first day), and we did have to get up very early (so early that I won’t even say how early, in the hopes that when… Continue reading Temple of Hatshepsut, Valley of Kings, Karnak, Luxor