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Mersa Matruh Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mersa Matruh, Egypt
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Day 78 - Marsa Matru
Changes of Oil: 6 I finally got out of Alex after a near miss mechanic shocker where Dr Death was going to operate on my baby. I cleverly dodged him and did the service myself. I did not manage to get a new oil filter. The old one is looking very much ...
Marsa Matrouh...
Plan: No plan... beautiful beaches... Hotel: http://www.beausitehotel.com/ This entry actually catches me right up to date as I am sitting in the lobby at the Beau Site Hotel typing on the first computer we have encountered on the trip so ...
Hectic first day in Egypt
... on for about 3 hours, or 200km, there was no communication and every time we asked questions, all we got was "Welcome to Egypt". English not a strong point, and our Arabic non existent! We had no idea how long this might last. Eventually it got dark, and ...
Siwa Oasis and Alexandria Extension
Today I began my journey to Siwa Oasis and Alexandria. Our previous tour finally came to an end on Saturday evening. We all went out for a horse ride and camel ride at the pyramids to watch the sun set, before having our last meal together in Cairo. ...
El-Alamein, battle fields
... kids and older men are the most friendly, actually running across the street to say hello, ask where I am from and to welcome me to Egypt. In the poor areas my face would begin to hurt with having to smile so much, and so far begging has been few and far ...
Western Desert!
I got back yesterday night from an amazing weekend in the desert! We camped out under the stars, rode in jeeps over sand dunes, dipped out feet in the cool springs of an oasis and just took in the beauty of it all. Just absolutely awesome, one of the ...
a dead sea town
The drive out to Mersa Matruh (Marsa Matrouh on the signs?) took about 8 hours. It was dark when we arrived, so we could not see anything but the streets and buildings. This looked to be a sleepier, cleaner town. We checked in to a hotel (dragging ...
Mediterranean Sea - attempt #2
... room. We were kept awake on and off til about 5:30am because the entire town and all the local tourists from other towns in Egypt were out shopping, eating, banging drums, honking, etc all night long! Its midnight now and teh same thing's going on. From ...
Mot Medelhavet och Alexandria
... i bilen...) Det var lite som en hägring när Medelhavets turkosa vatten skymtade. Läge för lunch och mera diesel i Mersa Matruh. Utanför lunchstället stod en lastbil utan motor parkerad... Vi fortsatte först 200 km mot el-Alamein; platsen för ett ...
Day 4 - Monastaries & Memorials
... Matruh. This part of the journey was even more tedious but not as hot with the sun rapidly sinking on the horizon. We arrived at Mersa Matruh glad to get off the bus at last and all very hungry. We quickly checked into our 5 star hotel before heading back ...
Day 19 – Alexandria and the Mediterranean Co
... ;t know what the gods were and tried to make their version of how they should look. We had an emergency on the way to Marsa Matruh. We got a flat tire. It took over an hour to get it changed and a replacement tire. Most of the time was ...
Greater love hath no man than this
... got the Natron salt for enbalming from. Our main aim in Wadi Natroun was to visit the monastery of saint Anba Bishoy. Monasteries started in Egypt and this is the largest in the area. It was a beautiful monastery but we had a bit of an intense monk as our ...
a wonderful day at the beach
... and i promise there is not an ounce of truth to that! (we have pictures to prove it!!!) So we arrived in the town of Marsa Matruh, as the only tourists in sight. This is a place where Cairenes vacation and is really quite busy this time of year ...
Mediterranean Ghost Town
This town was so incredibly clean - and empty. I guess it gets really busy during the summer, but this was considered winter and no one was here. Well, we did see one family from Europe. Other than that we were the only tourists it ...
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