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Alexandria Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Alexandria, Egypt
Egypt
We landed in Cairo airport and missed the bus to Alex by about 2 minutes. We ended up getting someone to take us direct to our hotel. The guy was really nice and stopped in Cairo on the way to have a quick look around. When we finally got to Alex we ...
End of Ramadan!!
... were definatley much better than the people in Cairo. Far less hassling, people coming up and helping when ordering food. Alexandria was easy compared to Cairo. Especially since Pauline could speak Arabic, changes everything. I didnt do anything, just ...
Egypt -- Part 2/2
... 't want to go to any of them because I had read online that at Montazeh Beach women can feel comfortable wearing a bikini. Alexandria is more conservative Shukri and I felt than Cairo. There aren't as many tourists there is my guess of why ...
In and out of Alexandria in a day
... the middle of the stage. The mathmatics involved to create it must have been amazing! On to the Alexandria museum, a summery of all the periods of egypt and a bit of everything for those who can't get to Cairo. Well air conditioned, well lit..it ...
Mumble Jumble November 25, 2008
... border of Libya, El Alamein loom as solemn reminders of the lives lost during the North Campaign of World War II. Alex's (Alexandria) history is the link between the times of the pharaohs and the days of Islam. When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, ...
Alexandria
... Amphitheatre, and the Bibliotheca. Lunch: Shwarma--a fast growing favourite. Dinner: Shwarma--it really is good. The Alexandria catacombs are a fantastic sight. Carved directly out of the soft bedrock these catacombs display an amazing effort to ...
A bit of Relaxation...?
Hello! Alright we have made it to our last destination in Egypt, Alexandria... We aren't having the traditional lodging experience in this city however, we are doing it a bit differently... We met a Tunisian lady at our hotel in Cairo who was taking ...
Alexandria
... two hours looking for it, we discovered that it has been closed for renovations for two years. We reluctantly went to the Alexandria National Museum and were pleasantly surprised at how nice of a museum it was. As opposed to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, ...
A DAY'S TRIP FROM CAIRO TO ALEXANDRIA
... are found in here. It is dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca of Alexandria. It contains an Internet Archive, 6 specialized libraries, an Exploratorium for children's exposure to Science, 7 Academic ...
Getting into the swing...
... to do tour business but the men often cannot. The Egyptians I've met so far are fascinated to hear what life outside of Egypt is like. My guide in Alexandria, Randa, is my age. When I asked if she was married, she said no. I said I wasn't either, and ...
Musée National d'Alexandrie - Ramadan
En début d'après-midi, nous partons visiter le musée national d'Alexandrie installé dans un ancien consulat des Etats-Unis. Ce musée abrite une très belle section pharaonique. La visite est très agréable car à cette heure chaude de ...
"What was Africa like?"
... mouldy walls, the set price of 120 EGP ($22 USD) for a double room seemed about right. Start: Maamura Palace Hotel, Alexandria, EGYPT. End: Crillon Hotel, Alexandria, EGYPT. Distance Traveled: 0 km Road Conditions: - Temperature: mid-30's or ...
Day Trip to Alexandria
We return to Cairo on an overnight bus, and a day later take a day trip to ...
Long day drive to Alexandria and Back
... in Toronto, the air or Tel Aviv. We are actually going to the pyramids and the sphinx tomorrow. Alexandria has a waterfront on the Mediterranean that is absolutely wonderful with miles and miles of open vistas to the sea. We ...
Alexandria
... next to the graves of their recently deceased relatives... Having not learned a thing, we decided to walk back to central Alexandria and then proceeded to get totally lost again. We ended up in some back alleyways where people had tethered their donkeys ...
The girl biker
Woke up at 10. Had coffee and went up to the sun deck for a smoke. A girl came up and asked for light. We started talking and turns out that she is the owner of the little (250) bike. Was working in lebanon. Quit and taking her bike back to italy. ...
A very brief introduction to the history of Egypt
... gods of the Pharonic period in Egypt might help some of you appreciate the various sites we are visiting during our time in Egypt, so I thought I'd include a very brief summary for those of you who may be interested. If it all seems too academic ...
Egypt
... The buses left at 8:20am for Cairo and the Giza Plateau to see the pyramids. Our guide gave us an excellent history of Alexandria when Alexander the Great founded the city followed by the changes over the next 4500 years. It was interesting to hear how ...
A Great Civilization ... Once
... travel stored within, you can blame the Ottoman Turks for burning it to the ground after storing gunpowder in the building. Now, Alexandria has little left to show for it but its reputation of former glory, some interesting tales of what used to be ...
One Semester Down, One to Go!
... the week afterward are starting to materialize. Next weekend, we will be going up the North Coast to Al-Alamein (West of Alexandria). The following weekend, I think a group of us will take a sleeper train down to Luxor, and after that there are only two ...
It helps being a rude mother f$cker sometimes
... try my best not to have them ruin my time there. I have been hassled a lot but I can say that I really do like Egypt so far. I really like Alexandria so far. I liked Dahab for what it offered. I liked Cairo a lot even though I was hassled a lot there. I ...
Back in Cairo for a pit stop. I am heading south.
... they leave you alone and look for the next potential prey. I ended up leaving my backpack at the hostel I stayed at before I went to Alexandria. All I did was get some food to eat as I was hungry. I also bought some food for my long train ride to ...
SWINE '09 PART 2: ALEXANDRIA
... the recent news dealing with Egyptian trains, but it was a problem-free ride that was actually quite comfortable. We arrived in Alexandria to find a very different city from Cairo. The skies were blue, the roads were more open, and, oh yeah, ...
First Day of Classes
Today we had our first day of classes at the University of Alexandria. A few of us started the day off with a 3 mile run along the beautiful Corniche, to the old Citadel. My room-mate (Lange) and I had to grab breakfast on the run at the local "Gad" ...
Alexandria
The second day of our Egypt trip found us in a large van for the 4 hour trek north to the ancient mediterranean town of Alexandria. Sohair (a Egyptian friend from AUC) showed us around. The first stop that our driver made was at a rest-stop. We ...
Second day in Egypt
... ward off the enemy. This was erected in the 15th century. An interesting note is that the original city of Alexandria totally disappeared beneath sand storms in the 7th century. Can you tell we are really getting a history ...
More sights and juices
... in a place called Balbaa and afterwards went again to the café near the beach to have a rest, before we had to leave Alexandria in the evening. Back to Cairo, Alfredo,Nur, the new Spanish girl, and me enjoyed Koushari and met some newcomers from the ...
Egypt 2
... Canal were an American aircraft carrier and two frigates. It was pretty awesome to see out on the water! November 3, 2006 Alexandria, Egypt is a much more clean, quiet, European city than Cairo was. Its amazing how different the two places are. ...
Pharos
... chasing me down to say "hello" in English and ask my name! Next I went to the spectacular Library of Alexandria -- a modern creation paying tribute to the ancient institution. It cost $220 million to build, and it looks like it was worth ...