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Giza Slideshow
Giza
Travel Blogs from Giza, Egypt
Day 4 - Pyramids of Giza
... them that charges will appear from foreign countries. Didn't leave Thomas Cook until 11:30AM! Took the metro to El Giza station. A self-proclaimed Muslim student guided us from the metro station to the bus stop and onto the correct bus ...
Giza plateau, Memphis
We started the day at the Giza Plateau viewing the Cheops, Chephren & Mykerionos pyramids. Wayne felt that seeing them made him awe-struck, but did not feel as if he was transported back in time. It's a poor country so little is ...
SHARM EL SHEIK - EGYPT
Hy two years ago, at the end of the year I bought a last minute AR flight to Sharm el Sheik, Egypt. Naama bay is very pleasant, it looks like a mix between Switzerland and Las Vegas. Luxury hotels, beautiful gardens, plenty of handicrafts shops, bars, ...
LONDON and EGYPT PICS
Here are some pics from London and Egypt. Still working on the Aussie ...
The Train
... , where we will get on our cruise ship. Samer told me to make sure and drink from the Nile to assure my return to Egypt, I told him I had already thought of that and assured him I would. Not so bad for an Egyptian sleeper train. It was difficult sleeping ...
Lecture Day
Today we had two lectures: Islamic Art and Architecture (awesome) and Islam in Egypt (great). The lectures took most of the morning and early afternoon. Then we had a 2 hour discussion session at our hotel. I went and ate supper, dropped off film to ...
His Eminence
... , from this point on I will refer to her as Mother Superior. Well, apparently there was a huge sale on bullhorns in Egypt and Mother Superior thought she would buy herself one. However, she must have failed to read the directions. She talked into it ...
Sorry Haven't Logged in a Few Days
... the American and Canadian ex-pats. Then I went with Samer for a night on the town - got in about 3:00 or so. Egypt never sleeps! Today we went to Fulbright for a lecture and then visited the Misr Language School, a very posh school for Egyptians. ...
Saying Goodbye
... you somehow diminish their importance and I don't want to do that... I know that I will go on and travel to other places, and to Egypt once again, however it will not be the same. This trip will forever stand in my mind as a major fork in the road of ...
Ibn Tulun, Gayer-Anderson House, Market
... -Anderson Musuem. Major Gayer-Anderson was a doctor stationed here with the British Army in the 1930s-1940s. He loved his adopted homeland, Egypt, so much that when he died he left his house and all its furnishings as a gift to the state. Let me just ...
The Posse'
... sunsets over here that if I tried to describe them, my words would not be believed. I am wondering if I can sell my house from Egypt and have Sid shipped over. Of course, I do need money to live so that is probably not a good idea - not just yet ...
Another Interesting Day in Egypt
... went shopping in the Khan. Where I apparently acquired a husband, my 4th or 5th since this trip began! HA HA HA!!!! Well, we are about to have a lecture on women's issues in Egypt and then I am going for a night on the town. Talk to ya'll ...
I met Rameses the Great today
Today we went to the Egyptian Museum. It is very different from any other museum I have ever been in. Things are just laying out where you can touch them. Most things (with the exception of mummies and gilded items) are not protected by cases or any ...
I have arrived !!!!
Well, after 24 gruelling hours I am here!!! It is 7:00 pm here and about 11:00 am your time. We arrived at our hotel about 1 1/2 hours ago. Several of us decided to go and explore our neighborhood and find an internet cafe. It is only costing me ...
A Walking Tour of the Old City
... assaulted I mean he backed her in a corner and open mouth kissed her (this may not seem like a big deal to you, but in Egypt that is the equivalent of rape in the US). Luckily, about the time it happened, another girl in our group turned around and saw ...
The Scarab Worked!!!!
... village (mainly chunks of rock), but I have kept them all. Next, we went to the tomb of Hetshepsut, the only woman to rule Egypt. It was also very impressive BUT HOT!!!! I got some great pictures of the Valley of the Kings and of the rural farm ...
Saying Goodbye to the Pyramids
... The Bet - damn you Lorelei for winning! 3. M&Ms on the bus every morning with Mary and Phillip 4. "Samer Time" 5. Egypt Time 6. "You like laundry?", "Laundry good?" 7. Chris and Kamran pretending they had something to do so they could leave ...
Tonight
... go though, got an early morning full of mosque and then an early evening lecture tomorrow. Thought of Today: I must say that Egypt has more art, monuments and places that defy description than possibly any other place on Earth. I now understand why ...
Shed some tears today....
WOW - I think that is the only word that can describe today. We went and saw the pyramids and I must admit that my eyes filled with tears when they came into view. To see pictures of a place so grand your entire life...the moment you get there is so ...
What a day......
... I have taken plenty of pictures. Lots of graffiti, "F**K ISRAEL" is one of the main slogans. Tomorrow we are going to the Giza Plateau to see the pyramids and also to Sakarra to see the step pyramid. Then tomorrow night we are going on a cruise of the ...
Today
Well, sorry I have been slacking off on my entries. It has been really busy since our time in Egypt is slowing coming to an end. Today we went on a tour of the Arab League and then had a 2 hour meeting with Mr. Hisham Youssef, the Chief of Cabinet for ...
Finally Back In Cairo
Well, the 12 hour train ride turned into 14 but it wasn't so bad. When we got to the train station here in Cairo our bus wasn't there to pick us up. So we are standing in the middle of the train station trying to figure out what to do when the tourism ...
The Belly Dancer......
Well, the Nile Dinner Cruise was interesting to say the least. Food was great. We had a whirling dervish perform and then came the belly dancer. I decided it would be appropriate to devote this entire entry to the belly dancer. She was ...
Last Night
... , the sellers are haggling you - I LOVE IT!!! I could go every day! We went to a lecture this morning on government in Egypt. It is about 1:00pm now, Phillip, Mary, Lorilie and I are about to go shopping at Khan Misr Tulun and then back to the Khan ...
Tour d'Afrique: Cairo - Departure Imminent
... two days of Rider briefings, a ride to the Sakkara Pyramids and then we head via police escort and convoy and police to the Giza Pyramids where we will start the race and head south towards Luxor. Say some prayers for us, these Egyptians have very few ...
San Diego
... is a wide range of nice hotels available and if you don't go with a group you can avoid the hordes. Hassles- Especially in Egypt, and to a lesser degree in other places, tourism is such a strong presence that it actually became annoying. There is no ...
Pyramids, pyramids, pyramids!
... was the King’s architect. The surrounding area was used as a burial ground for more than 3500 years and is Egypt’s largest archaeological site. We spent about half an hour walking around and Helen and a few others saw Greg Norman ...
Excuse me, what street is this?
So, went to bed at 11 last night, only to wake up at 1145, and then was wide awake until about 330. After that I was in that half asleep stage for about half an hour only to wake again. this went on until 5, when Ismael finally got up as ...
Giza and the Western Desert
... and we ride on top in a sort of train like configuration. We met our guide Muhommad and headed off to the pyrimads of Giza. Muhommad was excellent, gave us a break down of geography and history of Cairo and Giza, what we would be doing and how ...