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Alexandria Slideshow
Alexandria
Travel Blogs from Alexandria, Egypt
Day 1: Travel and Alexandria, Egypt
... . After a couple of stops (one at an Egyptian "rest area" the other at an Egyptian McDonalds) we arrived to our hotel (Alexandria Renaissance). Sam, my hotel companion, and I arrived to our room and found that we have the most impressive view of the ...
Alexandria
The Alexandria light house -- which is a fortress nowdays... The Alexandria light house -- what is left of it... The new library Alexandria ...
Alexandria
... we do get to wander through to the excavation of the ancient ampitheater as well as the sights and sounds that are uniquely Alexandria. Great seafood by the way, right on the water and just meandering through the markets and local areas taking in the ...
Its a mixed bag.....
... him with Shane. We have his number so if anyone is going to Alex. anytime soon, we will hand this over. :o) Alexandria airport is interesting. Considering it’s an international airport, it’s about the size of Rotorua airport, perhaps smaller, ...
Alexandria
Been in alexandria for 2 days now. Yesterday abdul a taxi driver took us round all the sights which we had asked him not too. We were also glad that not only did he consider ancient monuments as sights but also hotels, bridges and walls. Obviously we ...
Egyptian Revolution
The weeks events in Egypt This is going to be a hard piece to write as the situation in Alexandria and other parts of Egypt mainly Cairo are still fluid and tense and any hope of resolution remains in the distant future. Ana and I are deeply ...
A couple days by the Mediterranean Sea to cool off
... . Collected my things from Garf's house and took a noon train up to Alexandria. The train trip through Lower Egypt up to Alexandria was a nice trip. The closer we got to the Mediterranean, the greener the surroundings became. After arriving ...
Egypt 25th January revolution
... the pot would boil over and spill out onto the streets for the whole world to see. This has created a new face of Egypt. A face, which shows expression rather than hides it. A face that smiles from deep within at the changes and what this will mean for ...
Egypt Travel Tips
On Your Own or Through a Travel Agent or Guide In view of substantial cultural differences and language barriers, Egypt may be a difficult place to attempt to navigate on one's own without prior experience and familiarity. Although the internet has ...
Day 7, Thursday - Alexandria to Cairo
... blue sky and wind by mid-morning. We woke to quite heavy rain and strong winds this morning. This made our drive out of Alexandria a little slower. It was fascinating to watch people get out of the mini buses out in the factory areas into large areas of ...
How many camels........for your daughter
... next to her and look up WOW she is the third largest ship on the sea, well on our way through Alexandria l was a little shocked to see that the oldest civilization on the planet had not really progressed very far, from the moment we left ...
Egypt - all history all the time
We arrived in Alexandria, Egypt! We met with 18 other people from U.S. and Canada - arranged by Mike and Eloise from Quebec thru cruisecritic.com. Mohamed, our tour guide from Ramses Tours, is young and very animated.He explained the social mores for ...
Suffering fuuls gladly
So where were we? Khartoum, Sudan.And where are we? Alexandria, in Northern Egypt. Since the last update we have covered a whopping 2500kms. We have not done the stats (...yet), but this is likely to be the largest distance travelled between ...
A Coptic Monastery
On the way back from Alexandria, we stopped by a Coptic monastery. The Coptics are very similar to Greek Orthodox, from what our tour guide tells us. Another interesting thing to note is that it's customary for the Coptics (also called ...
Creative cookery in one pan
... .) We have spent 95 mainly happy days in Egypt. Our lifestyle has taken on a definite sedantary air since arriving in Alexandria. We rented a great little flat. The luxury of daily baths, our own kitchen and no constant negotiation to find nightly ...
Alexandria
... addition of "orange juice" which is really more like orange drink from McDonalds. We took off on our 3 hour bus ride to Alexandria with the Bickersons (that's our name for that couple we don't like, but we found out that his name is Marcel) and ...
Alexandria, Egypt
Today we take a 3 hour bus ride to Alexandria, a city founded by Alexander the Great. The city is located on the coast of Egypt on the Mediterranean sea. The view of the sea from the coast is very pretty. There are many fishermen by the coast and they ...
A Short Tour of Alexandria
... tombs go deep underground, and housed tons of mummies - many of which are now in the Cairo Museum. We walked over to the Alexandria Library next. Building of the library was finished in 2000 (it took 12 years to build) and it is really beautiful ...
Egypt
Egypt July 30 - August 4 July 30 We were both excited about the itinerary change from Istanbul, Turkey to Alexandria, Egypt. In fact, the rest of the ship was as well. We were supposed to arrive in Istanbul one day before the change of plans. ...
Local Trains
... and call Kosovo. (Imer's mum is worried.) Succeed at last. Both tickets and phone cards and telephone call. Train to Alexandria. Nice, civil, relatively clean, people dress up to travel here, and are vey polite. Get off at the wrong railway ...
a weekend in Alexandria
... weekend (meaning the past Friday and Saturday -- as those are the days that constitute the weekend here) I went to Alexandria, Egypt! Alexandria is (I'm almost positive) Egypt's second largest city; it's located on the Mediterranean coast and has been ...
Alexandria Free Day, by Don Hogle
... nbsp; We wish them success and enjoy the architecture and this taste of the new empowered spirit in Egypt. Next we visit the Alexandria National Museum, a well-curated set of exhibits that details the various influences – Ancient Egyptian, ...
Water Pipes
June 3 - Alexandria, Egypt History lesson - Alexandria is known as "The Peal of the Mediterranean" - I'll talk about that later. Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC (thats important) Alexandria also had the world's best library, containing thousands ...