Blue Lotus Guesthouse Cairo

... fitted inside each other like Russian dolls. The outer is beautifully engraved wood with precious stones. The next is gold gilded wood and finally the one that was home to his mummy was made of pure gold – 110kgs worth. Of course his astonishing death mask which is an Egyptian icon was of great interest, it weighs 11kgs and covered the face of his mummy, portraying as always the famous beard. We were amazed at the furniture, clothing and jewels that ...

... dock and had 15 minutes or so until the 'All Aboard' time of 5:30pm Happily we scrounged the bazaar and then I noticed a passenger with their overnight bag. Our suitcase! Where was our suitcase??? I looked at Jim. He looked at me.
I ran back, but our bus was gone. Ok, no biggie, we can live without our overnight bag, but I started asking the porters and one VERY kind old man took me by the hand, saying 'Don't worry, Madam. Don't worry.' and we ran all ...

... be there!!

We were treated to witnessing a pat down by the Italian polisia on our final day (as we were waiting for our ride to the airport - 1hour and 10 minutes and four phone calls late) - they drive Alpha Romeos - very badly given the paintwork - and proceeded to interogate these two people of interest for a good 30 minutes - very relaxed it was - a couple of buddies came by and the local cafe across the road brought them espressi while they took notes and details from the ...

... beer (non-inclusive to the 10% tax and the 12% service charge) and crossed the street over to Maison Thomas for what is billed as the best pizza in Egypt (owned by a Coptic family equals ham, beer, and wine). Delicious indeed. After our filling meal we walked to our hotel in the heart of Zamalek (an island on the Nile River in central Cairo-home to many Embassies, museums, the Cairo ...

... the desert is necess*ry, though th*t m*y *ctu*lly be e*sier th*n trekking *cross C*iro. We took the oblig*tory photos th*t m*de us look like gi*nts stepping on the pyr*mids, we rode c*mels (for *bout *n hour…we went quite * dist*nce from one side of the *re* to the Sphinx on the other), *nd Johnny *nd I climbed into the middle of the Gre*t Pyr*mid. The c*mel ride w*s especi*lly entert*ining – between my mom fre*king out ...

... soil at a later date. Those days for us were special, and it cannot be overstated how much their hospitality meant to us. As they are avid travelers, we would like to inform our friends and family that your addresses have been provided and we expect that you will return some Canadian hospitality to them for us!

With VISA’s finally in hand, tickets were hastily booked, and we landed in Mumbai, India less than 24 hours later…here we go.

... live music there, we paid the hefty bill of two dollars a person. Ouch! On the way back, we grabbed a late-night snack from a street cart since two of the guys hanging with us, Mo and Nick (a white kid affectionately known as Sheikh Haddad for his long beard that causes Egyptians to call him a Sheikh), were fasting for Ramadan and it was the last food they'd be able to eat until dinner the next day. I woke up Saturday, August 29 at about 9:00 am so that I could join the Old Cairo ...

Tour to Egypt 08 days

8 Days/7 Nights

810$

Day 1:

Meet & assist by Go Egypt Travel representative at Cairo International Airport- Transfer via air-conditioned modern van to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2:

Breakfast at hotel- Enjoy an excursion to visit Giza Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, Mykerinus, the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple- Transfer to visit the Egyptian Museum with the treasures of King ...

... signs were in Japanese. Oh well, we went to sleep wondering what we would find in daylight in Cairo.

Saturday 4th July. You know you are in an Islamic country when you hear the call to prayer from loudspeakers musically from the many mosques nearby at 10pm then starting again at 4am. It is a sound we measured the day with from now on. So after trying to get back to sleep at 4am we got up and showered and had breakfast supplied by the hostel which was an egg some tomato and cucumber ...

... Saudi Arabia didn’t interest us, but Egypt did….

So here we are, for a 10-day trip. It should go like this: today and tomorrow in Cairo. Tomorrow night we take the train to Aswan. Then a four-day cruise to Luxor; three days extra in Luxor and then home.

We left Monday at 17:15 from Saint Louis. For the 2 ½ hour fight to JFK we were all bumped up to first class, the first time the ...