Shatby Youth Hostel
Travel Blogs from Alexandria
Felucca rides and Dam jokes
We arrived in Aswan in the early afternoon after a nice and relaxing train ride from Luxor. It is weird to be on a 1st class train in Egypt. It is better then some trains that we have been riding in Europe. We decided to stay at the youth hostel as it was cheap and really close to the train station. We soon found out why it was cheap as the place …
Visiting the pyramids
... If you ever find yourself on a bus with a bathroom going someplace that can only mean that there really aren't any restrooms anyplace along the way (I put back the bottle of water I just got). She also explains that to make sure the toilet is functioning throughout the day, "Number 1 only". And we take off out of Alexandria going through a very large gate of the city, Brad says it was a toll booth.
The traffic is unimaginable. ...
Alexandria
... well as up to probably our first 20 minutes of walking we had seen about 3 women.
Walking down streets of silver and gold shops (note as you get away from the cruise terminal you get less hassled as you come into mainstream living) and then clothing shops we finally came to the main street around the shore. Now here we are expecting to see some nice beaches but no it was rocks for a good stretch which you found men sitting ...
Life as a "Khawaga," or foreigner in Egypt
... unclear. In spite of this, the ascension of a Muslim
Brotherhood candidate to an Arab presidential position is a historically
significant event indeed.
Last night, the students in my program were ordered to stay
under lock-down at our respective dormitories and apartments, in order to avoid
potential protests (or rambunctious partiers). Despite this warning, a few
classmates and I ventured out in search of ...
Day 6, Wednesday - Alexandria
... protectors; Roman dressing or hair styles; etc. There was also the room where the families who came to visit the dead would eat & drink. They would stay all day and had to finish all the food & drink they brought before leaving as well as leaving all their containers there too. There was another chamber with sarcophagi as well as the rooms where urns with the ashes were placed in the wall slots. The entrance to the other chamber was no longer accessible as this leads ...
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