Aida Beach Hotel Alexandria

... singing and a cacophony of car horns.

We quickly became centreof attention with seemingly everyone in the city wanting photos with us. We were faced with a sea of mobile phone cameras and after about 30min it started getting a little crazy so we pulled the girls out of the crowd and headed back to the hotel, still stopping every 5-10m for more photos.

Back to the safety of the hotel we set up camp on the balcony and had a couple of beers and watched the celebrations.

... us from Imaginative Traveller, either on the board, attached to the hotel's room log, or on our door, regarding pick-up or other information about our trip to Alexandria in the morning. We are quite puzzled by this and, before we go to sleep, ensure that we have a day pack with clothes for Alexandria and other items that we need as well. By now, it’s 1:30 AM.

Our 3-star phone rings at 6:45 AM and we think that it is our friend, Earl. It’ ...

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... battles. Have lunch at local restaurant. Drive back to your Cruise in Alexandria Port.

Inclusions:

Meet and assist at Alexandria Port

Transportation by air-condition modern vehicle

Professional English tour guide

Lunch at local restaurant

One ...

... of theft - much better!!

So we went out searching for tourists - none. We drank juices, smoked shisha, drank tea, looked unsuccessfully for a good cheap fish meal and then ate some nice food but there really wasnt much going on.

Once we were u in the morning after memditation we checked out the the Cataclomes. They are nutoriously hard to find but we got there after a 40 min walk. They were amazing - so many tombes underground fairly centeral in a ...

... their lights turned off while driving at night!  It really was hilarious driving in this, and thus watching from our chairs at the café.  Another point that is interesting to note is that, while there aren't any traffic lights, there aren't any pedestrian crossings either.  So you are basically playing Russian roulette while trying to cross the street, hoping the on coming car decides to swerve around you.  I can only imagine that I will be discussing the traffic of Egypt ...

... the overland caravan trade. Alexandria's ancient lighthouse was among the original Seven Wonders of the World, unfortunately it collapsed in an earthquake only a few centuries ago after standing for almost two millenia.

We have a free day since most of the older folks needed rest after a long day the previous day touring Cairo and the Pyramids. We didn't book any ...

... definitely no less impressive than the ancient temples. The main part of the library is housed in huge sloping discus representing the sun and the external walls are carved with texts from all over the world. The inside is equally impressive, with large columns and and an open area able to hold eight million books that its hard to grasp the scale of. The following day brought a return to Cairo on the train and the end of my organised ...

... lot of time to kill until my coach leaves at ten. Did loads of exploring today. Visited a fort on the sea front where the Alexandria lighthouse once stood. And I've just been to see the remains of the Roman or Greek settlement which was the first settlement here in Alexandria. Then I went to see the catacombs which are burial chambers hidden underneath the ground. Discovered in 1900 when a donkey fell and disappeared under the street. Mind you a donkey ...

... you get the idea.    As well as all this we will be doing an Open University course each next summer, to keep to 'leetle grey cells' ticking over, as M. Poirot may say.   She's doing Oceanography, whilst he's studying for a diploma in religious stuidies.  Wot a larf, eh?  Anyway, that's the future, back to the present...The holiday period has been packed full of seeing the sights with various family members.  Mrs R's Ageds joined us just before Xmas and ...