Alba Club El Alamein
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Al Elamein commemerations
... we went backout to the international ceremony and then visited the war museum. Today is a more relaxing day so we have walked around the streets this morning! Phew what a place. Check out the phots.
Tomorrow we go back to Cairo and fly to Luxor and then a gruise down the Nile for three ...
A walk through history
... br> Right after that, we visited the German Memorial, built like a medieval fortress, with the tombs of over 4,000 German soldiers who died here and a small pictorial museum. You can climb up steep stairs to the roof of the building: the view from there is absolutely breathtaking - the sea on one side, the lonely desert on the other!
Last but not least, we visited Commonwealth Troops Memorial: it is the biggest with thousand of tombs in the ...
Day 5, Tuesday - El Alamein and Alexandria
... There were also Bedouin roadside markets selling scarves & fruit, etc. We saw a number of sheep on the side of the road with their shepherd there as well, either walking or on a donkey, sometimes with children too. In the fields growing crops, with very big family homes at the end of a drive with brick entrance walls, were what appeared to be unfinished houses. These are rest areas for the workers that the owners are required to provide. Between 70km & 40kms from ...
On way back to Cairo from Alexandria
... me until now, a battle took place here in El-Alamein during WW2 where many, many young soldiers from around the world lost their lives. As I walked around the grounds, it was with sadness as every monument read was marked with names, age and nationality of very young soldiers, 23 being the average. A few Canadian monuments were seen next to blooming trees. A moment of silence was given to all fallen ...
El Alamein and the land of the Empty Apartments
... disappearing. The land so bitterly fought over is now mostly covered in resorts. The drive in along the coast passed tens of thousands of empty and under construction holiday homes, or townhouses, or great batches of empty resorts hiding behind a resort banner with a name lie Marina Resort. It was ...
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