Cataract Resort Cairo
Sakkara Road Cairo, Egypt
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January 10-11
We made it to Cairo! The Goodwin’s showed in large numbers last night to see us off from Pearson. Thanks for the sendoff!
After a six and one half hour flight from Toronto to Heathrow then a wait of seven hours in terminal 5 lastly a 4 hour flight to Egypt we landed in Cairo. Ahmed from the Cataract Hotel and …
Very nice 4 star resort
After a ghastly ride across Sinai [I can see why Moses did not like the place] we arrived at the Cataract hotel within sight of the Great Pyramids. A very nice place, probably constructed during the British tenure there. Our tour leader, Mr.Ahmed was the best! He was our local agent from Desert Parmour Tours, Petra, Jordan. With a last minute …
Cairo at last!
The smell. One is struck by it immediately upon exiting the plane. It is a *******e to pin; spicy, smoky, dusty....it isn't offensive or foul, but it is certainly there. I arrived in Cairo the night before last. Unfortunately no one was at the airport to pick me up as arranged. Thankfully I was able to contact the company and find my way to the …
Mummies & a draw!
Woke in our "first class" carriage just before 730 waiting for the first of text updates from the AFL Grand final...being a Collingwood supporter for 30 years to be stuck on a train in the middle of Egypt was not the best.... Anyway everyone kept me up to date with texts, and at half time I was about to start warming up my vocal chords for a …
Chilled in Cairo
26 hrs in transit..All luggage accounted for...Wheeeew... one Rider's bike completely disappeared.No sign of it ever being cheched in from Boston. Another had all his gear taken from his bike box. Taxi ride to Hotel was like a 45 minute nascar race. No lines painted on a 3 car wide road which had at times 5 cars side by side. .They honestly have …



