Charm Life Alamein Resort & Spa El Alamein

Well we made it to Egypt. Last night we spent in a weird little seaside town in a bizarre hotel. Mas Moutreh. Expensive food and our first beer for a couple of weeks. (Libya is dry, really dry.) I did get a cool photo of a very new Egyptian Missile boat that just erupted out of a bay next to us and tore off into ...

This wasn't one of the original stops, but they kindly added it when I expressed interest in showing Ben the lasting impact on the area from WWII. Quick history lesson: Long drawn out battles were fought in North Africa, over 100,000 men were lost. Some 11,000 lost and 70,000 wounded in El-Alamein alone. It is estimated that there are still between 17-22 ...

A very short post. Ragaa took me to two of her beautiful homes - one in the newly cultivated countryside, one on the North Coast. We drove through Giza, past the mountainous pyramids again, through insane traffic, and into the desert. As an aside, the pyramids dominate the horizon from almost any part of the city. I even saw them, barely, from the Citadel. A huge ugly sprawl of concrete, and then the pyramids on the horizon. What a disturbing ...

World Cruise Monday, April 9, 2007 Alexandria, Egypt Excursion: Highlights of Alexandria, 7 hours, $100 each Captain Dag decided to change our itinerary before we got to Cairo so we travelled overland by coach, on better roads, from Cairo to Alexandria. We actually arrived in Alexandria (by bus) the evening before (April 8). The overland excursion to Cairo and then back to Alexandria meant missing the Suez Canal transit which we didn't think ...

Today was the day that 150 passengers would transit the Suez Canal so I can't really get excited about it all - we were on the ship. However, everyone put on their bathing suits, layed by the pool, and drank smoothies for the majority of the day. That was pretty fun. It was nice to have so few people on the ship all day. I had a massage at the Spa and then that evening the crew made a formal dinner for us so everyone dressed up and ate ...

November 5, 2006 13:00 Local Time Alexandria, Egypt Latitude: 31° 11.6' N Longitude: 029° 52.7' E Hello Again. It has been a while since my last update so this promises to be a large one, unless it gets split into two postings. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Egypt. First though, I need to update you on the 10-day stretch from India to Egypt. As I mentioned in my last update, my RD "Nam" had to leave the voyage in India due to a family emergency. The ship is divided up into ...

After leaving Sharm I boarded another boat to take me to Hurghada (a poorer mans Sharm el Sheikh) for another couple of nights of relaxation. Once again I decided to live it up a little so I decided to stay at the Hilton. The great thing about Egypt is you can live it up for a relatively cheap price. I had already prepaid for the hotel on the internet ($50 a night including Breakfast), but when I was checking in and filling out my information the hotel clerk, Waleed, noticed that I live ...

Well Alexandria for sure is a totally different place compared to the rest of Egypt. It is very laid back and very Mediterranean! There are so many people here from all over Egypt for their summer holiday! The population of Alexandria is 5 million during the 9 months and in Summer it goes up to 10 million! Yikes! If you look at the Beach as far as the eye can see there are people after people after people. It almost feels likes you have come to see people and a little ...

El Alamein was were Montgomery's 8th Army took on Rommels 5th Army and won during June 1942. Over 80,000 soldiers died fighting at El Alamein and subsequent battles afterwards. The Battle for El Alamein is considered to be the last battle fought by the British Empire. There are over 7000 graves at the War Cemetary from many nationalities ...

About 105km west of Alexandria, along the coastal highway, lies the small town of El Alamein - a place which many have never heard of but was the setting for one of the first decisive battles in World War 2. Now a quiet backwater with a main focus on seasonal tourism at nearby beaches of the Mediterranean, it still draws a steady stream of ...