Cleopatra Giza

... in the Nile where in ancient times sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the river bank. Return to the cruise & sail to Edfu. On arrival visit the Temple of Horus, the largest and most complete preserved Temple combining Pharaonic and Greek architectures. Overnight onboard cruise




DAY 05 - Tour to West Bank of the Nile:





Sail to Esna and Luxor. Upon arrival to Luxor, move to the West Bank of ...

... a very narrow passage. It was pretty cool to see inside although the walls were all completely plain with no hieroglyphics. It was also very claustrophobic as the air was very thick and damp.

From there we headed down to the Sphinx which sits lower down the hill from the pyramids. It is an impressive site but unfortunately by this stage there were a lot of other tourists around and it was a bit crowded.

Afterwards we stopped off at a Papyrus shop where they showed ...

... but do get the final price in writing. Cairo in comparison to Luxor is rip-off central. I've met some pretty cash obsessed folks in Marrakesh and Delhi but Cairo takes the medal for sheer breathtaking avarice.

The central question for me is should you visit Cairo and my answer would be no. The Museum and the pyramids are worth seeing but the pain of getting across Cairo, the pollution, the downright ordinariness of the city makes me say avoid it. It ...

... of the plane, so I was one of the last people off, onto the last bus and finally arrived at customs last. I had to pick up my Egyptian Visa on arrival. Thanks to some advanced notice for other travellers I knew to head to the currency exchange booth and hand over my $15 USD. They didn't even open my passport, just handed me the sticker and I was done. Then it was back to the big line up ...

... we walked down a few more alleys (and no tourists in sight by the way) and found ourselves at his "fathers" papyrus shop. Real papyrus too, not imitation stuff made with banana leaf - true he showed us! So we bought some lovely papyrus paintings and I wont mention the price but it may have been a little over the top. But we figured it doesn't matter as long as You think You are getting a good deal. So after spending an hour in his Fathers shop we meandered our way to Ahmeds ...

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Transportation by air-condition modern vehicle

Professional English tour guide

Lunch at local restaurant (02 Meals)

One battle of mineral water for each person

Entrance fees to all mentioned sights

All taxes & Service charges

Exclusions:

Any optional tour if required

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... women (a white American women at that) amongst a bunch of Arab men. But no one was disrespectful or looked at me too long. I waited about 30 min before Amr showed up and escorted me out to see Cairo. Samy was our driver and we drove for I think 4 hours that night. Cairo is a VERY big city and with all the traffic and people you don't get anywhere fast.

Cairo is an amazing mixture of old and new. There are some really beautiful ...

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It's not really a new thought to me, but my conversation with Khalid on that first night reinforced my belief that "solving" the Palestinian/Israeli conflict would have amore dramatic effect on the region and on the world than any of the, I believe it was 6 issues discussed. Because ultimately that conflict becomes anexcuse for all problems. Why should you kill Americans? Because they support the Israelis and the Israelis kill people. Why should ...

... right up to the very front entrance of the ancient site, where we walked through airport style security and beside us all passing vehicles were checked over by tourist police, presumably for explosives, before we walked back over 4,500 years to the base blocks of the Great Pyramid.

Perhaps the most impressive of the three main pyramids (and until now I had no idea there were also some baby sized Queens Pyramids built around there too) is the Pyramid of Khafre. Although it was ...

... the gun back over his shoulder I couldn’t help but feel that I was in far more risk of accidentally being shot by the very people employed to protect me than I was by terrorists.

After Hoges was railroaded into a shop and didn’t manage to escape without purchasing a souvenir, plus a return taxi ride where the driver at first wanted LE50, we went on the hunt for a late lunch. What we found was Gad, a large kebab-style fast food joint close ...