San Giovanni Cleopatra Hotel
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Day 4 - Monastaries & Memorials
21.23 - The earliest start of our tour so far meant waking up at 06.30. A quick breakfast of the usual bread, yoghurt and honey, scrambled eggs, salami type meat, fruit and pastries before we loaded our bags onto the bus and got under way. It was good to be leaving the hectic life of Cairo behind and with it the traders. I think we were all tired …
Greater love hath no man than this
Well even though we didn't do much today I am really tired! We had an early start, left the hotel just after 7:30am and drove to Wadi Natroun which is where in ancient times they got the Natron salt for enbalming from. Our main aim in Wadi Natroun was to visit the monastery of saint Anba Bishoy. Monasteries started in Egypt and this is the largest …
Hectic first day in Egypt
We arrived at the border nice and early, and we said fair-well to Mr Zaid in no-mans land, after he had sorted out all our paperwork, handing back of the plates etc.....
That was the easy bit....the Egyptian side was going to be a huge challenge, and expensive. To cut a long story short, we had to get a visa, health check, clear customs, various checks for vehicle, third party insurance, number plates, credit card ...
Day 19 – Alexandria and the Mediterranean Co
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We started with a park and palace that belonged to the last king of Egypt, King Farouk. We could not tour his palace, because it is for the president and visiting dignitaries. The beaches were packed with locals. The beaches looked nice and I wish we would have had time for a swim.
We then went to the Library of Alexandria. Luckily Salma gave us some information before we went in for the tour. Our ...
Shutting down
... A little tired, but the fever had broken and I felt pretty good. We were supposed to go to another beach - there is a spot just outside of town where General Erwin Rommel reportedly had and recreated - and we were going to go hang out there. A quick poll of the group led us to the decision to head back to Cairo that morning (Marianne and I were supposed to leave that evenening around ...
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