Delta Hotel Alexandria

... we stop for a few beers (of course) and sample Sakkara and Stella, both Egyptian beers and now subsidiaries of Heineken.<br><br>The seats on the train have lots of leg room and recline, BUT!!! The toilets are worse than any outhouse we have ever seen. If you have to do more than one thing, then you could be in for a real high and we don&#8217;t mean something pleasurable. <br><br>The industrial pollution, smog and/or smoke from burning garbage creates ...

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After the amazing scenery of the desert, it was a bit of a culture shock heading back into civilisation in Alex.<br><br>Its a massive sprawl of a city but the area around the corniche is pretty relaxed and their is quite a bit to see!<br><br>Decided to take it easy and visited the Catacombs and the library (the new one is pretty spectacular so one can only ...

... area of Alexandria. There is also an underground temple and it is one of the finest temples I have seen. It was a mix of styles, from ancient Egyptian to Romanic - the light was awsome and the detail of the god of death taking the mummified body were in unbelievably good condition.<br><br>Also it was great as there was next to no one else down there and I got to clamber around and explore as I would like to - not as I am meant to!<br><br>After a while in the tombes we ...

... the blogs to come. After our coffee and water pipe, we decided to take a little further walk and then round off by going back to the hotel to enjoy an Egyptian beer called Stella (not to be confused with Stella Artois).  Sam and I then decided we had enough and retired to our room to get some sleep for the next day.    So that is the end of yesterday.  We are currently half way through Day 2, which I will be writing up tonight and posting tomorrow morning.  Today has ...

... many dead-ends and narrow alleys, not to mention local men staring at our lightly dressed girls, gave us a seedy, dis-orienting feel. Fortunately with two guys in the group our girls felt pretty safe.<br><br>One of our girls wanted to see the souq (market), so we followed the narrow alleys past many local shops, which lead us to the water front. The water front is a ...

... In retrospect I was glad I had done the tour. I was able to share my experiences with other people and I don't think we would have been able to travel to some of the places we did without our Egyptian tour manager. This was then end of the first part of my trip. The second half would be much different to the first, something I was ready for as seeing too many temples in such a short space of time it becomes hard to appreciate everything you see.

... fall now and disappear under the rubbish that's more prevalent when you get away from the corniche sea front, so little has changed since then. <br><br>a couple of things I've been noticing: <br>1. I've seen a fair few albino Egyptians and I mention that because its very rare to see any albinos back home. I'd be interested to know how they are treated in Egyptian society. <br><br>2. Egyptian people do not like to be in possession of sellotaped ...

... is the link between the times of the pharaohs and the days of Islam. When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, he found Alex to be his capital in 331 BC. It was filled with archenteron to rival the city of Rome and Athens, and became an important halt on the trade route between Europe and Asia. Under Roman rule, Alex remained the capital. But when the Muslims swept in the seventh C. they favored and found Cairo to be the new capital. When Napoleon ...

... went up and down Egypt on a tour with them - the highlight perhaps being 3 days spent on a boat going up the Nile.  Just before New Year Mr R's Old Lass &amp; her Fella joined us (and are still with us). When we are left to our own devices again (sometime around 13 January) we will be living and studying in Alexandria, on the Mediterranian coast of Egypt.  We will be studying a mixture of Egyptian Colloqual Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic for 20 ...