El Salamlek Alexandria

... fort that lies on the very tip of the Corniche,dominating the view of the Eastern Harbour. It was built on the site of the giant Pharos Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. <br><br>2. Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque is an attractive mosque built during World War II over the tomb of a 13th century holy man, who is patron saint of the city&#8217;s fishermen. <br><br>3. Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a monumental project that began with an ...

... seems very hyper, talks fast, and informs us of the costs of additional tours but little else about our trip. We find out from her that Imaginative Traveller has been bought out and is in the process of restructuring and will operate for the more budget conscious (ala Geckos). Her position will also be terminated after the Egyptian portion of our tour. This may explain, in part, why we have encountered so much difficulty with Imaginative Traveller in ...

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... what the old site was like!).<br><br>Also visited the war memorial at El Alamein, very sobering experience and highly recommended.<br><br>This is the last entry from my RTW trip, I have met some amazing people and have been lucky to visit some spectacular places. I guess all that remains is to start planning the next trip.<br><br>Take care<br><br>Richy :)<br><br>

... and figure out where to go next.<br><br>right behind the sofitel there is a hotel called The new Capri Hotel. this was only 110 pounds per night = $25 usd roughly. the sofitel wanted $250 usd a night per room. <br><br>pssshhh... we chose the Capri and went to check in..... <br><br>it hit... my first problem of the trip.... i can not find my passport.anywhere.. its not in my equipment bag or in my backpack. i am freaking.<br><br>LUCKILY ...

... large and a very busy port. We spent the day sitting on our chaise lounge with a couple from Florida and watched the scenery change constantly. Even though there is alot of sand on one side the other side is built up. It also amazed us at the mitlitary presence along both sides of the canal and all the compounds with guards and guns. We were greeted with waves all along the trip. The canal can handle 110 ships in a 24 hour period and the ...

... in dirty surroundings we rushed back to the ship for lunch.<br><br>In the port compound the souvenir bazaars were much more pleasant, where most of our group did their shopping. Neil's mom and sister recounted how their horse buggy took them to dirty, frightening neighborhoods and how their driver insisted on completing the agreed route, despite the women's wish to ...

... and Menkaura 2494-2472 BC (son). This is a large site with lots of armed guards around as well as camels, horses, horse and carts and their handlers and people selling the usual touristy things. The pyramids are extremely impressive with Khufu's being the biggest. It has 365 levels and originally had a single block at the top which represented the leap year. They are made of enormous blocks of granite and Khufu and Khafre's pyramids would originally ...

... shoulders after that little episode. <br><br>4. Egyptian kids love to say hello when they see a foreigner. usually comes out as hallo. Egyptian people also usually only say three things to me: 1) Where are you from? 2) welcome to Egypt 3) taxi?. Still at least they can speak some English unlike my Arabic which is limited. Need to learn a few more phrases. Usually brings a smile to their faces when I say something in Arabic, even if it is thank you or yes.

So where were we?  Khartoum, Sudan.And where are we? Alexandria, in Northern Egypt. Since the last update we have covered a whopping 2500kms.  We have not done the stats (...yet), but this is likely to be the largest distance travelled between updates. Sudan turned out to be a joy.  OK, so the hotels were a bit grotty and over-priced.  The food was tasty but very one-dimensional (25 days in Sudan, 24 days eating fuul!).  The 'sights' were far inferior ...