Grand Pyramids Cairo
53 Studio Misr Road, Mariottia Pyramids Cairo, Egypt
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Egyptian Adventures Part One
On May 7, 2009, four of us headed to the airport to go to Egypt with a program called 2Travel2Egypt. We had been talking about it since pretty much the beginning of the semester and had it booked since mid-March, so we were more than ready when we finally got on the EgyptAir Express plane to Cairo. We noticed we were the only females on the plane, …
Pyramids
I am coming to the end of the kind of weekend away that other weekends away would be jealous of - in fact, it is such a successful little trip that it is almost tempting to stay on and make a long holiday of it, but no can do. Anyway, Friday started with a small lie in, some tasty breakfast, a quick bit of packing and a taxi ride to the airport in …
Returning to the Pyramids
Some months ago, a friend (Michael McGowan), contacted me to ask about my trip to Egypt last year, because he had an artist friend who was planning one. I quickly responded with some general advice and a link to the blog we wrote last year, thinking that Michael's friend Anne would be in touch before she left.
As I was in the final stages …
Reuniting with Friends
I was very happy to see my friend Ehab waiting for me as I exited the baggage claim area of the Cairo airport. He had come up from his hometown of Aswan especially to see me. Ehab was our VIP tour guide through the Nile Valley over the course of a four-day Nile cruise last year, and he and I have stayed in touch and formed a strong bond and …
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Arriving in Egypt / First view of the pyramids
... and customs.
We had heard that Cairo was big…but boy is it BIG! Our guide told us a mere 22 million people live in Cairo alone, and you can definitely tell. Most roads are brilliant and just like in Sri Lanka people drive like they are all rushing to hospital. The policy seems to be “you want to go, you go”. It was novel to see that motorways are shared by cars, ...



