Helnan Auberge Fayoum Al Fayyum

... seemed a curse. But now it's a blessing, because it brought me to you." This quote showed the love that Santiago has for Fatima. Santiago would not of found Fatima if he had not followed and learned from the omen in his path. If Santiago did not realize the omens of the two birds he would not of seen the vision of the tribe invading. Since he did recognize the birds and vision he saved the oasis from be invaded and slaughtered.

... s totally foreign to me! text-indent:0cm">Yesterday we traveled to Beni Suef to visit my aunt. It was a 3 hour journey by train but I tell you what, it was exhausting! I think I've gotten used to the hole, stay up late and sleep in till late attitude here and the idea of catching a 7am train was pretty daunting! text-indent:0cm">Anyway, I get there and my cousins greet me and it's pretty overwhelming. The country is ...

... mastaba of Mereruka which I saw last time but it was good to see again. We left Saqqara and drove to Dashur and took some photos of the Red Pyramid and The Bent Pyramid and then everyone climbed up the red pyramid except me so I took photos of them up the top. Once we left Dashur we drove to the ancient site of Memphis which there are so far no remains of but there have been some statues recovered which are now in ...

... the women w**e totally cov**ed and somb**, without the odd tight top or flash of colour that Cairenesses use to tart it all up. But little did I suspect we w**e still ov** an hour away from our destination....it was only due to the best man who was in the car with us that we managed to get th**e at all (the second carload gave up aft** 9 hours and just drove straight to the hotel), through a s**ies of dirt tracks with crocodile-infested swamps p ...

... Very soon we had a crowd. Too many to hand out badges. Finally our police escort was arranged and we were off again. There were 6 policeman in a ute and they were fully armed with machine guns. The tour guide told us that it was to ensure a quicker passage as they could flash their lights if anyone got in our way. The horn on the bus seemed to work perfectly fine so we didn't believe for a minute that this was why we needed an ...

... at the big Giza pyramid) and 99 metres high and covering an area of 2.1 acres. To get into the pyramid you firstly need to climb steps approx 1/2 way up the outside of the pyramid. Mum was puffed (after several stops) by the time we got to the entrance (about 45 metres up) so I didn't know how she would be going inside. Inside it is dark (I left my torch in the bus). The shaft/tunnel is quite low ...

... freut euch auf die bilder.. nachdem die ganze chose schon ziemlich schlecht gestartet hatte.. hatten wir keine bustickets erhalten, bus verpasst, dann wurden wir nicht abgeholt und hatten keine ahnung wohin wir mussten und die telnr vom organisator war besetzt.. ein netter aegypter hat uns dann aufgelesen und ins richtige hostel gebracht.. mitten in der oase! max schon in zu dieser zeit extrem nervoes und auf der hut ...

... museums and monuments are amazing and with that, the good things I have to say about Egypt come to an end. I shall elaborate via our standard categories. Laura may contest some of my opinions. Topography - In all fairness, I did not see any of the oasis in the Western Desert, but apart from what may exist there, Egypt is green by the Nile River (remember that fertile land from bible class?) and otherwise quite barren. Much of the tour travel was by ...

... stops and bumps in the road, but arrived collectively exhausted. If you're coming to Egypt, plan in buffer days for sleeping regardless of the tour you book! A quick trip to the breakfast buffet at the hotel and we all headed to our rooms to finish the sleep we had started. With an early afternoon wakeup, we were faced with the question of "what do we eat?" As I've stated before, Egyptian food is very ...

... rules appear to be if you can almost squeeze your car into a gap, then you do it. Even the newest of cars don't have a straight panel on them. Having said that, the total number of accidents we saw was 0, but the near misses were countless. Day 1 - Today we woke early to beat the traffic. haha. We were off to the Pyramids, the Sphinx and then to the Egyptian Museum. Breakfast was our first chance to meet the rest of the tour group. Our tour has 9 people in it, us, 2 Canadians and 5 ...