Holiday Inn (Half Board) Safaga

We had intended just getting off the boat and going to some vendors which we thought might be on the wharf but there weren't any so we stayed on the ship.<br>When we arrived a ship in front of us has just unloaded a crowd of Egyptians and they had trolleys full of what looked like their worldy possessions. There were hundreds of them and they were all taking their loads of goods into a big warehouse which was the customs area. We don ...

... the nearby and partly surrounding modern village of el-Karnak, about 3km north of Luxor.Have lunch, then visit Luxor Temple, Known in the Egyptian language as ipet resyt, or "the southern harem", the temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut, and Chons and was built during the New Kingdom, the focus of the annual Opet Festival, in which a cult statue of Amun was paraded down the Nile from nearby ...

Day tour to Luxor from Safaga Port 165$ <br><br>Go Egypt Travel representative will pick you up from your Ship Cruise by air-condition modern van to visit Karnak Temple, This was ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut ("The Most Selected of Places"), the main place of worship of the Theban Triad with Amun as its head, in the monumental city of Thebes. The complex retrieves its current name from the ...

... escort cars were located for our nine bus convoy. But this delay was not of any consequence as we settled into our air-conditioned bus and full of excitement as we waited to start our adventure into Egypt. At last the convoy was completed and started it journey into the heart of Egypt. From the port we headed out on to the dry and barren Red Mountains that lie along the coast of Egypt. It is a hot barren range of mountains that is only sparsely populated by Bedouins that have set ...

Monday, January 26 This is our last day here so we will enjoy it to the fullest. After breakfast we go back to the room to get our swimsuits on and find a bag with 3 small bottles of wine in it and a note from the young family in the unit next to us. They are leaving to day and wished us good luck on our journey and if we need any help or make it to Hamburg to stop in and visit them. We went to where the busses pick-up to say thank you, but no one was there, we looked on the patio ...

Saturday, January 24 We woke up to find a foggy looking beach, but afterwards found out it is a high sand storm. We couldn't see the mountains behind the town of Safaga and it was over the Red Sea and couldn't see the sand island about 2-3 kms off shore. This is another relaxing day at the beach. For the buffets we are selective what we have, and if there is something new we try a little and if it is good we take more. Went into town and found ...

Friday, January 23 We were up and Len got ready for his trip. This morning I would do a bit of laundry and sit on the beach. The trip was to leave at 10 but by the time they got all the groups here it was more like 10:30. It looked like a full boat. There are 4 young Russian girls and the guide is very attentive to them As they were leaving the dock he had taken their beach towel and had folded them so each one had a fancy hat, one like a snake, the others like Egyptian hats ...

Thursday, January 22 Today we went to find a cheaper internet. Checked out the resort south of us and it is cheaper and the receptionist suggested we try across the street at a café/bar. Went across the street and no they don't have internet, spoke to a man having a hubbly- bubbly and he said in town there is one by the school, but when he check with the bar tender he said no it's now working as they are both owned by the same person. He suggested going ...

... the east Atlantic, and won't have TV until Nov 2 when we pick up the Asian satellite. We brought our champagne into the dining room to have with dinner. Mim was at our table by herself as Peter was still under the weather. It was a great time to share the bubbly with her as she was feeling a bit down. Peter (cruise director) told us that the ship stopped in Jeddah, Arabia, once for fuel. They were delayed 24 hours ...

... were dirt. There were a LOT of internet spots, but we drove from one to another to find them all with power outages. Finally we found one in business. What? They paid their bill? They were in a different power block? No matter, we checked mail and accounts and spent about an hour there. The driver took us to a Egyptian restaurant called Chef el Ramadan, and it turned out really good. The power ...