Kempinski Soma Bay

... know where they came from or where they were going, but when they got through this customs area, there gear was loaded on to trucks and they took of into the hills on the highway.
It was very hot during the day and our berth was right next to either a cement plant or aluminium plant. Very dusty, and not good to look at. The hills in the background looked beautiful because they were very rugged and different shapes. Couldn't get ...

... 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$

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 ...

... the light that bathed the area in a brightness that could only be endured with the use of sunglasses. While at the tomb area we met a couple of the numerous Tourist Police who monitored and protected the archeological sites. Here at this site was some dark skin Egyptians that were close to the original race of Egyptians. Since Egypt was occupied by the Arabs, the majority of Egyptians now look more like the other Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula. There is a large group of ...

... on the ferry from Hurghada to Sharm El Sheik. He tried had, but really didn't give us more info than the front desk had, actually he was using the information the front desk had, which I realized afterwards. Tonight's entertainment is called Folklore Dance, I was expecting the rec crew in lederhosen and dreidels and German dancing. Out came 3 Egyptian men in fancy garb and turbans carrying long sticks and did an Egyptian folkdance. The next was the 3 men and 2 women who did a ...

... go back to the room to get cleaned up for dinner. We meet the young couple and they had a wonderful day. We said we would meet them after diner to see their pictures. We met them in the bar and looked at all their pictures, they had a great time and were very happy with all the fish, reefs, coral and they saw dolphins on their way back. The day is very long, they left at 8 and came back by 5 and had 2 hours in the water. I said to Len ...

... her husband back with one arm. I was afraid a fight would break out, but just words were loudly spoken. The woman next to me looks over and me and speaks her mind in German. I look at her and say I understand. A woman from way over comes to talk to the woman beside me about what happened. Meanwhile the family goes in for a swim, come back and pack all their stuff up and leave. The sister takes her sister's towels and puts them back on the loungers. All is well.. When ...

... captain, dealing with the various embassies of those aboard, the dishonorable bribery for each pilot and immigration official, and the Egyptians got interested in ALL the documents required by the ship -- he said some of the documents had dust on them. This afternoon we'll have a drill to meet in the dining room for roll call, then I'm not sure what. They need to close all our doors, as they would in the event of ...

... underwhelmed and are continuing on. Ed said the Canadians didn't get theirs as they were still squabbling about what language to print it in and the French in Quebec wanted the right to give up first. Safaga is a tiny town with a big port for aluminum and grain. A Saudi Arabian ship is pulled up, and this morning we watched as men pushed huge hand carts piled high with bundles -- their ...

Red Sea diving. One of the main reasons I chose this package, to snorkel the red sea. I have snorkelled Thailand, Aus, Africa and now Egypt but have never had enough nerve to be able to dive. This place convinced me otherwise. For $25 it was the best money i´ve spent in i cant remember how long. There were 6 of us and we had this immaculate luxury liner, complete with beautiful polished floors ...