Mercure Romance Alexandria

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... docked. The streets are filled with trash,<br>currently no trash collection system. So imagine a city twice the size of NYC (22 million) without trash service. It was comparatively cool (96 degrees) during our visit. I can't imagine what its like at 120 degrees. The top floor of most buildings is left unfinished so that the land owner doesn't have to ...

... the same "we&#8217;re not in Cairo anymore" sensation that characterized my first visit. Our group first hit one of the local popular juice spots, Mecca Juice. I had a banana, peanut, Borio (knock off Oreos) smoothie to start off my day. It cost me 40 cents. Great town. We went to the library, which was closed for some unknown reason, and were told to come back later. We went to a market where I ...

... together. The temple is dedicated to Serapis whom is an old man to worship for Romans and the form of an Ox for egyptians to worship. It reallly just is a big pillar, the statue that sat on top was sitting in the courtyard of the catacombs, they took it down as it was going to fall. <br><br> We then explore the main Roman road, which was found several meters under the modern day road. There was also an ampitheatre discovered which was ...

Well. we visited the only remaining wonder of the ancient world still standing yesterday. We arrived in Alexandria, Egypt and traveled for 2 1/2 hours by bus to Cairo and Giza. We gazed upon the Pyramids with our own eyes and they were awesome. And it was hot...103 degrees. Hey, but we're used to it aren't we? Except that the National Antiquities Museum didn't have any air conditioning...Torrey was getting a little burned out there. We ...

... actually see them with your own eyes was amazing. We went to the Western Plateau afterwards to get a picture of the 3 pyramids in a row. Here you could take a camel ride if you had 10 Euros but none of us had any Euros with us so we didn't get to ride. The Arabs took all the marble off the pyramids to make the domes for their mosques which is a shame. It was also interesting to see how Cairo has built up around these ancient treasures. From ...

... still there. This is a most impressive site and they are still excavating here. From here we could see right across the Nile valley to the hills beyond in the Arabian Desert. We were then taken to watch how the Egyptians would have made papyrus which was very interesting. We then had to make the 3 hour journey back to the ship. This was a very long day as we started out at 7 am and got back at 9 pm but I wouldn't have missed it for the world - brilliant.

... bang on schedule. Didn't see more than 5 tourists hop off the train. Took me a 10-15 min walk to find my hotel. My backpack was pretty heavy with all my stuff - wish I'd packed less stuff. Felt like a sitting duck for any opportunist who wanted to rob me. But I think I would have to be extremely unlucky to be robbed in Egypt. Have felt safe all the time, in any area and at any time. <br><br>Felt so good to have the sea air on my face. A lot cooler today as ...

... the edge and underneath the train. A rather nimble elderly man, whether staff or not I don&#8217;t know, got back on the train, opened a manhole and then climbed around on the tracks to fetch it for me. It was one of the rare times where I felt that not only was a little baksheesh well deserved, but I had given the man a couple of pounds without him actually asking for it. And not only that, he seemed genuinely appreciative of the gesture. I liked ...

... vodka for us!  Meanwhile we will be sailing down the Nile enjoying (another) fuul. And finally, Mr R has a new 4th favourite joke, now making an appearence in our signature.  Ask what the other 3 are at your peril! It's going to be a blue Christmas without you! Love, Eeyore &amp; Tigger.  (We'll leave it to you to guess who is who.) """""""""""""""""" Bloke walks into a bar and asks for a double entendre. So the barmaid gives him one. """"""""""""""""""