Middle East Giza

... Cruise from Aswan to Luxor:<br><br><br> <br> On arrival to Aswan Rail Station meet for transfer to board the Nile Cruise. Embarkation before lunch. Then depart with the tour guide to visit the High Dam, one of the biggest dams in the world and was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960's. Then proceed to the Unfinished Obelisk, a huge obelisk incompletely carved - 41 meters high - that shows the techniques the ancient Egyptians used in carving obelisks ...

... plans for the evening either so some of us decided to splurge on a nice dinner out. A few of the group who had arrived early in Cairo had been taken out for a wonderful dinner at a restaurant near the pyramids by a friend of a friend who lived in the city. They raved about the experience so we decided to give it a try tonight. It was a bit of a challenge to get there. The taxi driver we got didn't really speak English and he hadn't ...

... his camera held ransom while on a camel and ended up paying $69 Euro to get it back! So the camel scams are not just a travellers legend but are alive and well.) Anyway, the whole group decided to do the camel ride and after taking some pictures at the panorama view point we all got on our camels and started our ride to the base of the pyramids. I was on one of the first camels to leave which was probably a good thing as it didn't give me time to get nervous ...

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... I figured it was getting late and I better head back so as not to wake all the others when I arrived, so I started the walk back with Abdu. Of course I really didn't want to go to bed since I knew I would never fall asleep on a packed felucca with7 other people on a ****** cot with a ****** pillow and a million sounds and distractions. We also were sleeping onthe felucca until about 6:00 am, at which point we would get up for breakfast, then board the ...

... pieces were. Four hours was definitely not enough time to look at what the museum had to offer, our guide just highlighted some of the many pieces. <br>   King Tut's tomb is the only tomb that was found untouched by grave robbers, so all his treasure is at the museum and is one of the highlights of the museum. The amount of stuff they found is pretty amazing the mask of King Tut is a lot bigger then I expected. For an additional 100 LE (or 50LE if ...

... American, I was welcomed with countless rounds of tea, conversation and smokes. I can't say how many times someone went out of their way to offer me assistance in any number of ways - without wanting or expecting anything in return other than "shukran"...."thank you". <br><br>*Of all the ancient Roman cities I've seen, and there have been many on my little tour, Palmyra was the most striking. The desert has preserved more of the site and you ...

It's amazing what a few words can do. Several days ago I was subjectedto a point and pantomine to order what I want. That same day a counter man at a falafel (tamaaayah in<br>Egpyt) asked for 50 piasters (cents), and instead I gave him fiftyEgyptian pounds. It was easy to do - the two bills are a similar size and color. But I couldn't even understand that I had grossly overpaid him, and in the end he had to point and pantomine as well. How can it be that ...

... of the near miss while continuing to drive. <br><br>Once we were all safely out of the cabs and reassembled, Kev led the way on a walking tour through the alleys of the Islamic Quarter. The pace of life remained no less manic &#8211; the time to end the day&#8217;s fasting was almost at hand. Every stall selling food became hubs for noisy mobs of people, with each person clamouring to collect bread or vegetables as fast as they could be attained. This unrest ...

... friendly tour mates &#8211; all girls. Our Intrepid tour had officially started, and from the moment we stepped outside our hotel to walk to our first dinner the difference was marked. Hoges, Paul and I had walked around for most of the day with a minimum of fuss, but as a group out in the street we were attracting far more attention from the menfolk &#8211; they&#8217;d come out from every nook and cranny to follow and try to chat up the seven girls. But ...