Movenpick Giza
6th Of October District Giza, Egypt
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Tour Of The Giza Pyramids, Saqqara & Memphis
We booked through Kuoni and while there were two other people arriving at the same time as us, they had been before, this time last year, and they did not want to go on any tours. Unfortunately this meant that the prices of the tours went up by a third as, with only a couple going, they became private tours; shame, but the guide was brilliant.
Sharm el-Sheikh, day 2
We got up around 8:30 and ate breakfast at the hotel. We walked around for a bit and explored the gorgeous cliffside bar and swimming area. It was right on the Red Sea, and was filled with thatch umbrellas and loung chairs. The water was turquoise, and it was really warm. We went to the dive center at the hotel and rented snorkeling gear and then …
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Heart of darkness
We started early with our guide, Tarek, on a foggy, smoggy and dusty day to see the pyramids. We could not see them from our balcony, nor could we see them from our balcony any morning since we arrived. This morning was especially smudgy. We walked a hundred feet to the entrance booth of the pyramid site where we went through a search train looking for God knows what. My family made it through without issue, but the big metal plate in my head kept me from clearing the metal ...
Veteran's day in a foreign land
... I’m not sure how much the locals appreciate it.
Today I walked into a Kodak shop and asked to buy an 8 gigabyte card. The guy at the counter, standing next to the manager, gave me a crazy price in Egyptian Pounds. I asked Adriana to calculate the US price. She did, and it worked out to 80 dollars. I laughed loudly and turned towards the door. He asked me to give him a price. I laughed again, and said I wouldn’t even try. He said he’d give me a ...
Cairo
... I øvrigt åbner man i 2013 et nyt museum ude ved pyramiderne og flytter de mest betydende genstande derud. Måske kan det bringe en mere illustrativ orden i de udstillede effekter.
Tutankamon, der bare blev 19 år gammel og derfor er en ganske ubetydelig regent blev kendt i den ganske verden i 1922, da Howard Carter fandt nedgangen til hans gravkammer i Kongernes Dal. Når det er interessant skyldes det, at graven ...



