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... the west side was where the Pyramids were built. So today we will travel thru Cairo and over the Nile to see the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx. We will then return to the Nile and have lunch with a Folkloric Show as we cruise on the Nile.

The return to the Great Pyramids was as special as it was the first time. Seeing the last remaining Wonder of the Ancient World is always a thrill. Today it was good, because we didn't have to run around trying to ...

... hard to breath. There was an open coffin in the chamber but nothing to see. We weren't allowed to have cameras in there so no photos were taken. When we got out there were numerous hawkers who hassled us to buy things and we had to be really strong to get them away. We got in the buses again to go down to see the sphinx which was probably not as big as expected and it has been damaged around the head. It is still most impressive. A lot of the rocks have fallen ...

Overnight to visit Cairo sightseeing from Port-Said Port 310$

Day 1:

Go Egypt Travel representative will pick you up from your Ship Cruise by air-condition modern van to visit Giza Plateau, the three Pyramids of Queops, Quephren & Mykerinos. Visit the Great Sphinx and the valley temple. Have lunch at local restaurant, then proceed to visit the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, from the 3rd Dynasty. The first ...

... built in the era of Pharaoh Khufu's father "Snefru" of the Old Kingdom. Drive back to your Cruise in Port-Said Port.

Inclusions:

Meet and assist at Port-Said Port

Transportation by air-condition modern vehicle

Professional English tour guide

Lunch at local ...

Day tour to Cairo from Port-Said Port 175$

Go Egypt Travel representative will pick you up from your Ship Cruise by air-condition modern van to visit Giza Plateau, the three Pyramids of Queops, Quephren & Mykerinos. Visit the Great Sphinx and the valley temple. Have lunch at local restaurant, then proceed to visit the Egyptian Museum which contains the world's largest ...

... perfect. Warm enough to realize we were in the largest desert on earth but cool enough to be comfortable during our adventures of the entire day. The trip into the Egyptian capitol of Cairo was on buses like the ones that we had used in Safaga as we traveled to Luxor. So we enjoyed the trip inside of these modern buses equipped with air conditioning. Today we would have a tour guide who had graduated with a BS degree in Tourism and was registered with National Tourist Bureau ...

... the gangway (or is it "brow"?) just so I can say I have stood on African soil, even if covered in French concrete. By 10:30 Africa was lost to sight in the mist of the Mediterranean. It stayed misty, the horizon being invisible until mid-afternoon although the sun shone through it as we headed NW with a westerly gale. Although it's not actually cold, I think the onset of winter will now start.

... a fish feast that cost each of us about 10 dollars. Our waiter took us to the back of the restaurant and asked us to point to the fish we would like and they picked up that particular fish and threw it on the grill. Fresh fish in Egypt always seems to come whole no matter where you eat. Our fish meal came with seven types of salad including two types of potato salad, a Greek salad, humus, babaghanouj, tahini, molokhiyya, etc... The fish we picked was Grouper and we got calamari as ...

... one photo and a photocopy of my passport. It then got sent off to Tripoli for approval. Whether it actually left the office or anything was done with I do not know but 2 and a bit weeks later I went back to check and the nice man behind the counter said gimmie 60LE (about 12USD) and come back at 11 the day after tomorrow. I did. He gave me visa. Nice. 15 days. And cheap too! So that was Thursday so I was ready and raring to ...

... when I leave, I'll give you some baksheesh. Needless to say, I wasn't and didn't.) Ishmailya was an even more pleasant town, having had the advantage of colonial occupancy. Them British sure new how to build a house that keeps the outside world out. It was a great relief to have fresh air, wide avenues and a canal disingenuously called 'sweetwater'. (dug to bring freshwater to those working on the Suez canal, now it's contents could hardly be called ...