Nile King Hotel
Travel Blogs from Giza
Drive like an Egyptian....
... fending off camel ride touts and postcard/necklace/strange ornament/guide book sellers. We then got back in the van to head toward another - a tomb you could access - to look inside a pyramid. As we drove across the site Dan pointed out a collection of rocks (rubble) and asked Peter whether that too was a pyramid. To which he replied, " No, that is a pile of rocks". However we then christened it 'Dan's pyramid' - I will of course be petitioning the relevant guide books etc ...
Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Luxor & Dahab Egypt
... hours sleep but got up at 10 pm to get ready for my hike up mount Sinai. Below are some pictures of the spectacular Sunrise on top of Mount Sinai this morning, or "Moses Mountain" which is the other name used here in Egypt. It is said this is where Moses accepted the 10 Commandments from God. Mount Sinai is 2,285-metre (7,497 ft), It took us 2 Hrs and 50 Minutes to climb to the top, it was truly the hardest climb I have done so far (since I am not a hiker this will not surprise you) ...
Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Luxor & Dahab Egypt
... next day, he insisted I meet him and he would show me some other great places. Then he proceeds to tell me his brother has an apartment in Alexandria, and WE could stay there for two dayswhen I get back from Aswan and Luxor.... I'm totally amazed that these guys would actually think after 4 hours, I'd actually go away with them, crazy!!!! Either way, I did not show up for our second meeting. Aswan was fun, I rented an entire Felucca for two days to sail up the Nile River, 150 EP :) ...
Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Luxor & Dahab Egypt
... hours sleep but got up at 10 pm to get ready for my hike up mount Sinai. Below are some pictures of the spectacular Sunrise on top of Mount Sinai this morning, or "Moses Mountain" which is the other name used here in Egypt. It is said this is where Moses accepted the 10 Commandments from God. Mount Sinai is 2,285-metre (7,497 ft), It took us 2 Hrs and 50 Minutes to climb to the top, it was truly the hardest climb I have done so far (since I am not a hiker this will not surprise you) ...
This is not goodbye...
... truly met some great people on my trip through Africa and I hope he is right (and not just trying to get me to carry on drinking on our last night together when it was all getting a bit too emotional for me at 2am in the morning) you know who you are - ...