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Up, Up and Away And Down With An Insurance Scam

A travel blog entry by kevscott11385

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... Ahmed’s face when he held out his hand and I actually gave him a decent tip. He had deserved it though; I couldn’t have seen all of this without him.

Sofra is not the easiest restaurant to find. It is down a pokey little lane and if it didn’t have a tiny little sign on it, you wouldn’t be able to distinguish it from similar buildings either side. The building was erected in the 1930’s and the restaurant is as Egyptian as can be, in both menu and ...

Luxor: Day Two

A travel blog entry by aliceatfr

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... Sinai's southern tip. Arriving so late in the evening, we went straight to bed. Our stay was very sholrt. Our objective was to see the Red Sea. Sharm El-Sheikh is considered a resort area with manh, many high rising hotels. There is a securtiy gate at the entrance. They ask for passports as well as confirmation papers. They are careful who goes up to the hotel. The ride up ...

Luxor and Valley of Kings and Queens, by Don Hogle

A travel blog entry by wareameye

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... that in the late '90s, Al Qaeda terrorists surrounded 58 Japanese honeymooners and gunned them down. Not surprisingly, there’s no acknowledgement of the event at the site. And today, a military installation perches atop the hills.

The Habu Temple is another place we find the original color intact, and also a reminder that we’re not the first tourists or adventurers to have visited these ancient ...

A Nile Adventure - cruising and other stories

A travel blog entry by kimmoly

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... and appreciate the wonders of modern and ancient Egypt along with hordes of tourists.

My family and I made the trip in July this year (2011). Of the 300 ships that normally cruise up and down the river, we were told only 14 were running. It was like an oasis. I have photographs of the monuments without a sole in sight – a rare occurrence! This does not mean that the place felt void and isolated, far from it. The people we met were warm ...

East and West Bank

A travel blog entry by jeffandash

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... the rising and setting of the sun with the span of a lifetime). The Valley of the Kings is comprised of 65 tombs, all built into the limestone hills...we were able to go into only 3 of these tombs. Each is designed differently, some with long hallways leading to the burial chamber (where the sarcophagus is kept) and some with smaller entrances. Each tomb still has the original color painted on the walls to decorate ...

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