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16 Saad Zagloul Square Alexandria, Egypt, 1726, 20-3-4877173

Monday morning it took us about 3 hours to get from Cairo to Alexandria, stopping for tea once. Alexandria, population 8 million, at first glance looks like a miniature Cairo, population 22 million. then you get to the coast and see the Mediterranean Sea and it is very beautiful. on the way here we saw several banana tree farms, huts for pigeons (a delicacy here), and a couple of underground prisons for people serving long sentences. we met up with our tour guide and went to our first stop, t...
Alexandria, Egypt bradentaylor84
... collection of Pharaonic antiquities and also many treasures of King Tutankhamen. Then visit Old or Coptic Cairo where you will visit St.Serguios Church, Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Enjoy shopping at Khan El Khalily Bazaares. Drive back to your Cruise in Alexandria Port.
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Meet and assist at Alexandria Port
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... the book shop and of course was able to find a book and some other little trinkets. We hung out there for a little while and then met Bob. Lunch was definitely the next priority as it was around 3:30 and we hadn't eaten since breakfast at 7:00am! Bob took us to a very local restaurant that served seafood. There is no way that any one would find this place unless you were with a local person. He did the ordering-some ...
Alexandria, Egypt kcrooneAlexandria is a much nicer city than Cairo sitting on the Mediterranean Coast. I visited Pompey's Pillar (which turns out it never beloged to him at all), the Roman Catacombs and the National Museum (Greek and Roman history, Pharonic history and Coptic Christian history). I also ...
Alexandria, Egypt biddy_travel... piles of trash everywhere; personalized balconies- painted their own colors; contrast of donkeys and tv dishes; very green flat delta area; small fields- patchwork quilt; frequently a couple cows/cape buffalo tied up; many donkeys- ridden and pulling carts. Our first visit is the ruins of a Roman Amphitheater. It was accidentally discovered when they were starting to build a new stadium. There's still some excavating on ...
Alexandria, Egypt wwatlingI was only going to be in Alexandria for half a day today so I just completed some errands I had to take care of. I finally bought a camera case. I have been carrying my camera in bubble wrap since I lost my other camera case in Selchuk, Turkey. After a final walk by the sea, I went to grab my backpack from my hostel and took a taxi to the train station. My 3 pm train ride allowed me to get into Cairo at 6:30 pm. My train to ...
Alexandria, Egypt dinovagabondRaaaah. C'est un peu l'expression que j'avais en tete hier soir, m'ecroulant sur mon premier lit jordanien. Je suis donc bel et bien arrivé en Jordanie, ait fini par quitter l'Egypte. Mais quel bordel ! Transports en train, bus, bateau et taxi se sont succédés les uns aux autres entre Alexandrie, nord ouest de l'Egypte, et Aqaba. Traverser le Sinai puis ...
Alexandria, Egypt jfontanieu... 2002). Unfortunately the complex was closed so I was unable to venture inside which was a bit of a disappointment.
Next I caught a taxi out the Catacombs of Kom Ash-Shuqqafa. I have always wanted to see catacombs, especially after playing Diablo II (sad, I know). Catacombs are basically underground burial chambers which as well as housing the dead contained rooms where the deceased family could sleep and eat as well to spend more time with ...
The old coastal city of Alexandria was my home this weekend. I say home, because I did what most Alexandrians probably do on the weekend - sleep and eat. Yes, there are some amazing museums. Yes there is a fort. Yes, there is the rebirth of the ancient world-renowned Alexandria Library. But I spent most of my time flat on my back, dreaming about some guy with money in his shoes. It may ...
Alexandria, Egypt mackinder
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