Capsis

... pay for my coffees.   We said our goodbyes and I headed back to the Hostel. On the 6th I moved over to the Capsis Palace Hotel (the term 'palace' used loosely) where Intrepid had put me up an extra night before the Egypt tour started so ...

... Well...we had traveled on an overnight seater train arriving in Cairo at 6am 2.  I was not thrilled to be staying at the Capsis Hotel again instead of the Victoria as they are actually not of similar standards as Intrepid says they are; even though this ...

... I followed the man to the other hotel.  Alarmed anyway along the way by crossing the streets to get there! A night spent at Capsis hotel and back here to Victoria this morning where I met my guide Ahmed and just now Tania came in who is sharing ...

... only cost us a $3USD tip – we did make a couple of calls on his phone though) and we made it safely (questionable) to Capsis Palace Hotel. Friday was a pretty chilled out day, went for a bit of walk – not a lot to see, especially when you ...

... other hotel and was more than a little suggestive about what he wanted to do once we got there.  Once we eventually arrived at the Capsis Palace Hotel and it was clear he wasn't going to get what he wanted, he demanded money.  I gave him $7 US, ...

... had tickets to "Tales of the Vienna Woods" by the Sydney Theatre Company at the Opera House. The cast included Deborah Mailman and Paul Capsis but the plot was a little dull for my liking. Still, it was a chance to get glammed up for a night at THE Opera ...

I got to Heraklion in the evening, with the intention of doing a little Geocaching and spending the night in the port, before my ferry left at 8.30 the next morning.  I arrived at the port, dumped my bag in their left luggage room, and set out. ...

In the morning, we hit the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx.  After lunch, we went to the Egyptian Museum.  Unfortunately, photography is not permitted in the museum. One jubilant fellow traveler, Amanda, was so excited about visiting ...

Left the bach camp for Mt Sinai and the monastery of St. Catherine. The climb to the top for sunset (up the steps of redmption) was hot and tiring, but the view was spectacular! Very calming and quiet up there (until we got there of course :S). The next ...

I'm still backtracking...making sure that map route stays accurate!  But I think you will enjoy this collection of Pictures from my first batch in Italy through Egypt! Love, Ali / ...

 Landed in Cairo about midnight so i didn't get to see the city as i landed. Was ok though, cause the airports was very quiet. On the way to the hotel i learnt a few things about egyptian driving. 1. they don't like road rules - I'm not sure if they ...

After arriving in the morning at Cairo we headed off to the Citadel. There were heaps of school children here and they all wanted to talk to us in English which was quite funny. They would come up and say Hello. My name is... what is your name? I think ...