Conrad Egypt

Egypt...Between empolyment, from ABN to starting at ML, I HAD to take 3 months holidays.....damn. Well here's what I got up to...part IV

One week with nice company in nice Conrad hotel with tasty cuisine and lively coral reef rife with various fish. Thanks to Conrad for relaxing and to our russian-speeking guides Aiman and Ahmed-Mahmed for interesting vacations.

Location: Cairo Egypt Dates: 19-20th June 2007 Where we are staying: Conrad Hotel What we are doing: Egyptian Elegance Tour DAY 1 - TUE - ARRIVE CAIRO Welcome to Egypt - part of the Holyland, furnished with ancient temples and tombs, ...

Location: Cairo Egypt Dates: 27-28th June 2007 Where we are staying: Conrad Hotel What we are doing: Egyptian Elegance Tour DAY 8 - TUE - LUXOR - CAIRO After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight back to Cairo where you are at ...

... for bombs before allowing us to drive up to the front of the hotel (this actually makes us feel safe). We stayed at the Conrad Cairo, a property owned by Hilton. Although it was only about 8:00pm at this point the hotel was deserted, and we were the ...

... pointed it out before he gone too far... We have to say it  few times.. but I think he understood (I hope).. I can see the Conrad Hotel.... sleep is in sight... Got off the 'Limo' i told Dave to give him a tip... here we go again... not ...

... as in every town and along the roads in the coutry. They use these carts instead of trucks. We checked in to our hotel, the Conrad (the best level of Hilton) hotel in Cairo at about 3:30 pm. The hotel and our room were lovely and luxurious, ...

Five Egyptian pounds to the first person to name that tune! Ok, it's Tuesday night and here I am at the Cairo Conrad Hotel's Business Center again. They must think I'm nuts because trying to figure out how to upload the Paris photos from my camera this ...

So nice not to have to get up early to get on a bus, train or plane.. Woke up leisurely at a 5 star hotel , the Conrad Cairo Egypt , how cool is that... Made coffee then sat by the window watch over the Nile while we watch Fox news .. yes English ...

... the bag then wait for the van to come around. That took awhile. I guess the driver had other plans...Then about 45 minutes to the hotel. Beautiful Conrad (Hilton) on the Corniche (Nile River) hope I can sleep! My clock is busted- 10 hour time ...

Conrad is a pretty hotel with beautiful coral reef and tasty cuisine. There is a stand-alone reef with a soup of baby golden-fish and parots. There is a pair of lionfishes living under the pontoon and sometimes strolling lasily in the daylight, sweeping ...

... touring. We started the day by going to the Citadel.  This vast site overlooks a city of 30 million people and was home to Egypt's rulers for over 700 years.  The place is huge but the only thing really worth seeing is the Mosque of Mohammed Ali that ...

... sections of Cairo to visit ancient Coptic (that's Egyptian Orthodox Christian) churches and learn a little about the history of Christianity in Egypt. We check out El Muallaqa or St. Mary's, the "hanging church"- so named since it was built on top of ...

... last visit I stayed at Hotel Conrad at Cornice el Nile. This time our residence is at Hilton World Trade Center Residence, just beside the Conrad. We arrived at the hotel at around 10:45 PM. As we entered the lobby, none of us was impressed with the look ...

... lamp to drive through the city and only using headlight to signal other vehicles. The Drive to hotel took almost half an hour. the Conrad Hotel is really a nice one to stay. All the facilities are good but one. They have a nice swimming pool, A great ...

... ;  how to make a simple mixed drink like a Gin and Tonic Even in a four and five star hotel. You would think the Conrad Hilton or the Four Season would know how to mix a simple drink. Just absolutely awful. No disgusting... a Gin and Tonic ...

· Port Tawfiq, Suez, Egypt · GMT +2hrs 'a dismal but profitable ditch' - Joseph Conrad on the Suez Canal Marine train spotting The fact that Suez is about half way between Alexandria, where we just came from, and Dahab in Sinai, where we're ...

World Cruise Sunday, April 8, 2007 Pyramids, 2nd day We spent the night in Cairo at the Conrad. Here the view from our hotel-room balcony shows that the unfinished buildings are all around us. These homes are for poor but not destitute local ...

... for the upscale hotels, we tried the Hilton but were too big for their underground parking. Finally we found the 5 star Conrad hotel which had a touring bus parking and after asking special permission from the tourism police we were allowed to stay...... ...