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... of thing, but it was a first to me.... there was no fire or any cool sights.... just poverty and pollution. we enter Alexandria around 2:30 to a shit storm of traffic. eventually we find a parking lot and head to a sea food place that peter absolutely ...
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I'm up by 6:00am because all the roomates and I are heading off to the coast of Egypt, Alexandria. It was very dissapointing, I spent 150 Egyptian pounds to sleep on the way there and back and visit sites that weren't even great. The only ...
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... 't want to go to any of them because I had read online that at Montazeh Beach women can feel comfortable wearing a bikini. Alexandria is more conservative Shukri and I felt than Cairo. There aren't as many tourists there is my guess of why ...
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... to spend some more time with Esther and Jodie Saturday morning going out to the bazaar. Saturday afternoon I took the train to Alexandria. The hotel room I got has a great view overlooking the harbor (and only $13 per night). There were plenty of ...
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... back to the hostel. Thursday morning, we went to the train station where we managed to successfully buy two train tickets to Alexandria, Egypt. Alex, as it is referred to, or al-Iksandria in Arabic, is the second most populated city in Egypt ...
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... into catacombs, felt like we were in Draculas castle. We climbed through a fort on the waterfront and had awesome fresh seafood. Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great and Cleopatra lived here. 3/4 of it has sunk under the ocean and they are still ...
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... naive tourist, they leave you alone and look for the next potential prey. I ended up leaving my backpack at the hostel I stayed at before I went to Alexandria. All I did was get some food to eat as I was hungry. I also bought some food for my long ...
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... in one of the COOLEST places on Earth (it’s really cold here in the winter for someone who is used to being on the Equator), so I have found ways to entertain myself. Well done, Gracie! Alexandria tomorrow! Woot woot! Then 5 more days til ...
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... , we are from Reno! :) We also have plans to go the pyramids, ride a camel, go to the Nile and take a trip to Alexandria. So to everyone back in the states...I hope you are all well and you will be getting an update every so often!! ...
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... in Egypt you are not allowed on the streets during curfew hours (Midnight till 5 - great for getting a good nights sleep!) in Alexandria and the hostel I was staying at was completely empty. I asked for a private room and got told this was 9 USD. After ...
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... , mostly because of the brutal desert sun. Another night of patchy sleep, this time, aboard a cramped bus from Siwa to Alexandria and finally, to Cairo. Even a healthy dose of Valium couldn't have helped me sleep through the loud Quranic verses pumping ...
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... about folks exploits of the night before and plans for the day. For example todays plans are: One girl is taking the train to Alexandria to learn more about Ms Cleo (Cleopatra). A guy from Cape Town is catching a ride with several Kiwis to try and get a ...
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... to it due to many young travellers staying there. We enjoyed our last few days in Cairo by taking in the crazyness of Tahrir square and watching a movie! lol. We were up very early on Monday to catch the train to Alexandria and then onto Siwa. ...
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... ! Props to those policemen and yay for women's rights! I gotta sleep early because I am catching the 8am train to ALEXANDRIA tomorrow. I used to play a video game called The Age of Expedition as a kid, and Alexandria was one of the 2-3 port ...
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... was a couple of hours and even in the second class are there was a trolley going back and forth selling food and drink. Arrived at Alexandria around 11am. Had a rough map and idea of where to head so set off. Though barely a turn into it and I had gone a ...
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... the finance manager of the Hitachi water pumps situated in the south of Aswan. He was heading back to work after his routine vacation in Alexandria, where he lived. He was the nicest local Egyptian I have met during my trip as he didn't have have to to be ...
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... future with the additional request of "I have a shop, just come to look?" I need to work out where the bus for Alexandria leaves Cairo. Stupidly, it is cheaper and more convenient for me to pay for and catch an (air conditioned, plush seated) public ...
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... ; We were so lucky to be able to meet these Egyptians as they were so welcoming and hospitable; they really made our Cairo/Alexandria experience memorable. The first day in Cairo we went to the Egyptian Museum. The museum contains so many ...
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... for Dylan an entire tour set to last 3 weeks whereby he will venture all the way down the Nile to Abu Simbel and back up to either Alexandria or Sinai. As for me, one day is all there is to work with. Our driver arrives and off we go to see the pyramids. ...
