egypt
I overheard the conversation of the Columbian soldier at the temple of Philae: "What I enjoy most are not the great temples or the infallible wonders, they are all nice and impressive, but I like something much simpler, like sitting on a boat watching the river flows�"
There're things I have to do and there're things I like to do. I guess I have to visit the Pyramids but what I like most is walking into the desert by myself, climbing an unnamed hill and watching the sun lazily dropping into the horizon.
- highlights of egypt
- animals
- guide books
- people
- food
- hotels
- day 35 sinai
- day 36 temple of karnak
- day 37 valley of the kings
- day 38 abu simbel
- day 38 aswan and eleph
- day 38 temple of philae
- day 39 felucca
- day 40 temple of kom ombo
- day 41 temple of horus
- day 41 temple of luxor
- day 43 farafa and white desert
- day 44 bahariyya
- day 46 cairo
- day 46 pyramid
- day 47 alexandria
- day 47 alexandria-qaltbey
- day 48 egyptian museum
- day 49 british museum
| Day | Date | Week | Place | Morning | Afternoon | Late afternoon /Nig | Hotel | ||
| 35 | 11/3/01 | Saturday | Sinai | Bus Sinai to Dahab | Bus to Luxor (4:00pm, 17hr) | Bus, 100p, AC | |||
| 36 | 11/4/01 | Sunday | Luxor | Bus to Luxor | Temple of Karnak (20p) | Anglo Hotel (25p, BK, AC, PB, one star, best room) | |||
| 37 | 11/5/01 | Monday | Luxor | Tour to Valley of the kings (85p, should be 65p) | Train to Aswan (5:00pm, 3 hr, 1st class dirty) | Hathor Hotel (30p, BK, AC, PB, one star, good) | |||
| 38 | 11/6/01 | Tuesday | Aswan | bus to Abu Simbel (4:00am, 3 hr) | Hight Dam, Philae, Elephatine Island | Hathor Hotel (30p, BK, AC, PB, one star, good) | |||
| 39 | 11/7/01 | Wednesday | Fluecca | Captain Jamecia (60p, 2 nights) | stop before kom ombo | on Fluecca (a bit cold) | |||
| 40 | 11/8/01 | Thursday | Fluecca | kom ombo and camel market | on Fluecca (a bit cold) | ||||
| 41 | 11/9/01 | Friday | Fluecca | bus to Edfu with temple of H | Luxor temple (20p+10p camera) | Anglo Hotel (25p, BK, AC, PB, one star, OK room) | |||
| 42 | 11/10/01 | Saturday | Bus to Oasis | bus to Asyut (11:00am, 5 hours, broke down) | bus to Dahkla (8:00pm, 5 hours), service taxi to Farafra (4:30am, 3.5 hours) | No sleep, 2:00am drop off at Dahkla, sucks | |||
| 43 | 11/11/01 | Sunday | Farafra | Art Museum (free) | white desert tour (40p) | Farafa Hotel (only one, 50p, PB, mosquito net, beautiful but expensive) | |||
| 44 | 11/12/01 | Monday | Bahariyya | bus to Bahariyya (11:00am, 3 hrs) | last adventure to desert sunset | Ahmed Camp (35p, Bk, lunch, dinner, food poor, staff talented) | |||
| 45 | 11/13/01 | Tuesday | Cairo | Around Oasis | Bus to Cairo (3:00pm, 5 hr) | Bus broke down in desert | Carlton Hotel (45p, PB, AC, one star, nice) | ||
| 46 | 11/14/01 | Wednesday | Cairo | Pyramid (bus 355, 3rd 7 wonders) | Pyramid (20p entrance) | Climb Pyramid (22p), Light Show (44p) | Carlton Hotel (45p, PB, AC, one star, nice) | ||
| 47 | 11/15/01 | Thursday | Alexandra | Bus to Alexandra (8:30am, 2.5 hr), Great | Qalbey (4th 7 wonders) | Bus to Cairo (8:00p, 2 | Carlton Hotel (45p, PB, AC, one star, nice) | ||
| 48 | 11/16/01 | Friday | Cairo | Egyptian Museum (20p) | Islamic Cairo, Market | Nile River | Carlton Hotel (45p, PB, AC, one star, nice) | ||
| 49 | 11/17/01 | Saturday | Vancouver | Taxi to airport (25p) | Cairo to London, British Museum | London to Vancouver | British Airway, nice food, nice seat, excellent | ||
| Exchange Rate | Hotel Keys |  |
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| Turkey | US$ 1 = 1.6ML | SB=Share bath, PB=Private bath | |||||||
| Syria | US$ 1 = 50p | BK=Breakfast included | |||||||
| Jordan | US$ 1=0.7d | AC=Air Con | |||||||
| Egypt | US$ 1=4.25p | SC=Shower Cold | |||||||
My body and mind were tired, my legs were going to give up. It was the end of my trip, end of a period of my life.