Africa
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Day 256 – Cairo to Amman, JORDAN
Leaving Egypt Today we left Voyage Hotel to start a voyage of our own! A large breakfast, was delivered to our room. After this, we checked out and caught an Uber to the Cairo International Airport. Since we had been here a couple of weeks ago to fly to Luxor (Day 242), we were not […]
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Day 255 – Cairo
Ramadan Eve in Cairo Today, is just a buffer day in Cairo. Our flight out is tomorrow as we didn’t want to miss our flight in case there was an issue with the Bus. So we had a quite morning, before we got hold of the friends we met back in Alexandria (Day 235). We […]
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Day 254 – Hurghada to Cairo
Today we caught another Go Bus back to Cairo. We left our hotel, Sunny Seaside Villa, with an Uber to the bus station and then got on the bus. We had actually just booked the last 2 seats on the bus the day before, so we were right at the back. The gentleman sitting next […]
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Day 253 – Hurghada
Sindbad Submarine and El Gouna Sindbad Submarine Today we went on another tour that we had booked yesterday. After talking with Book Egypt Tours as per the amazing Dolphin House Tour (Day 252), we ended up chatting with the manager of Sunny Seaside Villa. He was willing to beat the price they offered for the […]
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Day 252 – Hurghada
Snorkelling in the Red Sea We had booked a tour yesterday over the phone with “Book Tour Egypt” for Dolphin House. Despite the name, there is no house. It’s a boat tour into the Red Sea with snorkelling in an area that is known of dolphin sightings. The tour is advertised as 13 English Pounds […]
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Day 249-251 – Hurghada
Over the next couple of day, I was feeling a little under the weather, which was horrible as Hurghada is a beach town. In an attempt to not get any worse, we decided to rest over the next couple of day. We extended our stay at Villamar Red Sea View for one day. We wanted […]
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Day 248 – Luxor to Hurghada
From the Nile to the Red Sea Today, in the wee hours of the morning, we woke up to say good bye to the in-laws. We were surprised to see that the airport transfer from Sunset Hotel to Luxor Airport, would be done by the manager of the tour company. It all went without a […]
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Day 247 – Luxor
Karnak and Luxor Temples Today, we would be leaving the M/S Monaco Cruise Ship after breakfast. We packed our bags and left them in the lobby until our pick up van arrived. Once transport arrived, the luggage boys/men ran to pick up our luggage. One of them held a 60L backpack on his head in […]
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Day 246 – Luxor
Valley of the Kings and Al-Deir Al-Bahari Temple Valley of the Kings Today we left the M/S Monaco after breakfast at 8am for a tour of the West Bank of Luxor. We drove around 45 minutes to the Valley of the Kings for the first stop. Here the tickets cost 200 EGP / $17.15 AUD […]
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Day 245 – Edfu to Luxor via Nile River Cruise
Edfu Temple and journey to Luxor Today we had an early morning departure to Edfu Temple. The temple is actually a few kilometres from the banks of the Nile river, so we left the boat and had to take a horse drawn carriage to the temple. The return trip costs 120 EGP / $10.27 AUD […]
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Day 244 – Aswan to Edfu via Nile River Cruise
Abu Simbel, Nile Rive Cruise and Komombo Temple Today, we once again, left our amazing accommodation at Abo O Rabi Guesthouse in the Nubian Village, with some breakfast boxes prepared by our excellent host. The reason, was we were going to a temple called Abu Simbel today. Last night we actually found out that some […]
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Day 243 – Aswan
The sites of Aswan Today, we woke up to an amazing breakfast at Abo O Rabi Guest House in the Nubian Village. From here, our host Abo, arranged a pick up truck and boat to cross the Nile River. Along the way is an ancient site called Tombs of the Nobles. We never had a […]
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Day 242 – Cairo to Aswan
Exploring the Egyptian Museum and journey to the village Egyptian Museum Today we once again met up with our tour guide from yesterday, Muhammad for a half day tour of the Egyptian Museum. The basic entrance fee is 160 EGP / $13.73 AUD per person for the Morning Hours (9am to 5pm), but if you […]
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Day 241 – Cairo
Today we went on a full day tour of the Pyramids of Giza, Memphis (ancient capital of Egypt) and Saqqara (Step Pyramids and Tombs) with the Cairo based Citico Travel. The tour included a guide/driver and excluded entrance tickets. The tour price was 1,250 EGP / $107.59 AUD for four people. Please note; that Citico […]
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Day 240 – Cairo
Today was a strange day. The first half of the day we were looking for tours of the Pyramids for tomorrow. We ended up talking to several agencies to find a good tour. We could not decide at the time, as we needed to go to the airport to pick up the in-laws, who were […]
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