Travel Journal
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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 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 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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Day 239 – Cairo
Today we left our accommodation, City Hostel after having another massive breakfast. We decided to check out the Coptic Church Area in Cairo. We were super surprised about the amount of Christian sites in Egypt. Once again we had to go through security checks before we could visit. There were various Churches to visit along […]
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Day 238 – Cairo
Today we woke up to a massive tray with an equally filling breakfast delivered directly to our room, at City Hostel. The staff appeared to be quiet surprised about the fact that we didn’t finish the mountain of bread! We walked around 45 minutes towards the Cairo Tower. Along the way we made our first […]
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Day 237 – Alexandria to Cairo
Today, after breakfast we walked 3km to the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa from our accommodation, Transit Alexandria Hostel. The entrance fee for the tombs is 80 EGP / $6.89 AUD per person. We did walk past Pompey’s Pillar which was closed yesterday (Day 236), but we decided to skip it; one, due to time […]
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Day 236 – Alexandria
Today we woke up to a every sunny African morning in Alexandria, as it dawned on us that we were in Africa! Transit Alexandria Hotel included a very nice breakfast, with eggs, bread and tea. We then walked along the very beautiful street along a Bay that joins to the Mediterranean Sea. We got to […]
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Day 235 – Doha to Alexandria, EGYPT
Today we were leaving Qatar in the morning. As our family friend dropped us off at the airport, we were quite surprised with the amount of differing activities we had done over the last few days. We boarded another Qatar Airways flight bound for Kuwait, as there are no longer direct flights to Egypt due […]
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Day 234 – Doha
Today was our last full day in Doha. We decided to take it easy. We went to a stadium which was used for the 2006 Asian Games. It will be used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup as well. Just a note; there are soccer stadiums being built all over the country, for the 2022 […]
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Day 233 – Doha
Today we went shopping at some shopping center’s (Malls) that were walking distance to our accommodation. As we were leaving the heavens opened up and we got drenched. The roads also didn’t seem to handle the downpour well, which made walking a pain. After a few hours the rain had stopped and we had dried […]
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Day 232 – Doha
Desert Adventures Today we drove 100km south of Doha towards the Inland Sea Beach, which is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. As we left the city, we could see the landscape changing, with sand replacing buildings the further we drove. We stopped to go on a short camel ride. When I mean […]
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Day 231 – Doha, QATAR
Welcome to the Middle East! We were surprisingly refreshed after the world’s longest flight (at the time of travel) from Auckland, New Zealand to Doha, Qatar which took ~17.5 hours and approximately covered a distance of 14,500 km. This was my first time going to the Middle East and first time flying with Qatar Airways, […]
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Day 224-30 – Auckland
Over the next few days, we realised that we were getting too lazy so we started to plan our next destination. Over the following days we packed our bags, planned routes and said good bye to friends and family. Six days later we said goodbye to our family and boarded the world’s longest commercial flight.
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