Tag: Egypt
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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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