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Days 10 & 11 in Egypt: Cairo Museum, the Sphinx, the Pyramids of Giza and Saqqarah
Reminder: if you haven’t done so yet, please read our previous travel diaries in Egypt first: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 and #9 We leave Aswan early in the morning for a flight to Cairo at 8:55 am. Unfortunately, our flight is two hours late and we are bored like dead rats at the airport. The day before, I made a bad manipulation on my phone. My Egyptian line is blocked, we don’t have Internet or phone at all. Fortunately that our guide, who led us to the airport, was aware of the delay and warned our guide in Cairo. From the plane, sitting on the right,…
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Day 9 in Egypt: Abu Simbel, Unfinished Obelisk & Back to Philae
It is impossible for me to sort the photos of Abu Simbel. This place is so magical for me and I feel a deep well-being there. I will show you a lot of pictures. I hope they will do you good too 🙂 Reminder: if you haven’t done so yet, please read our previous travel diaries in Egypt first: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8 Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary So the day before, I went there to watch the sound and light show at the Abu Simbel temples, it was beautiful. Today, we get up early (4:30 in the…
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Day 8 in Egypt: Temple of Philae & Sound and Light in Abu Simbel
Today we have to leave the boat and at 7 am, Barakah, a sailor, comes knocking at the door to wake us up. All the suitcases are put in the living room. We have a quiet breakfast. The atmosphere is a little calmer because we are all sad that it is already finished. Reminder: if you haven’t done so yet, please read our previous travel diaries in Egypt first: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 and #7 Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary The boat moors a few kilometers from Aswan. The crew helps us to load the suitcases in a mini-bus and here…
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Day 7 in Egypt: Temple of Kom Ombo, camel market in Daraw
Today is an important day because it is our last night on the boat. Vacations always go by too fast! Like yesterday, the visits are concentrated in the morning Reminder: if you haven’t done so yet, please read our previous travel diaries in Egypt first: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6 We pass by boat in front of the temple of Kom Ombo but there are too many cruise ships (and too many people on the site), our dahabiya moors a little further On this part of the Nile, there are many sandbanks. To make navigation easier, two teams are working hard to remove the sand We take a…
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Day 6 in Egypt: Quarries of Jebel Silsileh, Walk in the Palm groves
Today, we have two exceptional visits, proposed only to dahabiyas and feluccas: the visit of the Quarries of Jebel Silsileh, and a long walk in the Palmeraies If you haven’t read them yet, please read our previous travel diaries in Egypt first: #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5 Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Today, we get up quite late (finally 7:30 am) for a breakfast at 8 am We see in the distance two magnificent feluccas, which do not stop at the same place as us, but which contribute strongly to the beauty of the place and to the idea we have of…
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Day 5 in Egypt: Cruise in dahabiya, Visit of two villages
Once again, if you have not yet read our previous travel diaries in Egypt, please read from the beginning: #1, #2, #3 and #4 Today, we have a little busy schedule and so much the better! It allows us to better enjoy the Nile. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Today, we have breakfast at 8am (it’s grasse-mat youhouuu) and we enjoy the dreamy landscapes before our first stop in Ramadi. On the way, we see the ruins of an old city whose name I forgot. It is very impressive. It makes me think a little bit of the ruins on the Isla del…
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Day 4 in Egypt: Visit of El Kab and the temple of Edfu
If you haven’t read them yet, read the previous travel diaries (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3) Today is our 2nd day on the dahabiya (traditional boat) and we will make some visits in small groups Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Day 4 in Egypt Visit of El Kab Today we have breakfast at 7:30 am. Breakfast is super consistent, with bread, a multitude of cheeses, jams… and even some mini-croissants. I don’t usually eat breakfast but when it is served with love, on the deck, with beautiful landscapes, I can’t say no We disembark around 8:30 am. Our boat is on the…
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Days 2 & 3 in Egypt: Karnak Temple and Nile Cruise
If you haven’t read them, read first our first travel notebook in Egypt and the second travel notebook. Today, I will take you to the Karnak Temple in Luxor and discover our boat on the Nile. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary End of Day 2 in Egypt Tonight, we booked a private car to take us to the Karnak temple, wait for us for an hour and then bring us back. We intend to attend the sound and light show there. The sound and light show at Karnak Temple isn’t the best in Egypt but we want to have a preview of the…
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Days 1 & 2 in Egypt: Exceptional visits in Luxor
In the previous episode, I told you about our arrival in Luxor. Today, I am taking you on some exceptional visits to Luxor. Are you ready? Log in from a computer to see more pictures. Here we go! Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Day 1: Visit Luxor Temple by night It is 7:30 pm and we are starving. We walk from our hotel to Luxor Temple. Walking time: 6 minutes Number of pickers, requests for “calèche, calèche mon ami?” : 10 Tourists complain about it on all forums and blogs. Ohlala we are ATM on legs, ohlala scam ohlala too aggressive. In the…
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Day 1 in Egypt: Arrival in Luxor & Overnight at Winter Palace
After a month and a half in Turkey, we fly to Egypt where we spend 12 days of vacations. Pure vacations, no work, no call, no checking our emails. Nada! To have our complete itinerary day by day, I invite you to consult our itinerary here. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary How to get there If the organization of Istanbul International Airport is a disaster (they have difficulties to manage the large number of tourists), everything went well afterwards. We have to do Istanbul – Cairo then Cairo – Luxor by plane. The arrival in Cairo was very smooth. For info, we go…
