We left Egypt with alot of great memories. Now it's onto Tanzania and the animal migration...9 days. The Roads in Arusha Arrived early in Arusha (Northern part) and were on our way to our hotel. Not a rough looking area, just a poor area. As we turned off the highway onto a dirt road I... Continue Reading →
One final story about our Egypt trip. I wanted to take Jeanette on a felucca (an Egyptian sail boat) that ply the Nile river. I didn't want to do a motorized one. Anyway our driver set it up for us and since he lived in Luxor brought his son along on our outing. The deckhand... Continue Reading →
On our Nile cruise we made a stop at Komo Omvo and Edfu. In Edfu we visited the temple of Horus, built around 3000 BC. We found hieroglyphics showing the Egyptians were the first to have wifi. (Look at symbols in photos) On our way to Luxor our cruise boat had to go through LOCKS... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday July 17 we had to be ready by 330am for our 3.5 hour drive to Abu Simbel - a village in Nubia, southern Egypt, a For 3000 years it sat on the west bank of the Nile. What makes Abu Simbel special is it had to be taken apart and moved 200 feet... Continue Reading →
On July 16 we had a 515am flight to Aswan for our 4 day 3 night Nile Cruise. The first day/night was just staying in Aswan. After getting picked up at the airport around 7a our new guide gave us about an hour to get settled in before our tour of the Aswan High Dam... Continue Reading →
On July 15 took a 3 hour ride with our driver Ahmed and of Egyptologist Mohammed to the city of Alexandria (known as the pearl of the Mediterranean). Our first stop was Pompay's Pilar which had a small amphitheater that resembled what you see in Greece. Catacombs Then off to the Catacombs that were found... Continue Reading →
"Our adventures through Egypt (Cairo) started at the Hostgram hostel located in the area they call the European Section of downtown. It was down a side street in a very old Building. When we were dropped off outside the building we were met by front desk guy. He walked us up two scary flights of... Continue Reading →
John wanted to go back to Egypt to visit the old monuments and sites...this time he brought Jeanette! This is their story! "Hi Folks, Just a few words of how our trip started out on July 11 out of Lax, where of course at time of boarding the airlines check-in computer system went down. So... Continue Reading →
Smooth Arrival into Hanoi At the airport in Laos heading to Hanoi, Vietnam. Meet this guy, he was rated in the top 10 at one time when he was lean and mean and "cowboyed-up" on the rodeo circuit. Sat and talked and sat with him at airport (he's been to about 60 countries). The man... Continue Reading →
