Just when you thought it was safe to come back to my blog, I'm going to start talking about Egypt again. I've been uploading more of our Flip Videos to YouTube, and here's one █████ took of me just after (as I've mentioned
Finally, for a little closure, clicking this photograph will take you to a Flickr set of my choices for the best pictures from our trip. Relax, there are only 148. But if you want to see more, way more, you can sample this collection instead.
[I've only written 12,000 words so far about the big trip, so I suppose there's no reason not to go ahead and slap on a few more and close this out.] Our lame-duck tour company had, belatedly, offered us some options for our Cairo sightseeing
We knew that Friday, May 30, as another long travel day, was going to suck. We just didn't know yet how badly it was going to suck. Over dinner the evening before, Ra'ed had broken the news to us that there would be yet another change
Petra is an ancient city established in what is now Jordan in the 6th century B.C. by a tribe called the Nabateans. The city inhabits an extensive valley defended by a narrow canyon called the Siq. The Nabateans carved open channels into the canyon walls to bring irrigation water
[Now that we've been back for more than a week, maybe I should get cracking on these last few trip updates.] Wednesday, May 28, was another travel day, though we did get to enjoy another fine hotel buffet for breakfast and some more relaxation on the Dahab shore
[Writing in Cairo hotel room, hoping to stay up all night in preparation for sleeping through our 7:35 am flight to Paris.] According to the original plan, we shouldn't have been on that overnight train back to Cairo at all. This was the first leg of our
[Writing in our hotel room back in Cairo again. I have an internet connection, but can't seem to reach the mail relay server that will let me send email.] After about four hours on the train Sunday evening, we reached Luxor. It was not exactly a comfortable train
[Written Sunday afternoon in the Sara Hotel, Aswan.] We awoke at 2:45 am today. Well, I awoke earlier to deal with the unsavory consequences of our delicious meal at Makka. Sorry, Ali! I promise my heart will never stray again! The reason for the early hour was to meet
[Written Sunday afternoon in the Sara Hotel, Aswan.] Saturday morning we slept in. Conveniently, our train had had some engine trouble during the night, so we wouldn't be reaching Aswan in the south of Egypt until after 11:00 am, which put us over two hours behind schedule.
[Written Sunday afternoon in the Sara Hotel, Aswan.] What's most distinctive about driving the expressways of Cairo by night, at least compared to the cities I've visited, is the number of minarets you see, all lit up from within in eerie greens and oranges, or from
[Still in the Sara Hotel coffee shop.] █████ and I slept in Thursday and set off for the airport without benefit of breakfast. We were second in line at the Alitalia counter when it opened, and we got booked in prime seats all the way through to Cairo. For both flights,
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