Pulled into Luxor around dinner and after some deliberation decided to go with the 3-star “New Pola” hotel as a little treat; the price is normally $35 US a night but sales guy gave it to us for less than…
Aswan, Egypt – Day 100
Train from Cairo to Aswan took around 12 hours, thus arriving at about noon. Sleepers were rather expensive so we signed up for first class instead which has nice, spacious seating that’s semi-sleepable. Aswan is quite a nice looking town…
Dahab, Egypt – Day 90
Didn’t end up making it to Nuweiba (on ferry from Jordan) until well after dark; found our way to the correct bank that sells visas for Egypt, showed it to customs and shared a minibus with a really nice couple…
Cairo, Egypt – Day 82
I must admit, as you come over the hill on Cairo’s outskirts, you can’t help but to have your breath taken away not only by the blanket of pollution, but your first glimpse of the silhouette of the pyramids off…
Alexandria, Egypt – Day 80
On the way to Alexandria stopped at the war museum in El Alamein (Oh, forgot to mention stopping at the war cemetery in Tobruk, Libya as well, about an hour before the Egyptian border). One of the better museums we…
Siwah, Egypt – Day 78
Christmas in Egypt! Bizarre. Well, not really… just had to be always reminding ourselves that it was actually Christmas as there was very little to remind us of it. Siwah is actually a pretty cool little oasis town in the…