Egypt – The land of the great pyramids
Posted by ourjotterbook on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 · 34 Comments
Didn’t had any sleep during the night as we were afraid we might oversleep and miss our flight! Boarding time was at 0515am for our Swiss Air flight so we made sure we had enough time to spare when we took the night bus and reached Heathrow Airport at 3am Haha!
Sunrise at Heathrow Airport
After about 2 hrs we had to transit at Zurich which took us about another 2 hrs before we finally reached Cairo Airport to be picked up by the hostel driver.
Welcome breakfast with soft bread and local Egyptian Tea
The dining area in our hostel
Taken with our cute and friendly receptionist, Aisha
View from our room window
Yee's camel attempting to sit
Dance like an Egyptian!
mmmmmuuuacks~!
The first pyramid of Egypt in Saqqara - The Djoser Step Pyramid with our driver
With the statue of Ramses II in the open air museum in Memphis
Humongous statue of Ramses II
At the restaurant where we had our lunch with a great view of the Pyramids of Giza
Night Scene of the Nile River
At the Egyptian Museum in Cairo... we saw many relics, statues, artifacts, stone inscriptions, ancient Egyptian jewelry and of course the famed Golden Mask of King Tutankhamun
At the Coptic Cairo where it is believed that the Holy Family visited this area during the Flight into Egypt
The Babylon Fortress
People doing some restoration work for the Hanging Church
The Hanging (The Suspended) Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress.
Cairo Citadel
The bazaar of "Khan al Khali" BEWARE! The people here are not very civilize and they will not hesitate to pull your shirt just to get your attention to buy their stuff!
One important thing when travelling in Egypt is to do research on how things roughly cost for a day tour, camel ride, side trip etc…Compare what other travellers have spent and you will get a rough idea of what the market rate should be. Else, you will easily be ripoff! We had plans to visit Luxor but quotes given to us were way over our budget and just as we were about to scrap the idea of visiting Luxor, we came upon a travel agency after our dinner at about 8pm. By 8.45pm, we were rushing back to our hostel to pack our stuff for a 2D1N trip to Luxor catching the 10pm train! What a sudden turn of events~!
We would like to specially thanks Tamer from New Baron Travel and Mustafa for making this super last minute trip a reality and it was nice having a quick game of Pro Evolution Soccer =). Everything went perfectly well in Luxor and the quality of the hotel was far better than what we expect. The trip was so worth it for what we paid for and you guys went out of the way to take the metro with us to catch our train to Luxor making sure we find our seats. We were well taken care of even when coming back to Cairo. The guide waited 1hr with us when our train back got delayed. Couldn’t ask for better service you guys are a star!
Taking the night train to Luxor
Having lunch at Mc Donalds with a nice view of the Luxor Temple
Having a great time by the Nile River on a "felucca"
The next day we began our tour of the attractions in Luxor starting with the West Bank – Valley of the Kings, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut and the the Colossi of Memnon. Followed by the East Bank – Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple.
At the valley of the Kings - unfortunately we were not allowed to bring any of our cameras there so we could only took a quick shot before the entrance
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
The Colossi of Memnon
The temple of Karnak - Stated to be one of the biggest temples in the world. Was also featured in the movie "The Mummy II" in its restorated version.
Wondering why these people are walking in circles around the Stone Scarab? Well... if i remembered correctly, our tour guide told us that if you walk 3 circles anti clock-wise u will be blessed with good luck, 7 rounds for fertility, 10 rounds for riches!
Luxor Temple
Taking the night train back to Cairo...another 9hr train trip........... -_-
Had a really tough time 'queuing' to get tickets.... only problem was...there wasn't any queue..everyone just mobbed around the casher! hahah!
Metro Ticket stubs
Cairo's Carl's Jr
Have a blessed time everyone!
j
Filed under Cairo, Egypt, Luxor · Tagged with Cairo, Camel, Citadel, Colossi of Memnon, Coptic Cairo, Egypt, Felucca, Giza, Hardee's, Hatshepsut Temple, Heathrow, Karnak Temple, King Tutankhamun, Luxor, Luxor Temple, Memphis, Nile River, Pyramids, Ramses II, Saqqara, Scarab beetles, Sphinx, Valley of the Kings
It looks like you really made the most of your time in Egypt and enjoyed it immensely. I enjoyed looking at your photos too.
Nice! Love the camel! Egypt looks so pretty!!!!
Hey! I’m at work browsing your blog from my new iphone!
Just wanted to say I love reading through your blog and look forward to all your posts!
Keep up the great work!
Hi there to every body, it’s my first visit of this blog; this webpage includes amazing and actually good information designed for visitors.
Undeniably believe that which you stated. Your favorite reason appeared to be on the net the simplest thing
to be aware of. I say to you, I definitely get annoyed while people consider worries
that they just don’t know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the
top and also defined out the whole thing without having side-effects , people can take a signal.
Will probably be back to get more. Thanks
Hi there just wanted to give you a brief heads up and let you know a few of
the pictures aren’t loading properly. I’m not sure why but I think its
a linking issue. I’ve tried it in two different browsers and both show the same
outcome.
Spot on with this write-up, I honestly believe this web site needs much more attention. I’ll probably be back again to read more, thanks
for the information!
Pretty sectijon of content. I just stumbled upon yor weblog and in accession capital to assert that I acquire in fact enjoyed accolunt
your blog posts. Anyway I’ll be subscribing to your
feed and even I achievement you access consistently rapidly.
Hello there, just became aware of your blog through
Google, and found that it’s really informative. I’m gonna watch out
for brussels. I will appreciate if you continue this in future.
A lot of people will be benefited from your writing.
Cheers!
Also visit my web-site lasik eye surgery,
Connor,
Mainkan gamenya. Biarkan jumlah matahari Follow the crops within the garden.
Un grand merci! J’adore cette info utile!
Review my webpage: facteurs de stress au travail
Sérieusement plusieurs utile infos.
my web page :: sport pour maigrir
How-to whole levels in Temple Function two?
Roof rats can enter the home by climbing trees and finding
small entrances in the roof. Generally speaking wasps are not harmful to people but they help
us in many ways. In a separate study involving large farms in seven industrialised countries, Professor Pretty found that when a farm switches from conventional to organic farming, yields initially go down by
around 10-15 per cent but these soon increase and continue rising.
Change the sender ID displayed on receiver’s cellular or facts when sending SMS,
WAP, MMS and Faxes. Whatsapp is accessible on the Apple iphone, Android,
Blackberry, Symbian and a entire lot of other cellular systems.
This makes it easier to find apps that suit your needs.
These were some pros and cons of using Android phones.
This application will identify the song with lyrics and artist information.
I enjoy looking through a post that will make people think.
Also, thank you for allowing me to comment!
Merci infiniment! J’apprécie cette info précieuse!
Here is my blog … naturopathes
It is the process of unlocking all those programs that are limited by Apple.
However, the issue is that when you have a standard iphone – you can’t obtain and use these
apps.
Jailbreaking only adds features. jailbreak is danger totally free and
cannot void your guarantee. Hope you have enjoyable with your new jailbroken iPhone.
In this two component sequence, we’ll appear into these concerns.
Another common criticism that consumers had with Vista was the large amount of
time it employed to take to boot up.
In addition it take screen grabs and offer everything up in a tidy MHTML file.
Great goods from you, man. I have understand
your stuff previous to and you’re just extremely wonderful.
I actually like what you have acquired here, really like what you are stating and the way in which you say it.
You make it entertaining and you still care
for to keep it smart. I can’t wait to read far more from you.
This is actually a wonderful site.
You ought to be a part of a contest for one of the most useful blogs online.
I most certainly will recommend this web site!
Hey, I think your blog might be having browser compatibility issues.
When I look at your blog site in Firefox, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping.
I just wanted to give you a quick heads up!
Other then that, fantastic blog!
Hi to every , because I am actually eager of reading this weblog’s post to be updated on a regular basis.
It carries good information.
Reality demonstrates that some social groups and individuals are certainly not as others.
It’s fairly easy to work with WP for most
hosting since with a simple click of the button, a script can do the project for you.
tries (external02.atlas.aei.uni-hannover.de) The only area of
weakness that I ever noted in [name]’s performance was.
Most in the time, one idea can receive numerous alterations during writing.
When I’d put in my glasses, they’d manage to get clearer, however,
if I switched on the light, they’d disappear. Have you possessed your security brought out from
under you in other areas of one’s life, job, friends, home etc.
Cree led grow lights review However, when I began doing the exercises as described in the Grow Taller For Idiots, I was capable of add a couple of inches to my height.
When you are looking at indoor growing, you can find certain things you should consider.
Going forward, it really is believed that judicious using solar LED lights would reduce energy consumption in a very significant way.
I read about PPC ads, banners, SEO, search results marketing, etc.
Exclude unrelated sentences or information because this will make the information extended along
with uninspiring. Led grow lights 2014 hopefully, jayintech.co.in, Be careful while while using the tense since it will enable
you to for understanding of the sentences, about the other hand writing a wrong tense consider as poor writing skills from the students.
Plagiarism in article world is considered as offend on the ethics of article promotion and is handled serious consequences of censoring the authors from publishing
further.
Thank you for every other informative blog. Where else may I get that kind of information written in such an ideal approach?
I’ve a venture that I am just now running on, and I’ve been on the glance out for such info.
It’s actually a cool and useful piece of info. I’m happy that you shared this useful info with us.
Please stay us up to date like this. Thank you for sharing.
I am regular reader, how are you everybody? This paragraph posted at this site (Kristie) iss in fact pleasant.
I blog often and I seriously thank you for your information. Your article has really peaked my interest.
I will bookmark your blog and keep checking for new details about
once a week. I subscribed to your Feed too.
Find the top one and visit their site, contact and ask
them if you’ve questions or concerns before getting a loan from them witcher 3 free xbox 360 download you may
also ask help from a friends to learn the most effective lender for quick unsecured loans for low credit score.
You indite corresponding everything is at the ideal stipulation. Ass you commit me approximately comparing near the pip term?
It would be enceinte if you give the axe. Regards.