Jun 30, 2007 - Port Ghailb

Arrived back in Port Ghalib on the 29th about 9am and spent most of the day waiting to clear in to Egypt. That meant just sitting on the boat! Finn and Charlotte leave the boat here and are taking a car up to Hurgharda to fly back to Sweden. We...

Dec 12, 2006 - EGYPT: Marsa Alam

HELPFUL LOCALS Our departure from Dahab was fraught with danger - too many transfers and too many opportunities for it all to go horribly wrong. Punctuality in the Middle East is not a strong point - why did we expect this to work? The trip involved a taxi to the port,...

Apr 9, 2006 - Posting from Safaga, Egypt

Sunday, April 9, 2006 Safaga, Egypt Egypt is certainly one of the highlights of the cruise! The day was very long, as the only reason to stop at Safaga is that it is the closest port to the temples at Luxor and the Valleys of the Kings and Queens of Egypt. We...