Nov 18, 2008 - Cairo and the Pyramids

Cairo and the Pyramids November 18, 2008 We were up very early and in the buses by 6:30 and then we sat there until 8:00! We had to form our convoy and it consisted of about 70 buses. Each bus had an armed guard and there were armed escorts with us all...

Apr 28, 2008 - Egypt

Sorry it took us an eternity to get back to our page....we had lost any internet connection we had for days.... Egypt is definitely a land of extreme contrasts, extreme beauty, extreme poverty, and extreme antiquity. We pulled into Port Said, approximately a 3 hour bus ride to Cairo. As we...

Nov 3, 2007 - Alexandria to Port Said

We arrived in Port Said, just after 10pm and got to our hotel, to our surprise, our mid range 3star hotel, was absolutely not what we had expected. It was not even a one star, never mind three. but it was late and we needed a place to stay. It...

May 26, 2007 - Port Said

Port Said, the Suez to Ismailia 26 May 2007 Sailed over night from Ashkalom, Israel to Port Said, Egypt. This is where the boat gets measured to go through the Suez and we get our visas for Egypt and the Sudan. We were hoping we could get all that done and...

Jan 21, 2006 - Madame Cholet her hand maiden and the other servants.

Hello all, Well, did the title whet your appetite for a good read? The Croatian Cruise - January 2006 An early morning flight from Edinburgh, via Frankfurt, found us at Split airport on a chilly January afternoon - but at least it was not raining - yet. A very helpful girl (Nada) at the...

Sep 10, 2004 - Port Said, Egypt

At this point we were ready not to see tourists for a while. The original plan was to go to Luxor from here, but neither the 12-18 hour overnight bus ride, nor seeing even more tourists sounded appealing. We changed our plan and decided to go check out the Suez...