Egypt: The land of Mummies, the Nile and Pyramids

As soon as we disembarked, we were whisked away to a relatively small “international” airport in Alexandria.  Within an hour of arriving in port, we were up in the air headed for Luxor (the non-Vegas version) and the first leg of our tour.  Once there, we boarded the bus that was to be our home for the next 13 hours.

It is here we met Bahgat (also know as Habiby) our tour guide.  The initial day included stints at the Valley of the Kings, the Temple at Karnac, a mummification museum and the Temple of Luxor at night before finally getting dinner and some rest at our hotel that was situated right on the Nile river.  In a word… Breathtaking.

The next morning had an early start, so a 5:00 wake-up call was needed.  Again… Breathtaking.  However, we really didn’t need to have the wake-up call as at a couple minutes before 5:00 AM, the mosque across the street started broadcasting the call to prayer.  So our wake up was guaranteed.

Once cleaned up and back on the bus, we journeyed back to the airport and on a short flight up to Cairo.  Cairo is am immense city filled with history, people of all walks of life, amazing architecture and traffic laws that appear to be merely suggestions.  It was not uncommon to see a donkey-pulled cart next to a Mercedes; both waiting while people randomly step out and walk across 5 “suggested” lanes of traffic.

But it is in Cairo where we spent time at the National Museum of Egypt before heading out to see the Pyramids at Giza, several dozen camels, and the Sphinx.  Once more…  Breathtaking.

After a quick lunch and a not so quick bus ride back to Alexandria, we got back on the ship to begin the final leg of our Adventure in Egypt – plowing through almost a thousand photos. Since our Internet connection is terrible right now, we are not able to add captions to our posted pictures or embed them into this post.

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BTW: More on the camels at Giza in a separate post.