Travelogue
A day-by-day account of our trip — twenty-five days traveling around Egypt with a guide and a driver, a very optimistic itinerary, and not much luggage.
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Travelogue: Feb 01
Even with the best of intentions to pack early and prepare for the trip, both of us are frantically going through our suitcases and packing and repacking everything at the last minute. I shouldn’t be surprised
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Finally! Spent yesterday frantically doing laundry and packing and stressing that we had forgotten something. Made a last minute trip for Benadryl and a second last-minute trip for envelopes.
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Arriving, a drive through the city, and a view of the pyramid from our hotel. A fantastic start!
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Visiting the ruins at Saqqara and our first visit to an ancient tomb and into a pyramid!
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Pyramid hopping today — The wonders of the world at the Giza plateau, the earlier (usually failed) pyramid experiments in Dashur, and the crumbled remains of sun temples and pyramids in Abu Sir.
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Off to the Fayoum oasis and the pyramid of Maidum, wriggling down into a crumbling mastaba, and an adventurous search in the desert for the Seila step pyramid
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Our first full day in Cairo — visiting churches in Coptic Cairo, mosques in Islamic Cairo, and the fabulous collection at the Egyptian History museum.
Read MoreTravelogue: Feb 08
Where we escape our tourist police handlers and drive off into the Delta with no supervision to the outdoor museum that is Tanis, and pay for our frivolous ways on the drive home,
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