After 4 days in Hurghada we were ready to head back to Cairo to see the museum and to finish our 30 day stay in Egypt. We arranged for a car through Emo Travel and unlike our first great experience with them had a horrible one this time around. Our pick up was supposed to […]
A tale of two Hiltons – Luxor and Hurghada
While in Egypt, we stayed at 2 Hiltons. One in Luxor – the Hilton Luxor Resort and the other in Hurghada. The experiences could not have been more different. In this review, I share our stays – the good the bad and the ugly! After our speedy ride from Abu Simbel to Aswan we boarded […]
Magical Abu Simbel Egypt
Abu Simbel is truly the magical gem of Egypt. Although it is located in the southern most point of the country – right on the border with Sudan. The journey is really worth it. From Aswan we arranged for a car to take us the 3.5 hours to Abu Simbel and back the following day […]
Nile Cruise – Luxor to Aswan Egypt- Worth It?
After reading many blogs and itineraries for Egypt it was clear that our trip would not be complete without a Nile cruise. The most recommended re-seller of these types of cruises is viator.com – the 5 day/4 night one from Luxor to Aswan. In reality it is 4 days/4 nights. Naively I thought of a […]
10 Interesting days in Cairo and Alexandria
Flying over Cairo was a vision of sand – mazes of uniform brown buildings creating domino like displays wherever you looked. Driving into Cairo was an assault on our senses – the smell of diesel and burning plastic, the loud sound of never ending horns, the heat through the haze of pollution…45 minutes later we […]