Egypt - Dahab

The three-night cruise was fantastic (never been on a cruise before). We made day trips from the cruise to sites daily and some days were free to sit by the pool, spa and sauna drinking cocktails. We had breakfast lunch and dinner cooked for us everyday (which is something I don’t get very often these day) and I even had time for a massage hehehehe

We did experience same tough times during the first half of our journey like a 18 hour overnight train from Cairo to Aswan and an 12 hour overnight bus trip to from Luxor to Dahab. We also had early mornings (4:30am wake-up calls) and late nights to fit in all the tourist sites (so we did make up for it were we could hehehehe).

The second part of our tour was spent at Dahab (Red Sea) which was another relaxing part of the journey we went snorkeling and seen the beautiful sea life. We ate lots of fresh seafood and managed to fit in some shopping, haggling with the locals hehe (I haggled two beach towels down from £90 Egyptian to £35 Egyptian each (£3.50 British) cheap as chips).

Abu Simble

My favourite site was Abu Simble, it was one of the first tombs we visited which had large statues and hieroglyphics on the inside walls. The temple belonged to King Ramses who had over 100 children. Egyptians are big believers in the reincarnation so most of the Egyptian history is based upon the preparation of their afterlife.

The tomb is most commonly known for the special event, which occurs on the 21st February each year (Ramses birthday). This is when the sun rises from the front of the temple and shines through to four statues at the back. The miraculous part of the sunrise is the god of the underworld (one of the four statues) does not get hit by the sunrise.

The Sphinx

The sphinx - one of the amazing seven wonders

I feel so relaxed and rejuvenated after my trip to Egypt. Cairo (capital) is very busy the cars drive all over the road honking their horns at each other. Daily prayers would play live over speakers five times daily (everywhere we travelled). It was a little over whelming to begin with but as days past and the more we learnt about the Egyptian culture the more amazing the place and the people became.

The Pyramids

The pyramids were a 10 minute drive from our hotel room in Cairo the Pyramids are amazing, just as they look in the photos. We went into one of the Pyramids of Giza (the one with glaze still on its peek) it was very hot and narrow inside. We walked down a steep wooden (old fashion) set of stairs hunched over, followed by another set going back up, which lead into a large room with an empty tomb. On our way back we noticed lots of other tunnels leading off to other areas of the pyramid (great fun for hide and seek), which were unfortunately closed off to the public.

Egypt - King Ramses Tour

King Ramses

13 day tour of Egypt