Blogs from Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa - page 10

We had just returned from the rooftop pool. I threw my robe to the floor and collapsed onto the billowy white bed. I lie there in my shiny green bikini feeling so refreshed and comfortable. Then there was a pounding on the door. Having learned a thing or two about Middle Eastern modesty, I had the fleeting thought that I should probably cover myself before answering the door. Jeremy was too quick though. He swung the door open and was greeted by a 40-something, shy, Muslim hotel employee who announced, “Good evening, sir. I am here for your turn down service.” The man stepped inside, saw me lying scantily clad in bed and panicked. He put his eyes to the floor and said, “Oh sir, I am sorry. I am so sorry. I leave you.” “No! ... read more

This morning I awoke at 9.30am, angry at myself that I had slept in so late I promptly get up, open my windows and head towards the shower. Damn these fricken itchy bites, where the hell did I get them from! I have two on my back, three on each arm. I head to Erenis room to see if she's keen to get some breakfast, She's already eaten so I head on down myself. She tells me Tilly (a girl on our tour, that has done one of Ereni's tours before) is already downstairs, she's in blue. Once in the restaurant I see girl in blue with other girls from Contiki, so sit with them and have some laughs. Contiki is like Busabouts sister company, so they go to all the same hotels and all that. ... read more

My flight was good, I sat next to a lovely Arabic gentleman that was coming back to Egypt to visit his family, he was from the USA. He gave me some very good tips e.g don't go in a cab by yourself, because of rape. Awesome! Lol. However, he said if you sit in the back your fine. He also taught me some basic words, I wrote them on my hand the way i could easily read and pronounce them as closely to the correct way as possible. It's a little bit funny. Hello I wrote as Hababa, thank you is shakran, no is lah, yes is nam. The other passenger beside him was also lovely. He was a minister, and because I rode shotgun (window seat). He asked me many times to take photos out ... read more

Well we have completed our desert mission and done our first meaty travelling across Egypt. Siwa was great, totally different from Cairo, small, dusty, hot and as many donkey and carts as pickup trucks. We had a relaxing trip milling around the town on foot and battered pushbikes, ate plenty of nice food (especially fire grilled chicken) and drank a lorra lorra water. The highlight of the trip was an excursion by jeep into the desert where we saw dunes as you'd want them to be and were scared (me more than Alice) by some very fast, very steep descents of dunes 40+ metres high in the Landcruiser. We slept out by a fire under a million stars and woke up cold, damp and mosquito ravaged but pleased to have seen the edge of the sea ... read more

Egypt - Cairo October 13 and 14th When we had decided to visit Jordan and Egypt we had decided that we would go the route of two different tour companies and we were far from disappointed. Actually both of the companies, their guides, drivers, office staff and meet and greet people far exceeded any of our expectations. Two tall blonde women travelling in these countries, we kind of stuck out, and we were treated with respect and welcomed with warmth, great hospitality and service. Would go back in a heartbeat and would strongly recommend visiting these countries and these companies and doing some individual research when making choices. We found the companies through research of different Tourism Boards and various sites that have posted reviews for these countries. We read lots of travel books and nailed ... read more