Blogs from Egypt, Africa - page 13

We arrive in Egypt today. Our flights were uneventful except for the spectacular orange sunset last night and the magnificent view of the Egyptian desert as we approached the city. As our plane was descending towards Cairo airport we caught a glimps of some pyramides, 2 tall peeks in an otherwise flat terrain. Contrary to other countries where you see a patchwork of greens from the sky, here everything is sand colour. When buildings came into view they looked as if they were dusted with sand. My friend Sue commented that they looked like sand castles on the beach. (Note: most buildings here are the colour of sand). Sorry I don’t have any photos my camera was packed. The population of Cairo is 20.4 million, so you can imagine the traffic. The ride from the airport ... read more

Ce sera mon voyage relaxant. Je nagerai dans la Mer Rouge et détendre sur la plage. Je rencontrerai Constantine Alexios, le jeune prince Grec, parce qu'il y a une maison. Nous visiterons L'île de Shadwan et le Boulevard Hurghada Marina. Je mangerai toute la nourriture pendant que Je peux.... read more

Transiting the Suez Canal 3rd April We sailed the Suez Canal back in 2014 and didn’t realise the changes that were coming. Since 2014 a new section has been built which I’ll come onto later. Not a history lesson but a bit of background to the Canal. It was constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869, officially opened in November 1869 and is a sea level waterway that connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea unlike the Panama Canal that has locks because of the difference in sea levels between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It’s length is just over 120 miles and takes approximately 10/12 hours to go through. The original canal was a single-lane waterway with passing locations in the Ballah Bypass and the Great Bitter Lakes. As I said ... read more

If you want to catch up there is an entry for the Pyramids. Didn't want to create too many emails. Our tour has taken us to Alexandria where we visited the National Museum, the Catacombs, the New Alexandria Library, before moving to El Alamein to visit the Commonwealth War Cemetery including the grave of the youngest Australian soldier buried there. He was 16. There are 7367 graves here. We returned to Cairo for a visit to the Egyptian museum which deserves it's own post. (if I get time). Then to Luxor. KARNAK TEMPLE AND LUXOR TEMPLE Everything about the Karnak Temple is huge. The site covers 2km and is large enough to contain 10 cathedrals. Karna was the most important place of worship in Egypt during the New Kingdom. Construction began in the 16th century and ... read more

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