I am writing from Basma Hotel in Aswan which means that I survived the 14hr train ride. Once we arrived we were given a chance to freshen up before we left to make the most of the day. Most of us still felt like zombies but the felucca ride along the Nile washed away the sore eyes from the train. Feluccas are wind powered sail boats and they're dotted all along the Nile. They're slow but they're relaxing so it was much needed and the perfect way to spend the afternoon. We then hopped onto a motorboat from the felucca and [View Full Entry]

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We met with our tour group last night. There are two others doing our tour, a couple from Singapore. There are three others women doing 'Essential Egypt' which is the same as our tour without the last few days on the Sinai Peninsula. Our tour guide/Egypologist's name is Victor, he gave us a brief rundown of our tour and all of the additional costs/optional activities - and he gave the expected warning of local customs/expectations (mainly for the women of the group... so everyone bar one), nothing out of the ordinary. *Warning on the information sheet: "Toilets: Take toilet paper and [View Full Entry]

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Part 1 of 2: Leon, Jodie and I arrived at Cairo airport at around 11pm tonight, yeaahhhh. Despite 19 hours of flying, with a 5 hour stop over at Changi (Singapore) airport, I didn't even get a wink of sleep. I guess I was still buzzing because the trip was actually happening while my head was still stuck in replay mode from the previous nights' farewell-antics. After exiting the plane we followed other passengers through the airport terminals and reached a corridor lined with (mostly) sus looking people holding travel company signs (hello Pink Travel!). We were 'greeted' by a m [View Full Entry]

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