Blogs from Egypt, Africa - page 287

After 17 hrs on da bus (which stopped every hour or so, for no other reason that I could see than that the driver needed a ciggy!) it was so good to get into Dahab. We went & had brekky (10ep=2 bucks) then checked out the scene & then had a swim & pulled up a deckchair on the h2o to catch some rays. The next week consisted of snorkelling, big seafood feeds, she-sha, getting hassled to go into shops or restos, batgammin & a beer, sunsets, a day trip to blue hole for a snorkel & a day trip to Mt Sinai & St Katherine’s monastery. The time soon came to go back to Cairo & fly to London, but being a Q.L.Der I was reluctant to leave this homely like place (sun & reef). ... read more

The last week has been all about relaxation and has kind of felt like a vacation from the vacation. Sharm El Sheikh - Hilton Style From Luxor, we had pre-booked a flight to Sharm El Sheikh on the Sinai peninsula. This way we avoided taking a ferry across the Red Sea. You might remember a couple of months ago, hearing about that ferry that sank in the Red Sea. Sharm El Sheikh is a resort town for Europeans and Brits (kind of like a Caribbean island) and we were treating ourselves to 4 nights at the Hilton Fayrouz Village Resort in Na'ama Bay on Paul's reward points (yes, that means a 5 star resort absolutely free!). We checked in and were treated like royalty due to Paul's Hilton HHonors Diamond status - receiving a free upgrade ... read more

Still no luggage…I wonder what my L.L. Bean fleece will fetch on eBay. Do the French even have eBay? I really could have used the fleece, and jeans too, last night as the evenings are cool on the Nile. Visit to Abu Simbel In the morning we all got up early to take a trip to Abu Simbel, 280km southwest of Aswan. This wasn’t part of the original itinerary, but since every one else wanted to go, I decided to go too (I’m all about groupthink). Some of the group got up at 3AM to take a 3 hour drive to Abu Simbel...which was done with a police escort. The rest of us decided to take a plane to get there, so got to sleep in until 6:30. Airport security was laughable…with the security guards jokingly ... read more

"We'll be drinkin birra stella when she comes!" "We'll be drinkin birra stella when she comes!" "Singin yi yi yippy yippy yi!" If you had happened to be around a particular area on the banks of the Nile river between Aswan & Luxor, on this particular night! You would have been treated to my singin & dancing around a fire joined by a bunch of Bediwan kids & Cpt'n Happy & crommy bangin out on the drums! Top Craic! We enbarked on our 2 nite falucca journey in the arve with our fellow passangers (An old canadian couple, french couple, japanese gal & another aussie lad) All in the capable..ish hands of captain happy ( how thought that he was bob marley) and crommy the cook/mate(basically Capt'n happy's bitch!) D1- Sailed along, read a book, listened ... read more

My wife Enid, and I went in December 2005, it was an offer on the net which we could not refuse, (cheap!) We stayed at the Sofitel in Karnak, which was delightful. We did all the trips that we could afford, and they were all well worth it! If you have back problems though, the camel safari may not suit you! It did me in for days, I was walking like a chimpanzee!!! Took lots of pictures plus we met a nice couple from Wakefield who we became firm friends with. We stayed at their place recently and they have stayed over at our-and -despite the language barrier, they can nearly understand me!!! ... read more