Paris-Egypt
Last day in Cairo
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Weather is good about 24 °C and the sky is clear. Our guide picked us up at 9 AM and took us to see the Coptic churches in old town area of Cairo. This section was formerly a part of a Roman fort
Alexandria and return to Cairo
Monday, May 8, 2006
Got up at a normal time, checked out of the hotel and went to see the new Alexandria Library. It was a multi-nation project to build a world class library adjacent to the site of the original
Alexandria
Sunday, May 7, 2006
We arrived in Alexandria after a midnight flight to Cairo and a three hour van ride over roads that had sand drifted on them from the sand storm earlier that day. We woke to a beautiful view of
Karnak and Luxor Temples
Saturday, May 6, 2006
An early breakfast overlooking the pool and then on to the Karnak Temple before it gets too hot. Karnak is a temple complex that was started around 3000 BC and added on to by various pharaohs. It
Luxor and the Valley of the Kings
Friday, May 5, 2006
Up very early for a 5:30 pickup and our 7:30 AM flight to Luxor. Then our new guide drove us out to the Valley of the Kings. The valley originally looked like one of many gorges in the hills on
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