2016 Africa Adventure

In 2016 Gimpy, Muscles and I set off on an African Safari in South Africa, visit the glitz and glamour of the United Arab Emirates and travel back in time exploring Egypt.

Egyptian Museum, Egyptian Citadel, Coptic Cairo

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 2 Comments
We woke up and met our guide at 8:30 in our lobby. We were keen to explore Cairo today. We got into a small van and we lucked out that the tour would just be the three of us, our guide Samara and our driver Ahmed. Our first stop was the Egyptian museum that holds a majority of the artifacts found in all the Egyptian ruins and pyramids. From the outside the building doesn’t seem all that big,...

Pyramids, Camel Rides, Seeing Ramadan, Sleeper Trains

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 1 Comment
After a quick “complimentary” breakfast of all bread at the hotel, we boarded a bus to make our way to the Pyramids of Giza. We were all pretty excited since this was something high on our list of things to see. When we arrived and started walking up to these structures, appreciating the sheer size and recognizing the effort that was needed to build these things, it really fell into...

Aswan, Nubian Village Visit, Aswan Market, Abu Simbel, Perfumes , Birthday Party

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 0 Comments
After a short delay to repair a broken hydraulic on the train we arrived in Aswan in late morning. Due to the heat of day Mudi decided to let us rest and freshen up (remember we hadn’t showered the day before) in the afternoon before reconvening at 5 for a visit to the Nubian village. We walked to the Aswan waterfront and boarded a small water taxi which would take us across the Nile to the...

Sailing on a Felucca, Swimming in the Nile

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 0 Comments
We got to sleep in a bit later today (10AM) as we had a pretty “uneventful” day planned. Our itinerary for the day saw us sailing down the Nile in a traditional Egyptian Felucca sail boat and spending the night under the stars on board. The idea of it sounded amazing when we first booked this itinerary. But as we learned very quickly in Egypt, it is insanely hot and I had started to dread...

Temple of Kom Ombo, Edfu Temple, Luxor, Karnak Temple

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 0 Comments
I woke up early to the sounds of people around me, I saw most of my felucca mates up and popped up quickly! I was glad that I conked out and slept through the night without interruption, I guess relaxing in the sun can be a tiring! We had a good number of sites to visit today so we needed to get washed up quickly. Though I did take some time to enjoy a morning on the Nile We were dropped off at...

Valley of the Kings, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Statues of Colossi, Lunch with local Luxor Family, Final Dinner

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 0 Comments
We woke up early again today, we wanted to beat the midday heat again so we set off early to cross the Nile to the west bank of Luxor. We hopped in a water taxi to cross and caught some great views of the Luxor water front early in the morning. To get up a hill and closer to where we would meet our bus, Mudi had arranged for us to try riding donkeys, It wasn’t very different from riding a...