Revisiting Old Classics: Cairo
On my last day in Cairo, I was determined to ride a camel before I left. Justin, Coral, and I headed to Giza and started scoping out potentials. We haggled […]
On my last day in Cairo, I was determined to ride a camel before I left. Justin, Coral, and I headed to Giza and started scoping out potentials. We haggled […]
After only a week since my first visit to Alexandria, I returned to this lovely coastal city, this time with Justin and Coral. Traveling with Justin meant Four Seasons hotel […]
We took a quick flight from Luxor to Sharm el-Sheikh, which is located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Known as the “City of Peace” due to the […]
If you are thinking about taking a cruise, definitely try to take the ones traveling down the Nile River (which is technically North as the river flows south to north). […]
We continued our journey down the Nile Valley to Edfu, which houses the Temple of Horus (falcon god). The Edfu Temple is the second largest temple in Egypt after Karnak […]
We began our cruise adventure in Aswan, home of the deliciously sweet hibiscus tea. Our first tourist destination was the highly controversial High Dam. While many debate the environmental and […]
The front desk at Pension Roma helped arrange for a private taxi to drive my friend and me to all the famous pyramid cities: Giza, Saqqara, and Dahshur for 150EGP […]
An Egyptian friend of mine told me: “Egypt is notorious for ripping tourists off.” However, at an exchange rate of basically 1 USD = 5 EGP at the time, even […]
TAXIS Most taxis in Egypt do not have meters – these are the black and white cabs zooming all around the city. The best method is to negotiate the price […]
I am not sure if the Bangles knew that walking like an Egyptian really referred to the death-defying way in which locals cross the streets: dodging a myriad of honking […]