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Collection of 135 travel stories from Egypt. Written by your friends on the road.

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Picture from story Lounging by the Red Sea

Lounging by the Red Sea
2009-11-01, Dahab, Egypt. By: mala

Dahab, a low-key beach town on the Red Sea, was to be our decompression from the Egypt we had expected. After ten days of abuse for the sake of world-class ruins, we would laze on the beach to collect...

 
Picture from story Egyptians build em big

Egyptians build em big
2009-10-29, Luxor, Egypt. By: mala

It was to be my first sailing experience. Would it be my last? A felucca is part sailboat, part death trap. Mohamed was part felucca captain, part insane. When the warm wind is blowing strong from...

 
Picture from story South to Upper Egypt

South to Upper Egypt
2009-10-27, Aswan, Egypt. By: mala

As with most transportation in Egypt, the train from Cairo to Aswan arrived well after the scheduled time. We were the lucky ones, suffering only a five hour delay. Other trains were delayed up to ten...

 
Picture from story Then, now and Alexandria

Then, now and Alexandria
2009-10-25, Alexandria, Egypt. By: mala

Alexandria has historically been a crossroads. Europe and Africa. Christianity and Islam. Intellectuals, seedy tradesmen, saints and Cleopatra. Not to say they all sat down together to share a sheesha...

 
Picture from story Peace In Purgatory

Peace In Purgatory
2009-10-23, Cairo, Egypt. By: mala

When you expect hell and land in purgatory, you can't help but think "hey, this isn't that bad!" True, Cairo is filthy and loud. The air quality would kill a sufferer of anything beyond mild asthma. A...

 
Picture from story Luxor to Dahab

Luxor to Dahab
2009-01-07, Dahab, Egypt. By: saffa2

At first glance, the surroundings of our final destination within Egypt seemed like something out of a Disney movie. With somewhat of an “Arabian” genre, Dahab comes complete with trinket shops, camel...

 
Picture from story Cairo to Luxor

Cairo to Luxor
2009-01-04, Luxor, Egypt. By: saffa2

Once upon a time, Herodotus referred to Egypt as “The Gift of the Nile” and having brought the nation of Egypt into being one comes to realize its importance till this day. Being the longest river in...

 
Picture from story Cairo

Cairo
2009-01-02, Cairo, Egypt. By: saffa2

Bursting with ancient history as well as present culture, Cairo eludes a magnetism which draws visitors from all over the globe. This mainstream city is sealed with so many charming entities, and pers...

 
Traveler manal

Day 5: Back to Cairo
2008-10-26, Cairo, Egypt. By: manal

We all got up pretty reasonable time and headed back to Cairo. That took most of the day… but we headed back to the Hyatt… I went and got a little pampering in one of their salons/spa, and ate dinner...

 
Traveler manal

Day 4: Bibliotheca Alexandria Library, King Farouk Palace, Huneys, & Market Place
2008-10-25, Alexandria, Egypt. By: manal

Saturday we headed to “Bilbliotheca Alexandria Library”. This library was architecturally amazing. This is a cylindrical-shaped building that houses more than eight million books. It also contains ...

 
Picture from story Day 3:  Alexandria Dinner at Husney & Dahab Shisha

Day 3: Alexandria Dinner at Husney & Dahab Shisha
2008-10-24, Alexandria, Egypt. By: manal

Friday morning we woke up and headed a couple hours north to the town of Alexandria, known to be the second largest city in Egypt “Pearl of the Mediterranean” founded by Alexander the Great. Some wou...

 
Picture from story Day 2:  Cairo Pyramids, Papyrus, Dinner Farhat & Shisha

Day 2: Cairo Pyramids, Papyrus, Dinner Farhat & Shisha
2008-10-23, Cairo, Egypt. By: manal

Up early in the morning with a Shisha (hookah) hangover. Our chartered “Toyota” tour bus picked us up bright and early after breakfast and we headed over to one of the last royal pyramids, the Great ...

 
Traveler manal

Day 1: Cairo Egyptian Museum, Dinner at Kastin, & Shisha
2008-10-22, Cairo, Egypt. By: manal

Hello Friends, Hope all is well in the U.S of A? I am having a great time in Egypt with my family. I met up with my aunt, cousins, and their kids. I literally got off the plane and went strai...

 
Traveler debnic

Day 2
2007-09-22, Cairo, Egypt. By: debnic

Awoke around 10am - had heard the 'call to prayer' earlier - but wasn't sure what time though. Had an Ok sleep, bit worried about the moggies, but all fine. Had a look around before catching the fr...

 
Traveler debnic

Day 1
2007-09-21, Cairo, Egypt. By: debnic

1pm - Papa Flan not happy. He's not happy cos we're leaving our key in its hidy hole. He's also not happy cos we won't be at the airport 13hrs ahead of our flight. Airport packed. We'd checked in y...

 
Traveler debnic

Day 0
2007-09-22, Cairo, Egypt. By: debnic

Thursday 21st September 2007 Let's just say this day didn't exist......!

 
Traveler MariaT

Ramadan, Starbucks and Roadtrips
2008-09-11, Cairo, Egypt. By: MariaT

So the plan was always to come back to Cairo for a few days on my way back to Thailand and I've had such a wicked time! Right now Muslims are celebrating Ramadan where they fast from sunrise to sunset...

 
Traveler tamtam31

Trip statistics- Egypt
2008-06-20, Cairo, Egypt. By: tamtam31

TRIP STATS- EGYPT Days traveling- 15 Trip highlights- Tam ~Luxor, Dahab Trip highlights- Ian ~Dahab Favorite activities- Tam ~Mt Sinai, Abu Simbel Favorite activities- Ian ~ Mt ...

 
Traveler tamtam31

Dahab part 5
2008-06-20, Dahab, Egypt. By: tamtam31

We were in the bus for almost nine hours today. It was horrible...the bus had been traded for a smaller one, as two of our members had decided to stay a few more days. The bus was hot, cramped, and ...

 
Picture from story Dahab part 4

Dahab part 4
2008-06-19, Dahab, Egypt. By: tamtam31

Today was yet another lazy day. Ian had promised Mohammed that he would teach him how to play chess, so we spent a few hours in his shop. As Ian taught Mohammed the rules and moves, I walked around ...

 
Picture from story Dahab part 3

Dahab part 3
2008-06-18, Dahab, Egypt. By: tamtam31

Georgie had arranged for some in our group to go snorkeling the next day. The group wouldn't be meeting to leave until 10:30am, but Ian and I had decided the night before that we wanted a day with no...

 
Picture from story Dahab part two

Dahab part two
2008-06-16, Dahab, Egypt. By: tamtam31

The next day was more of the same...relaxing! I spent a few hours next to the pool at the hotel two doors down, and Ian and I spent two hours having lunch overlooking the Red Sea again. I went to a ...

 
Traveler tamtam31

Dahab, part one
2008-06-15, Dahab, Egypt. By: tamtam31

We had a few more hours on the bus before getting to Dahab, our home for the next five days. I attempted to sleep on the bus but wasn't able to. Ian and I were very happy to arrive at our hotel. It...

 
Picture from story From the Red Sea to the top of Mt Sinai

From the Red Sea to the top of Mt Sinai
2008-06-14, Hurghada, Egypt. By: tamtam31

That morning I went to the Red Sea to swim. The sea was across the street and through another hotel, quite a walk away from where we were staying. The water was an amazing shade of blue. I laid in ...

 
Traveler tamtam31

Luxor Cadillacs and Ferarris
2008-06-13, Luxor, Egypt. By: tamtam31

Our group rose early for a tour of the Valley of the Kings. It was already hot that morning, and especially warm as there was no shade and the sun reflected off the light colored rocks. In the welco...

 
Traveler tamtam31

LIARS!
2008-06-12, Luxor, Egypt. By: tamtam31

I awoke to a brilliant sunrise this morning. The crew was already awake and had set our felucca adrift to ride the current to our final destination. Ibis birds called frantically to each other, addi...

 
Traveler tamtam31

Intercultural bonding via soccer (AKA
2008-06-11, Aswan, Egypt. By: tamtam31

Falling asleep on the felucca was a nice sensation. Waking up on it was even nicer. We all awoke rather early as the sun rose before 6 am, and before I opened my eyes I could hear the Nile gently la...

 
Traveler tamtam31

Abu Simbel
2008-06-10, Abu Simbel, Egypt. By: tamtam31

Last night was another night of no sleep. Our police convoy left at 3:30am sharp, meeting up with other busses and police vehicles waiting to escort us to Abu Simbel. All tourists must travel with p...

 
Picture from story Aswan

Aswan
2008-06-09, Aswan, Egypt. By: tamtam31

Our train was due to arrive in Aswan at 10:30am ("Egyptian time," Georgie had warned us. "Egypt runs when it wants. I once was due to arrive at 10:30 and pulled into the station at 2:30 that afterno...

 
Traveler tamtam31

Rain in Cairo!
2008-06-08, Cairo, Egypt. By: tamtam31

Here are a few interesting facts I learned about Egypt today- - Egypt´s name is not really Egypt. The correct name is "Misr". "Egypt" was a name used by the Greeks. - 94% of Egypt is desert. ...

 
Traveler tamtam31

Cairo!
2008-06-07, Cairo, Egypt. By: tamtam31

We landed in Cairo at 1:30am. I was terrified that our arranged airport transfer would not arrive...but there was Ahmed, our tour leader for Egypt, waving excitedly from the sidelines when we walked ...

 
Picture from story Pharaoh's revenge

Pharaoh's revenge
2008-04-21, Luxor, Egypt. By: juliac

On the morning we left the felucca, we stopped off at Kom Ombo, a temple where there was a decent loo. And the comedy began again. In a lot of the toilets in Egypt there is a long external hose attach...

 
Picture from story Drift away

Drift away
2008-04-16, River Nile, Egypt. By: juliac

We spent two lovely days and nights on a sailing on a felucca down the Nile. I had been a bit anxious about this, like were we going to drift downstream during the night, what if we hit a sandbank and...

 
Picture from story Camels and stuff

Camels and stuff
2008-04-15, Aswan, Egypt. By: juliac

We arrived in Aswan after 15 hours suffered in the company of a carriageful of the loudest and most boring Australians I have ever come across. I must be spoiled in the Australians I know, who are int...

 
Picture from story Of pyramids

Of pyramids
2008-04-14, Cairo, Egypt. By: juliac

I'm so tired. We had to get up before 5 on Sunday for our flight and on our first night in Egypt last night it was so noisy that I couldn't sleep. Calls to prayer at 3 in the morning, never-ending hoo...

 

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