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DÍA 7: DE "HIGHWAY TO HELL" A LUXOR
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 12 November 2009
Como de costumbre, me desperté a las 6 de la mañana. Ya empezaba a ser una rutina que en cuanto saliera el sol yo abriera los ojos. Después de dar unas vueltas en la cama decidí levantarme y darme un baño en la piscina del hotel. Era tan temprano que no había nadie, ni siquiera en recepción. Así que me metí en la pequeña piscina y disfruté de su agua caliente (40º) tranquilamente. El agua era marrón oscura, más que por la falta de filtro por los minerales que contenía.
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Lady and the Sphinx
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
I was sitting in the lounge in LAX on my way home from San Francisco two Thursdays ago when I got an unexpected email from my boyfriend asking if I wanted to spend the following weekend in Cairo with two of our friends. It took me about two seconds to respond. Yes! Of course.
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DÍA 4: LAS PIRÁMIDES DE GIZÉ
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 3 November 2009
Martes 6 de octubre de 2009, fiesta nacional en Egipto y sorprendentemente las calles estaban vacías. Después de tres días en El Cairo, verlo sin tráfico fue un poco extraño. Como de costumbre, preguntamos en el hotel cuanto nos costaría un taxi hasta las pirámides y nos dijeron que al no haber tráfico nos costaría unas 20 L.E. Al bajar a la calle se nos acercó un taxista y, al final, después de regatear lo conseguimos por 25 L.E. Abdul, nuestro taxista, era todo un comercial. Él era más que un taxista, también era un guía sín título.
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DÍA 2: CAIRO
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 26 October 2009
Era nuestro primer día entero en el Cairo y teníamos que hacer unas gestiones importantes. Como íbamos a pasar nuestra última semana en el Sinaí descansando en la playa, mientras planeábamos el viaje vimos que Petra quedaba muy cerca y que quizás podíamos hacer una escapada hasta allí. El problema vino cuando leí por Internet que si sales del país, la visa que te dan al entrar obviamente queda anulada y, si vuelves a entrar por carretera o por mar por el Sinaí, te dan un visado solo para la península del Sinaí que no te permite viajar al resto del país.
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DÍA 1: LLEGADA A EL CAIRO
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 25 October 2009
Señoras y señores les rogamos se abrochen los cinturones de seguridad, pliegen sus mesitas y pongan sus asientos en posición vertical, en breves minutos aterrizaremos en el Cairo. Miro por la ventana y veo que la ciudad está cubierta por una espesa niebla. ¿Niebla? No, es la contaminación que lo cubre todo. Aterrizamos puntualmente a las 15,15h y la temperatura es de 33 grados.
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The Decision Not To Travel After 9/11
Blog: GoBackpacking - 7 September 2009
The morning of September 11, 2001 is well-ingrained in my memory. Within a few days of the attack, I called Adventure Center and verified my October trip was still scheduled, which meant I had to decide whether or not to head for The Middle East. My parent’s definitely did not want me to go. My [...]Your Free Subscriber Download
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Booking the Egypt Trip & Finding Airfare (2001)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 6 September 2009
After I had enough money for the initial deposit, I called Adventure Center back. I spoke to the same woman as before, Maz. Since my trip is one of the least expensive, the $300 deposit was more than 3/4 of the total cost. I planned on paying the remaining $90 in another few weeks. I printed out copies of [...]Your Free Subscriber Download
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Researching the Egypt Trip & Operator (2001)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 6 September 2009
By now I’m convinced I need to go visit Egypt, and soon! After reading the ad, I wanted to check and see if the tour operator, Adventure Center, had a web site. I went to http://www.adventurecenter.com and sure enough it was the tour operator’s site. I clicked on the About Us link first. I was excited to see they [...]Your Free Subscriber Downl
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My Egypt Trip (2001)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 5 September 2009
Preface: 9 years ago, I was actively planning a trip to Egypt for the first time. I started documenting the process on this site (long before this blog), however my plans would come up against the shocking events of 9/11. This is a four part series, with the first three parts having been written in [...]Your Free Subscriber Download
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Egypt by the Numbers
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 18 August 2009
Days in Egypt: 10 Average midday temperature (in the shade): 108 Avg liters of water drank per day: 6 Avg times to pee per day: 2 Number of temples/tombs/ruins/archeological sites visited: 16 Avg # of times we answered “No” in one hour: 30-40 Number of times we answered “Yes” in 10 days: 0 Initial price of sunglasses (in Egyptian pounds) : 160 Price [...]
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Pyramids in the Sand
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 18 August 2009
Usual business trips no matter where I am are typically the same. Busy airports, tired hotels and a stream of customer and partner meetings punctuated with a mad dash back to catch the last flight to Dubai. So it was a good change to be able to finally get to see the mighty Giza Pyramids. For [...]
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Pyramids!
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 15 August 2009
August 8th, 2009, Cairo Ok, that whole thing about not taking many photos of well known and over-photographed sites? Forget it. I went nuts at the Pyramids of Giza. It was totally surreal to be there beneath the hulking masses of stone rising out of the desert (which, by the way, is right at the edge of [...]
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Apparently the Pyramids Aren’t the Only Ancient Thing Around Here
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 12 August 2009
I am moments away from bashing my head against the wall in frustration at the Egyptian computer situation. Every hostel claims to have internet, and the connections tend to be decent – though not great – judging by those using their own laptops. But the computers seem to be contemporaneous to the pyramids, making it [...]
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No Boys Allowed!
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 8 August 2009
By day 2 in Cairo we were more accustomed to the crowded, cacophonous streets and felt a bit more adventurous, so we decided to forgo the sweatbath-inducing walk and the more expensive taxi ride in favor of the Cairo Metro. We were duly impressed by how clean and modern it seemed, and especially by the novelty [...]
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First Impressions: Cairo
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 8 August 2009
1. That greyish brown film covering everything. We’d only been walking around for about a half hour when I started to get a sore throat. At first I was worried I was getting sick on my first day in Egypt. It didn’t take long to realize that the pain in my throat was in fact an [...]
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Giving Back: Travel the World and Make a Difference
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 7 August 2009
There are many ways to help out this world. We are so fortunate to live in a rich country and to have the opportunity to travel the world. This world brings us a great deal of joy and we feel that the least we can do is to help the communities that enrich our lives so much by giving back to them.
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Cairo, Egypt
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 6 August 2009
In our travels we have often found that it's not just the destination that offers adventure, but also the getting there itself. And we certainly experienced that on our journey to Cairo. The first part was uneventful: a simple bus ride from Jerusalem to the Egyptian border. It's when we crossed the border that things got interesting. From here the options were the bus to Cairo, or a supposedly much more comfortable, much faster shared taxi. Since the "shorter" taxi ride was reputedly 7 hours itself, we splurged on this luxury for $40 per person.
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Inspiration Through the Eyes of Two Travelers
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 1 July 2009
Dave and I often discuss this idea. Who "up there" decides who will be born in luxury and who will be born in poverty. When we were in Cambodia, we had a hard time accepting ourselves and felt guilty for being who we are. The world is not a fair place and travel opens our eyes to it on a very real and deep level.
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The Unpublished 4: Taxis of Cairo
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 16 February 2009
This month's travel article that I've never been able to place takes us to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, where I lived from 1992 to 1994. The following piece is based on my impressions from those years.
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Have Yourself a Foreign Little Xmas
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 27 December 2008
The period between Christmas and New Year is not necessarily a quiet one for a freelance writer.
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Safaga, Egypt
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 15 January 2008
4 Days in the desert and 544km later and we have arrived in Safaga, Egypt. No it is not a rest day, we just rode our butt’s off to get here early to enjoy this little scenic town on the Red Sea.
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Our Plan Project Visit, Cairo
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 January 2008
We have all heard the rumours that Aid money never gets to where it is supposed to go, but today we saw first hand, the difference that Plan is making in a community that would otherwise have little hope. Many thanks to Plan and everyone involved who sacrificed their holiday today to bring around to these destinations.
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The White Desert of Egypt, Don’t Miss it!
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 8 January 2008
About 2 weeks before we left Toronto, we read an article in Mountain Life Magazine about the White Desert in Egypt. It looked like a fascinating place and we decided that we have to go there. Our bike route however, didn’t go near the place because it is situated in the centre of the country.
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Hello Cairo
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 5 January 2008
The call to prayers are playing in the distance as I write my first entry from Cairo enjoying a local beer on the rooftop patio of the Dahab Hostel.
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