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Adventures in Egypt? King Tut and Walking Like an Egyptian
Blog: Vagobond.com - 13 December 2011
A trip to Egypt has been something I've dreamed about since I was a child and watched excitedly on television as they explored the Treasures of Tutankhamun on National Geographic in the 1970's.
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Travel to Egypt Changes Lives
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 14 October 2011
Destination: Egypt Book: The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger (Org. publ. 2009; NEW U. S. paperback edition) A tour of the Nile River to Luxor sounds pretty exotic even in the 21st century. But just imagine the adventure and hardship of such travel in the 19th century. The historical travel novel lets us see [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library. We'll leave a light on for you.
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The largest ancient religious site in the world
Blog: Sophie's World - 3 August 2011
Situated right outside Luxor, Karnak Temple is the largest ancient religious site in the world. An impressive avenue of ram-headed sphinxes connects it with Luxor Temple. Karnak is a place...The largest ancient religious site in the world is a post from Sophie's World
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On the road in Egypt
Blog: Sophie's World - 31 July 2011
Getting up at 0345 is not particularly child-friendly. Luckily, my daughters are easygoing. They look forward to sailing the Nile and seeing Egypt. A six-hour flight later, we land in...On the road in Egypt is a post from Sophie's World
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From Baksheesh to Sheesha – A Few Unexpected Memories of Egypt
Blog: GoBackpacking - 30 May 2011
Mark recounts some unexpected discoveries he made while visiting Egypt.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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Egyptian Adventures: 5 Excursions You Wouldn’t Want to Miss
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 7 May 2011
Are you thinking of booking a holiday to Egypt? You may know a little about the Ancient Egyptians and be keen to see the pyramids, but there is so much more to making it a perfect Egypt holiday.
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Taking Toddlers to Egypt
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 14 February 2011
Three months ago, we took our toddlers to Egypt. This was obviously before the protests, political upheaval, and violence broke out, but Egypt was, and hopefully will be again, a great destination for families. Here were some of the highlights of our trip.
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Our Egypt Tour
Blog: My Travels My Experiences - 26 January 2011
Our Egypt tour was a memorable and fascinating journey.We enjoyed every minute of our stay in this wonder land call EGYPT. It has been always a country of tourism.
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A Holidaymakers Guide to Egypt
Blog: As We Travel - 5 November 2010
Guest Post: Megan. Ever since commercial travel became a viable possibility after the Second World War, Egypt has been one of the major destinations for travellers from across the globe.
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Agatha Christie Inspires Travel to Egypt
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 2 November 2010
DESTINATION: Egypt Book: Death Comes at the End by Agatha Christie A GUEST POST by Dr. Benedict Davies As the regulars at A Traveler’s Library know, I love historical travel. Dr. Davies, who shares his love of Egypt here, has a great new company that provides audio guides to historic sites. See an announcement from Iconic [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library
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DENIAL: Not Just a River in Africa
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 28 June 2010
6/18/10: Nile River, Egypt [Editor's note: I wanted to actually make the title relate to the post, but I couldn't figure out a way to work it in. “Why didn't you just change the title then?” you ask. Very astute question, dear reader. The answer is: I didn't want to.] Yesterday morning, we attempted to [...]
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Full Circle, Literally?
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 27 June 2010
6/17/10: Luxor, Egypt We’ve come full circle, literally. Our trip started in Africa and now we’re back. We’ve circled the globe (take that, for those of you who still believe the Earth is flat), and now we’re back where we started. Sure, we’re a bit further north, but a few days ago we finally said [...]
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Not Just a Hotel in Vegas
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 26 June 2010
6/16/10: Luxor, Egypt I’ll admit that before we came to Egypt that when I heard the word “Luxor,” I, like Google, first thought of the glitzy hotel in Vegas. Having been to Las Vegas before and now having been to the real Luxor in Egypt, I can say with confidence that they are quite similar. [...]
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Our Last, I Mean First, Temple at Night
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 25 June 2010
6/15/10: Luxor, Egypt I believe it was the great Confucius who once said, “Sometimes you just gotta see temples at night.” So we did. In order to avoid the oppressive heat of the midday Egyptian sun, we didn’t emerge from our air conditioned room until dinnertime today. (Have you noticed the heat theme of all [...]
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Cairo: First Impressions
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 22 June 2010
6/12/10: Cairo, Egypt Traffic A lot of the places we’ve been have had insane traffic. Kevin, fearless and long-legged, adapted to this very quickly, and he was pretty much immediately able to cross crowded, eight-lane streets with ease. I, slow and panicky, took much longer to adapt. But by the time we got to Vietnam, [...]
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Friday Flashback: Nile Cruise & Temple Tourism
Blog: GoBackpacking - 11 June 2010
Once I arrived in Luxor and joined the organized tour, I was insulated from most of the shenanigans and tourist shams (though one might argue I paid into the biggest of them all — a prepackaged Nile cruise). I ended up having a great time on the cruise. My room was very nice, there was [...]--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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Top 5 Safety Tips Americans and other Westerners need to know NOW before traveling to a third world country.
Blog: Backpacking on the Cheap - 13 May 2010
When traveling / backpacking, it is important to note that not all third world countries have the same dangers to watch out for, but here are some that apply to most. 5) PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL BOUNDARIES Severe poverty can bring out real desperation in people, which means that in the poorer countries, people will push [...]
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Cairo – Last Bits of Advice
Blog: An American in London - 22 April 2010
I have a dilemma. As dilemmas go, it’s not huge, but it’s my excuse for being a slacker on the blog front these last two weeks. I want to tell you about my week in Egypt over Easter, but every time I think about Egypt, I feel kind of sick. Maybe I’m allergic to Egypt [...]
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Egypt.Luxor. 4 Night Nile Cruise. Day Four. March 2010.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 19 March 2010
The previous night our resident Tour Guide, Mohammed, had asked our small group if we wanted to get up at 04.30 and take a bus to the West Bank, or get up at 05.30 and get a boat across the river to meet the mini bus? Why was he asking us this question? Because the affirmative answer to the 05.30 crossing incurred a surcharge of 10 Egyptian £s. The majority vote won and at 06.00 we assembled in the lobby for a full day of sight seeing.
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Egypt. Edfu to Luxor. 4 Night Nile Cruise. Day Three. March 2010.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 15 March 2010
Once again it was an early wake up call and early start to the Temple at Edfu.Along the dock were numerous Horse drawn buggies, and I thought we would be going to the Temple in one of these vehicles, but we went by more conventional means, driving through the town the small town of Edfu in an air-condit
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DÍA 11: LUXOR Y ZARPAMOS
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 7 March 2010
¡Debería estar prohibido despertarse tan pronto! A las 5:30 am nos llamaron al camarote para despertarnos. La agenda del día era muy completita y teníamos que levantarnos pronto para aprovechar la última mañana en Luxor. En la mesa, todos medio zombis todavía, desayunamos y, a la hora convenida, fuimos al autocar. Primera parada: los colosos de Memnon. Los colosos son dos estatuas de 18 metros de altura que hay a la entrada del templo de Amenhotep III, el mayor construido en Egipto.
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Photo Essay: Pyramids & Temples of Egypt
Blog: GoBackpacking - 4 February 2010
The ancient tombs and temples of Egypt beg the photographer to play with perspectives.Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 core lessons, a community forum for asking questions and receiving personalized feedback, plus audio interviews and a blog.
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DÍA 7: DE "HIGHWAY TO HELL" A LUXOR
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 30 December 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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DÍA 8: LUXOR, TUMBAS Y TEMPLOS
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 19 December 2009
Aunque el crucero incluía las principales excursiones de Luxor, nosotros decidimos ir un par de días antes para ver más cosas que normalmente nadie visita por falta de tiempo. Nos alojamos en el Mara House, que más que un hotel es una casa de huéspedes regentado por Mara, una irlandesa que decidió liarse la manta a la cabeza e irse a vivir a Egipto. La habitación, que parecía más un apartamento, era enorme. Tenía una habitación con cama de matrimonio, salón, baño y balcón.
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DÍA 10: EMBARCAMOS
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 19 December 2009
Y yo que me pensaba que no tendríamos que levantarnos pronto el día que embarcamos en el crucero en Luxor. Pues sí. Nos llamaron cuando estábamos en Abydos para decirnos que teníamos que estar en el barco a las 9 del día siguiente porque a las 9.30 teníamos la primera excursión con el grupo. Esta era la única parte que habíamos contratado con una agencia e íbamos a hacer en plan organizado: el crucero por el Nilo. Por cuestiones de planificación de los días, al final decidimos hacer el crucero de 5 días (4 noches) que va de Luxor a Asúan.
