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DÍA 8: LUXOR, TUMBAS Y TEMPLOS
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 15 November 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 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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DÍA 6: DESIERTO & OASIS
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 8 November 2009
Estaba dentro de mi saco de dormir recobrando poco a poco la consciencia cuando oí el berrido de un camello. ¿Camello? ¡Pero si estábamos en el medio de la nada más absoluta! En ese momento me desperté de golpe y vi que ya era de día. Asomé la cabeza rápidamente temiendo que me hubiese perdido la salida del sol. Pero no, justamente quedaban unos minutos para el espectáculo. Ver el amanecer en el desierto blanco es una de las cosas más bonitas del mundo, casi más que ver todas las estrellas por la noche.
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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 5: ACAMPADA EN EL DESIERTO BLANCO
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 5 November 2009
Aunque gracias al vendedor de la estación de autobuses pudimos dormir una hora más, igualmente nos levantamos muy pronto para desayunar e ir a coger el autobús que salía a las 8. En el Hotel Longchamps nos hicieron el gran favor de guardarnos durante tres días (gratis) nuestras maletas y así al menos solo teníamos que llevar unas mochilas. A las 8 en punto estábamos en el autocar pero este no salía.
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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 3: LAS OTRA PIRÁMIDES SAQQARA Y DASHUR
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 27 October 2009
A las ocho de la mañana bajamos a la puerta del hotel para encontrarnos con Ashraf, el taxista con el que el día anterior habíamos acordado que nos llevara a ver las pirámides. El plan inicial era ir a Dashur, Saqqara y Gizé y ver todas las pirámides en el mismo día. Pero al bajar a la calle no estaba. Estuvimos esperando a ver si venía y temiendo que nos había dejado plantado (había leido en algunos foros y blogs sobre la poca palabra de los taxistas), pero cuando ya nos pensábamos que tendríamos que buscar otro taxi, apareció él pidiendo disculpas.
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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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Cheap Holidays / backpacking:Cheap flights: Saving $500 or more flying Melbourne to Egpyt
Blog: Cheap Backpacking in Bulgaria - 9 October 2009
CHEAP BACKPACKING/CHEAP FLIGHTS:Stick your tongue out at high flight prices Everyone wants a cheap backpacking experience, and getting a cheap flight is obviously an important part of doing this.
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Day 13, Our Final Day: Petra, One of the New Seven Wonders of the World
Blog: Flying Coach - 28 September 2009
The final day of our trip was also the finest. Sara and I awoke before the sunrise in a small town just outside of one of the recently named New Seven Wonders of the World: Petra. We were in Wadi Musa, Jordan, staying at a hotel recommended by our taxi driver from the night before. The [...]
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Day 12, The Bomb Scare at the Israeli Border
Blog: Flying Coach - 20 September 2009
As Sara and I sat on a curb just inside the Israeli border waiting for our new friends to make it through their interrogation by the border guards, the sirens at the checkpoint suddenly sounded, a female voice barked out commands over the loudspeaker in Hebrew, the border gate slammed shut and a man ran [...]
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Day 11, Laid-Back Dahab After One of Us Almost Gets Left Behind
Blog: Flying Coach - 15 September 2009
As the sun came up on Day 11 of our journey through Egypt, we were greeted with incredible views of the desert meeting the sea. We were in the 15th hour of our 14 hour bus ride and it looked like we only had about three hours to go. We finally pulled in to Sharm [...]
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Day 10 1/2, One of Us Stayed Awake on the 18-Hour Bus from Luxor to Dahab
Blog: Flying Coach - 9 September 2009
Flip often makes statements such as “… one of us will have to stay home and take care of the baby”, or “one of us will have to go on site and take care of this server crash…” And somehow, when he makes such statements, that unfortunate “one of us” always ends up to be [...]
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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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Luxor, Egypt
Blog: By Way of the World - 27 August 2009
We did a whirlwind tour of Luxor. We were flying from Luxor to Qatar, and then from Qatar to Nepal. The flight through Qatar was literally half the price of the other flights, but only occured three times per week. Anyway, the result was that we only had two full days in Luxor. To be honest, I can't imagine spending longer in that heat anyway! The heat was brutal (112 degrees and up) especially in the intense sun in the desert.
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Day 9, Luxor’s Valley of the Kings and Then Back Into Real Egypt
Blog: Flying Coach - 23 August 2009
Our final morning on the ship began with another pre-6am wake up. We were docked in Luxor and had toured the East Bank the previous day. Today we were destined for the West Bank. In ancient Egypt, the Egyptians buried their dead on the west side of the Nile, due to the setting sun which [...]
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Jordan: Not Just More of the Same
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 22 August 2009
First Impressions: Jordan 1. Clean 2. Modern 3. Organized We only had a couple of days in Jordan and, coming from Egypt, I was expecting more of the same. On the surface the countries are similar: predominately Muslim, both with vocal minority groups; landscape dominated be desert and otherwise non-arable land; Jordan is a monarchy and, with the same [...]
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Dahab, Egypt
Blog: By Way of the World - 21 August 2009
Because of several recent terrorist attacks in the region, the Sinai peninsula has checkpoints every few hours. This made for a very unhappy overnight bus experience. Bright flashlights searching the vehicle, soldiers with submachine guns around their shoulders, asking us to dig out passports in our half-asleep state was not pleasant.
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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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Ahoy, Captain Felucca!
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 18 August 2009
August 13, 2009, Egypt **Photos to come, pending a decent internet connection without a line of people waiting to use it** We decided that the people sitting at the table near ours at lunch looked like “the felucca type.” As they were leaving I got up and chased after them to see if they would like to [...]
