Flight Home

Return journey on Sunday to arrive at a freezing cold Edinburgh.

Return to Cairo

Long 7 hr drive back from Safaga to Cairo. Not a pretty landscape.

Red Sea Snorkeling

A great day out on a boat in the Red Sea. 3 different snorkeling sights the last of which was a wonderful sandy island in the sea. Wonderful fish and much more pleasant temperature by the sea.

Long drive to the Red Sea

The next morning we got on a coach for a 4 hour drive through the desert to the Red Sea. Spent the afternoon by the pool. Bought a drum for Hannah at the hotel shops.

Luxor

A very early morning call for a boat across the Nile and a long and thrilling donkey ride to the Hatshepsut Temple. After this we travelled on by taxi to the Valley of the Kings to see the old tombs. Hot Hot Hot.

In the afternoon we decided to give Karnak a miss and enjoy a pleasant afternoon by the pool and pizza in the evening.

After breakfast we floated a little further down the Nile before meeting a coach to take us to Kom Ombo and the Temple from 2nd Century BC. After this we travelled on to Luxor by coach and went out to an Egyptian restaurant in the evening.

Felucca Trip

The adventurous in our group headed off to Abu Simbel at 3 am in the morning but we decided a morning by the pool was more appealing. At noon we got into our felucca and sailed down the Nile in the direction of the Med to have a sleepless mosquito bitten night on the boat by the shores of the Nile.

Aswan - St Simeons Camel Trek & Nubian Village

We arrived in the hustle and bustle of Aswan in the early morning by train and then got a taxi to our hotel. Without much further ado Colin & Max headed off on a boat across the Nile to meet our camels for a 45 minutes trek across the desert to St Simeons Christian Monestary. After a tour of the ruins we had a short camel ride back to the boat.

Hannah and Cherry enjoyed a morning off by the pool.

In the afternoon we all headed off by boat to the Nubian village on the banks of the nile for home cooking and the chance to see a real Egyptian home. Hannah suffering from the exceptional heat.

Cairo - Pyramids and Sphinx

Up early to a hot and sunny Cairo and a trip to the pyramids and to view the Sphinx. Finished the day at the railway station and a long overnight trip to Aswan.

Temperatures soared during the day to very high levels and Hannah suffered in the heat. She throw up on the station platform as we waited for the train.

Egypt - Day 1

Arrived at our hotel late on Friday night after a day travelling through Heathrow to Cairo.