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Our first stop after lunch was to the New Library of Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which is Latin for Library of Alexandria. The library was opened in 2002 and is completely modern in its appearance...

We hadn’t planned on going to Alexandria but the further south we traveled, deeper into Upper Egypt, the more “Alexandria” kept popping up in every conversation. The old adage, “All roads lead to Rome”...

After nearly a month in Egypt, Alexandria would be our last stop. We made the last-minute decision to squeeze it into our itinerary because it would be the perfect segway to transition to our next country,...

Hurghada is a world-class scuba and snorkeling destination. My brother had told us that he had an Egyptian-Canadian friend who described the waters of the Red Sea as “crystal clear”. Our last snorkeling...

I was so excited to find the Makadi Water World during my research on Hurghada because I owed the kids a visit to a water park (see my blog post on Marloth Park). Last month when we were in South Africa,...