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 with its most prominent feature, a giant angled disc that appears like a sun emerging from the Mediterranean Sea, fully visible …
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” crossed my mind. In this case, it would be more accurate to say that “All roads lead to Alexandria.” Alexander the …
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, Greece. It was a short flight of just over one hour from Hurghada to Cairo. From Cairo, we still …
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 experience in Kenya wasn’t the best with most of us getting seasick (see my blog post about Watamu Marine National Park). This time, we …
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, we had planned to go to a tiny water park in the visitor center of Marloth …
We had the opportunity to ride ATVs in the desert while we were in the Fayoum Oasis. We didn’t do it at the time because the kids were so hooked on horse-back riding. I decided to book it in Hurghada because the price was very reasonable and it included a visit to a Bedouin village. …
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I am so glad that we made the trek to visit Abu Simbel, but the truth is that we were all suffering from temple fatigue. It takes a lot of endurance for adults, not to mention kids, to visit ancient sites for days at a time. No matter how impressive and amazing the temples are, …
Too quickly, our five-day, four-night Nile River cruise came to an end. We exchanged our boat for a van and continued south to Abu Simbel. A visit to Abu Simbel is an optional add-on for cruise passengers. I knew that we could save money and avoid crowds if we organized the 4-hour drive south of …
Philae Temple The cruise docked at Aswan overnight and early the next morning after breakfast, we set out to see the sites of Aswan. The most important ancient site near Aswan is the Philae Temple Complex. The Philae Temple Complex is a group of temples that were built over the span of thousands of years. …
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Temple of horus at Edfu We sailed overnight on the Nile River and arrived at Edfu the next morning. We were given the option of taking a horse-drawn carriage or a van to the Temple of Edfu, so of course we picked the horse-drawn carriage. In the morning of our third day on the Nile …
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