Egypt with Riley June 2023

June 2023 - June 2033

High School Graduation trip for Riley....one year early to Egypt Read more

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- Jun 15, 2023, 7:15am
- ☁️ 61 °F
- Altitude: 141 ft
- United States California Orange County Anaheim Pearson Park 33.838, -117.918933°50’17” N 117°55’8” W
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Adventure begins
June 15, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Arriving at LAX to travel to Montreal and then to Cairo...so excited
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- Jun 16, 2023, 11:30am
- ☁️ 70 °F
- Altitude: 141 ft
- United States California Orange County Anaheim Pearson Park 33.838, -117.918933°50’17” N 117°55’8” W
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Arrived in Cairo
June 16, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Arrived in Cairo with puffy ankles from a long trip met by the Amawaterways representive. The drive to the Four Seasons was like a scary ride at Disneyland wtih no regard for lanes or other drives...crazy. The tall buildings looked like they had been bombed with upper floors unfinished. We saw carts being pulled by donkeys, men and horses pulling local farm goods. The hotel was fantastic and we could see the pyramids from our window...well on a clear day. We made it to Cairo.Read more
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- Jun 17, 2023, 12:51pm
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Altitude: 13 ft
- Egypt Gharbia 1 ‘Ezbet Haṣ Sâlib Baḩr Nimrah Khamsah 30.974693, 31.00570930°58’29” N 31°0’21” E
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Day 2 Alabaster Mosque in Cairo, Egypt
June 17, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
The great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha or Alabaster Mosque, is a mosque situated in the Citadel of Cairo in Egypt and commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848. Beautiful lights in the main area.Read more
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- Jun 17, 2023, 7:19pm
- 🌙 68 °F
- Altitude: 30 ft
- Egypt Qalyubia Shibīn al Qanāţir 30.310101, 31.30236830°18’36” N 31°18’9” E
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June 17, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
We visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and saw King Tut's treasure and many other unbelievable relics from thousands of years ago. Relics were well preserved with many of King Tut's belongings. Minature boats with people, animals along with mummys and coffins. Gold covered statues. If the statue had one foot forward, they were alive and if both feet with together, the God was dead and he had his arms crossed over his heart.Read more
Traveler Mentuhotep Nebheptre, the king who unified Upper and Lower Egypt
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- Jun 18, 2023, 9:43am
- ☁️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 1,640 ft
- Egypt Qena Markaz Qūş 25.929029, 32.64604325°55’45” N 32°38’46” E
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Day 3: Pyramids, camels and more
June 18, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Statue of Ramses II, Alabaster Sphinx, Step pyramid of King Zoser - oldest one on earth. Giza complex with 3 large pyramids from 2589 BC and 2504 BC. Lunch at Mena house and Camel ride.
Traveler The Great Sphinx and pyramid
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Traveler Riley in Giza witht the 3 pyamids in background.
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Traveler We can't believe how huge these pryamids are and we had to pinch ourselves to believe they were real and we were standing in front of them.
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- Jun 19, 2023, 9:40am
- ☁️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 522 ft
- Egypt Qena Markaz Qūş 25.912994, 32.65243925°54’47” N 32°39’9” E
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Day 4: Abu Serga Coptic Church & Board
June 19, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
We visited the Coptic Church where there is the cave, where the Holy family (Virgin Mary and the Christ) hid during their journey in Egypt, fleeing Roman persecution. We visited several churches, Kanayes Masr El Adeema’ which literally translates to the churches of Old Egypt or Old Cairo including the Hanging Church, the Church of Saint Barbara, the Church of Saint George and its monastery, as well as the Church of Abu Serga. The church of Abu Serga there is a cave where it is believed that the well where the family of Jesus drank from still produces water.

We checked into our cabin and loved our suite with a balcony and french balcony.

We then look a flight to Luxor where we board the Ama Delhi...found our cabin and loved it. The Hotel Manager, Farik arranged for a surprise congratulations for Riley for her graduation not knowing it wasn't until next year....we played along.Read more
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- Jun 20, 2023, 9:15am
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 932 ft
- Egypt New Valley 24.441635, 28.58268924°26’30” N 28°34’58” E
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Day 5: Luxor Valley of Kings & Queens
June 20, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We visited rock cut tombs in the Valley of the Kings. King Tutankhamun's mummified remains, Temple of Hatshepsut -1st female ruler. Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh who had herself represented pictorially as a male. She served as co-regent with her nephew Thutmose III (c.1479-1425 B.C.E.).
Valley of the Queens home to 30 queens and princesses including Nefertair's tomb and gigantic statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. The colors of the ceilings with the blue stars and hieroglyphs with deep carvings and gem stones coloring the tombs were unbelievable. We found ourselves alone in many of the tombs at times.....so rewarding just to stand next to this history of so long ago.Read more
Traveler Such vibrant colors on the walls & ceilings
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- Jun 21, 2023, 7:32am
- ☀️ 75 °F
- Altitude: 102 ft
- Egypt Minya ‘Izbat Ţulbah 28.54823, 30.66473128°32’54” N 30°39’53” E
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Day 6: EDFU Temple of Horus & Galabeya
June 21, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Cruised to the Temple of Horus, 2nd largest in Egypt. The falcon-headed god's temple was built in 230 BC.
The Galabeya was a fun dressed up in "Egyptian" attire. We played games and danced..yes we were forced to dance & Riley won two contests...Go Riley.Read more
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- Jun 22, 2023, 8:17am
- ☀️ 88 °F
- Altitude: 272 ft
- Egypt Aswan Al Mulaqqaţah Jazīrat Bahrīf 24.161438, 32.88117524°9’41” N 32°52’52” E
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Day 7: ABU Simbel, Ramses II, God Khnum
June 22, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
We flew to Abu Simbel to see the more than 3,000 year old temple to Ramsus II with four large statues of him. Queen Nefertari's smaller temple was visited. They moved this site due to dam a Lake Nasser being built and that would have flooded the site.Read more
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- Jun 23, 2023, 8:19am
- ☀️ 84 °F
- Altitude: 646 ft
- Egypt Aswan Markaz ‘Unaybah 22.610626, 31.57031322°36’38” N 31°34’13” E
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Day 8: Aswan Nubian Village, KOMOMBO
June 23, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
The Nubian Village was colorful and the people were wonderful. Riley was selected to dance with them. We visited their modest home and purchased a handmade purse. The Philae Temple complex had a fantastic hieroglyphs built around 380 BC. We then visited the KomOmbo Temple with large columns. This temple was dedicated to Sobek-the crocodile god and Harris, the falcon-headed god. Reused blocks suggest an earlier temple from the Middle Kingdom period, but the main temple was built by Ptolemy VI Philometor, and most of its decoration was completed by Cleopatra VII’s father, Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos. There were medical instrument on the walls and a birthing room shown in hieroglyphs on the walls. Mummified crocodiles that were 2,500 years old were amazing. Today they only live in Lake Nassar and are huge, but not the Nile River after being removed to Lake Nassar.Read more
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