Top of the bucket list!

John and I left Cincinnati yesterday at 1100 in 18°F 🥶. We had a lengthy layover in Chicago, then took an overnight flight to London. With only an hour and 15-minute layover, I thought we wouldRead more
John and I left Cincinnati yesterday at 1100 in 18°F 🥶. We had a lengthy layover in Chicago, then took an overnight flight to London. With only an hour and 15-minute layover, I thought we wouldRead more
Today John took a tour to Alexandria. I wanted a sim card, so hung until the shop down the street opened, picked one up, then grabbed a chicken shwarma on the way back for lunch.
After a short rest,Read more
A dozen of us left the hotel at 1030 (an hour late) to visit the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization and the brand new Grand Egyptian Museum. Between the two we had a very rushed but deliciousRead more
Today, we had a slow start, not leaving the hotel until noon. An hour later, the Cairo Hash House Harriers graciously took us on trail in Wadi Degla, a former ocean now desert set aside as a sort ofRead more
OMG OMG OMG. Today was a day of dreams come true...mostly.
We left the hotel at 0800 bound for the Giza Plateau. At 0930 we had entered the park with the Pyramids 😲! 45 minutes later, we wereRead more
At 0330 this morning 😭, we left the beautiful Hilton Heliopolis Cairo and jumped on a plane. By 0800, we had landed in Aswan 😁.
We loaded the bus, then drove over and walked around the HighRead more
We had a very nice late wake-up at 0800, followed by a lovely buffet breakfast. We chose not to go with most of the group at 1000 to visit an essential oils store, so we were able to stay in the roomRead more
We were up at 0300 and ready to get on the bus with our box breakfasts at 0330. I put in my earbuds and was immediately back asleep, but John wasn't as lucky. We were about 30 minutes late leavingRead more
Alarm 0445. Edfu temple. Back on boat. Went through locks. Little boats attached to us then threw stuff up to sell. Luxor temple. Dinner on boat. Skipped party too tired.
Alarm at 0345. Must have eaten something bad because I was throwing up. John went on the hot air balloon with the others while I went back to sleep.
I had just gotten up when they got back at 0730,Read more
TravelerWow! Looks like an awesome trip. Enjoy!