Category: Middle East
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Jewels of Jordan
Day 52-56, Sept 8-13, 2022 This was the final leg of our 56-day itinerary with back-to-back cruises. It ended in Jordan, which was a post-cruise extension of our Pharaohs and Pyramids River Cruise. After a week on the Nile River, we boarded a plane from Luxor back to Cairo where we spent a day visiting…
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Templed-out, but still wowed – Upper Egypt
Days 46-50, Sept 3-7, 2022 This is the 5th of 6 blog posts covering our Pharaohs and Pyramids River Cruise. If you missed our previous posts, feel free to review them here. During our seven days cruising the Nile River, we visited 9 temples. And yes, we were templed-out by the last day. However, each…
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Life On And Along the Nile River- Upper Egypt
Days 46 -50; Sept 3-7, 2022 For this post I decided to take a break from talking about temples, tombs, pharaohs and queens. Instead I’ll share scenery of life on the river, along the river and on board the ship as we cruised upper Egypt for five days. We did make stops at Qena, Esna,…
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Tombs That Left Us In Awe – West Bank, Luxor
Day 46 – Sept 3, 2022 Our program director/Egyptologist Mohamed had us on the bus by 8:00am for a full day of adventure, and with a predicted high of 107º we knew it was going to be a hot one. We were reminded to bring water, hats, sturdy shoes, sunglasses, and to lather up with…
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From The Air And On The Ground – Luxor, Egypt
Day 44-45; Sept 1-2, 2022 It was only a one-hour flight from Cairo to Luxor, and we were happy to arrive to calm and quiet. What a difference the two destinations make. It was striking, where Cairo was loud, frantic and overwhelmed by locals, Luxor welcomed us with empty streets and serenity. Yes! We were…
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The Bad, the Good and the Great – Cairo, Egypt
For those counting: Day 41 – 43; Aug 29-30, 2022 August 29th was another move day – onward to from Jerusalem to Cairo where we would begin our final river cruise. Repacking every few days, especially when one needs to have clothes for the cold of Iceland as well as the heat of Egypt, is…
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Experiencing Jerusalem
Can it be 2023 already? It seems like not so long ago we were sweating it out in the Middle East. And now I’m sweating again as I try to recall, reminisce and review our visit in Israel, Egypt and Jordan – the last segment of our summer travels. So where were we? Day 37-40;…
