Egypt | Gimpy Globetrotter

Jul 29, 20173 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 8: Alexandria

Even though the Contiki itinerary ended the previous night in Alexandria, I decided to stay an extra day and take a trip to Alexandria. ...

Jul 28, 20171 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 7: Hurghada

My penultimate day in Egypt was spent off the coast of Hurghada, a popular beach getaway on the Red Sea for Eastern European tourists. ...

Jul 25, 20174 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 5: The Temple of Horus & Luxor

We woke up the following morning & were docked in Edfu for a morning visit to the Temple of Horus. I boarded a cart pulled by a donkey...

Jul 25, 20172 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 4 – Kom Ombo

The Crocodile Temple, also known as Kom Ombo or the Temple of Two Gods, was a very unique place. Despite the heat, we ventured off the...

Jul 25, 20172 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 4 – Abu Simbel

We had a 3:25 AM wake up call on day 4 of our tour because we had to disembark our boat which was still docked in Aswan and head via bus...

Jul 25, 20174 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 3 – Aswan

The third day of our tour around Egypt began when we woke up on our overnight train at about 7:45 AM all rested. I slept like a baby on...

Jul 24, 20174 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 2 – Cairo

Our first full day in Cairo was everything I had hoped and more. We had a 6:00 AM wake-up call and were out of our rooms by 6:30 AM for...

Jul 22, 20172 min read

Contiki Egypt & the Nile: Day 1

Hello from beautiful Cairo, Egypt! I left JFK yesterday afternoon on a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, had a 4 hour layover & another 4...