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

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

One of the highlights of any trip to Egypt is hot air ballooning over the Valley of the Kings during sunrise.  While insurance prohibits...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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