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Jul 26, 20173 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 6: Hot Air Ballooning, Valley of the Kings & Luxor

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

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...

Mar 5, 20173 min read

Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Days 22 & 23: Hue, Vietnam

We departed our hotel in Hoi An shortly after 8:15 AM for a four hour bus ride to the ancient capital of Vietnam, Hue. The ride was so...

Mar 4, 20176 min read

Contiki Big Indochina Adventure: Days 20 & 21 – Hoi An, Vietnam

We arrived into the Hoi An airport at around 8:00 AM and were at our hotel by 9:15 AM. The streets in Hoi An are so narrow that we needed...

Feb 19, 20172 min read

Contiki Big Indochina Adventure – Day 5: Chiang Rai, Thailand

We departed Chiang Rai at about 8:45 AM for Chiang Mai. It was about a 3 hour drive, but we stopped twice along the way. Our first stop...