Posts in Category: Africa
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Hatshepsut and Her Temple at Luxor
This will be my final post on the fantastic trip Alison and I took to Egypt last February with Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad. You can find another dozen on this website including visits to the Pyramids and the Temple of Karnak. The west bank of the Nile across from the city of Luxor contains […]
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Alexandria, Egypt – An Unforgettable Day Trip
It’s a cool, rainy day in August and I’m sitting in front of my computer looking at a piece of greenish sedimentary rock that may or may not be a piece of Cleopatra’s palace. I picked it up on the cobble beach of Alexandria’s waterfront not far from the site where the legendary palace is […]
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Valley of the Kings – Prepare to Be Amazed
This is my fourth post on the many, many important Egyptian sites in an around the city of Luxor and I’ve hardly scratched the surface. So far our Adventures Abroad group has been confined to the east bank of the Nile and the city of Luxor proper where we’ve visited the Temple of Luxor and the temple […]
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Karnak – Egypt’s Greatest Temple
Karnak – the very word sounds mysterious, arcane and yet somehow entrancingly inviting, almost as if it is beckoning one as from a dream to come visit this hallowed place that has stood for millennia. Does that sound hokey? Not to legendary horror writer and all round literary genius, H.P.Lovecraft who was inspired by the ruins […]
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Luxor Museum – A Must See Site in Egypt
This is my second post on the many fabulous monuments to be found in and around the Egyptian city of Luxor. In the first post I gave some background on the city and described a magical night visit to the Temple of Luxor. Later today Alison and I and our fellow travellers with Adventures Abroad will visit […]
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Luxor – The Quintessential Ancient Egyptian City
This is the first of several posts on the many world class ancient sites that make the city of Luxor a focal point of any trip to Egypt. While undoubtedly the pyramids and sphinx are at the top of most tourist’s Egyptian bucket list, the Temple of Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, the Valley […]
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Edfu to Luxor – Nile Cruise Part II
This is the second of two posts I am writing on the three day Nile cruise that we took from Aswan to Luxor aboard the Radamis II as part of an Egyptian tour by Canadian travel company Adventures Abroad. I ended the first post sitting in the ship’s lounge having drinks with Alison watching a […]
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Nile Cruise – What to Expect
Ever since Agatha Christie put her famous detective Hercule Poirot aboard the steamship Karnak in Death on the Nile in 1937, a Nile cruise has been an integral part of almost all Egyptian journeys. While it’s unlikely anyone will be murdered on your Nile cruise, there is still more than enough that is exotic, arcane and at times outright […]
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Saint Simeon Monastery By Camel
This is the fifth post I’ve written about the many things we saw and did on a recent trip to Aswan, Egypt with Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad. When choosing the itinerary I was both delighted and a bit hesitant about the fact that it contained the de rigeur camel ride in the Sahara desert. Who […]