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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 […]
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Nubia – It Still Exists – Barely
This is the second of two posts on the many interesting things you can see and do in and around the small Egyptian city of Aswan. In the first post I discussed the best ways to get to Aswan, recommended a great hotel, provided links to my posts on Abu Simbel and the Philae Temples and toured […]
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Aswan – More Than Just a Dam
Alison and I recently spent several weeks in Egypt on a tour arranged by the Canadian company Adventures Abroad with which we have traveled on numerous occasions and never been disappointed. Every trip has its expected highlights and in Egypt they were many – the Pyramids & Sphinx, the Temple of Luxor and the Valley of […]
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Philae Temples – Eight Reasons To Visit
Earlier this year Alison and I had the good fortune to travel to Egypt with Canadian travel company Adventures Abroad, fulfilling a lifelong dream for both of us. Thanks to veteran tour leader Martin Charlton and our Egyptian guide Ahmed Mohsin Hashem, our small group had an incredibly diverse experience that included not only the […]
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La Tempete Golf Club Hole by Hole
The people of Quebec have had a love affair with golf since Royal Montreal opened as the first golf course in North America in 1873. Thankfully the days of segregation when the Anglos played at English speaking courses and the Quebecois at French speaking ones are pretty well long gone. Golf is a game that […]
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Abu Simbel – A Magical Day Trip from Aswan
Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel – there is just something magical about those words, or at least there has been to me since I was a teenager and first learned of the herculean effort by UNESCO to save the most famous of Ramses II many Egyptian temples from inundation by the Aswan High Dam. […]
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Entourage Sur le Lac Under Construction
In 2017 the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) was hosted by Quebec City and as usual it was an outstanding success from every point of view. It’s hard to think of a more iconic hotel to play host than the Chateau Frontenac or a more historic venue than old Quebec. After the conference I joined […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz