People told us we were crazy to go to Egypt at this time. They were wrong. Despite the fact that Egypt has been in the news lately; first with the Arab Spring and now with some protests about depictions of the Profet Mohammed, it is important to remember that these problems have not involved the major tourist areas of Giza, Aswan, Luxor and the Red Sea. Even in Cairo …
We got up early and had a lovely buffet breakfast at the hotel. My hubby and Graham are still complaining about their leg muscles. Cameron seems to be fine. While staff transports our luggage, we grab a boat across to Aswan where we meet our guide Sayed and driver. No body guard today. We hopped into our van and they took us to the unfinished obelisk. This obelisk was …
We arrived into Aswan station at 10am. As the train drew into the station, I saw another Memphis tour leader waiting for us. He introduced himself as Mustafa (Musti for short) and the driver as Etch (for short). They quickly loaded our luggage into the van, stopped off at one of Aswan’s best restaurants where they picked up boxed lunches of grilled chicken or beef, rice, buns and fries …