Egypt

Country N°49 - July 2021

Day 9 – Luxor to Amman

Today I was once again woken up by the wakeup call at five and got ready quickly. I dropped my luggage downstairs where I surfed the web for a bit before heading up to the roof for breakfast. We then got on a bus and drove to the airport which had just opened for this […]

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Day 8 – Valley of the Kings

Today we were woken up by a wake-up call at 5 am and went up to grab breakfast at 5:30 where we could see the sunrise over the city. We quickly hopped onto a bus at 6:30 for a 45-minute drive during which I wanted to take a nap but unfortunately wasn’t able to since […]

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Day 7 – Luxor

After questionable sleep, I woke up around 5 to a beautiful red sky and took a few photos of it. We then removed all the stuff from the sailboat and went to grab breakfast on top of the support boat while it sailed to a nearby riverbank for us to board our minibus for the […]

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Day 6 – Nile river cruise

Today I was woken up by the Sun since I hadn’t closed my curtains correctly. at around 8 am I went up to the top floor to grab some breakfast with other people from the tour group, then I went back to the room to finish getting ready. At 10 we bought our suitcases downstairs […]

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Day 5 – Abu Simbel

Today we were woken up with a wake-up call at 3:45 am and went down for 4:30 am to meet our group we climbed aboard a minibus which would drive us to the temple of Abu Simbel luckily I managed to get the back row of the bus so I was able to fully lie […]

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Day 4 – Aswan

It was quite difficult to get a good nights sleep since the train kept starting, stopping and shaking but I woke up at eight and read for a little bit until breakfast, which was served in my cabin in the same way as dinner. After this four of us played president again in my room, […]

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Day 3 – Pyramids

Today I woke up early at 7 am and after getting ready went to the restaurant to grab breakfast, there I met some other members of my group. After finishing we went downstairs and met the remaining members we did some final logistical organisations for activities and hopped onto our bus for the day. The […]

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Day 2 – Cairo

Today I woke up at around nine due to the cleaning lady screaming outside, I took a shower and got ready to go out. Once I was ready I headed downstairs where I crossed paths with our tour leader, his name is Meyer and we talked briefly about the plans I had for today. He […]

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Day 1 – Paris to Cairo

After going to bed at 2 am the night before having watched the fireworks of the 14th of July on the Eiffel Tower (and not being able to take the Metro back hence having to walk back for an hour and a half) I woke up early and finished off my suitcase and bag. Once […]

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