Blog posts from 2021

Day 17 – Amman to Paris

Today I tried to wake up late, but I ended up waking up at 8:30, so I decided to start catching up on writing is since I was about three or four days behind. At around 10 I went downstairs to grab my breakfast and went to the reception desk where I asked where breakfast […]

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Day 16 – Amman

After getting ready a group of us decided to go to my next hotel where we could leave their stuff during the day. The hotel I had chosen hadn’t cost me a lot of money, but it was 20-minute walk, away so I thought it would be in the centre and would be okay. We […]

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Day 15 – Aqaba to Amman

Today luckily, we got a chance to sleep in a little bit more before going down to breakfast. We then packed our stuff and once we were ready brought it down into reception. For lunch our bus stopped at a local initiative who try to protect the environment. There we were offered tea and got […]

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Day 14 – Aqaba

Once again, we woke up early, partially due to the sunlight, partially because of the time breakfast was being served. So, we went and ate before packing all of our stuff, they had delicious houmous for breakfast. after breakfast we took all our stuff and put it in the back of the jeeps, we then […]

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Day 13 – Wadi Rum

At around 830 we got into the bus on our way to Wadi Rum, we were hoping to be able to take a nap, but the bus kept stopping for photo stops, so we weren’t able to catch up on sleep. finally, just as we started to be able to sleep, we were woken up […]

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Day 12 – Petra

Today we woke up early at 5 am for our visit to Petra, we went downstairs and grabbed breakfast and a picnic, before heading on our way to the ancient city of Petra at 6 am. When we arrived at the main visitor gate, we got our tickets and walked into the centre, we walked […]

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Day 11 – Amman to Petra

Today after grabbing breakfast downstairs we put all of our stuff onto the bus and drove to our first stop, which was a church on the spot where Moses first saw the promised land. There we saw some remnants of 3 old churches with beautiful mosaic floors. Our next stop was a local Mosaic making […]

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Day 10 – Jerash & the Dead Sea

Today I was woken up by the fire alarm at 5 am, but it seemed to be a false alarm so I decided to go back to sleep. At seven I woke up again and after getting ready went downstairs to grab some breakfast before we left. We got onto a van for our first […]

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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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