We had four blissful days in Dahab, where we slept, swam, relaxed on sunbeds at the waterfront restaurants – as long as you buy something you can use the sunbeds and swim there – ate lots of yummy Egyptian food, found some good Indian food, and recharged our batteries after our travels to Jordan. …
Category: Egypt
The ancient sites of Luxor
We arrived in Luxor after visiting Kom Ombo and Edfu, and headed out to visit Luxor Temple that afternoon. This temple is right on the banks of the Nile, and is interesting as it has been used as an Egyptian temple, an early Christian church and a mosque (they built it on top without realising…
Sailing down the Nile on a felucca
After arriving back from Abu Simbel, we transferred onto our felucca. A felucca is a small, traditional sailboat, where by day you can laze about the deck and by night you sleep on the same deck. We were really keen to cruise on the Nile – but we were not at all keen to go on…
Amazing Aswan and Abu Simbel
We decided to travel by train to get to Aswan, where we would start a 5 day tour. We don’t normally travel by tours, but we had a short time frame and wanted to make the most of our time. We booked with Eye of Horus tours as they were the cheapest option and gave…
How to deal with touts and hassles in Egypt
We had been pre-warned that we would experience some hassles from touts in Egypt (we appreciated Mike and Ashley’s honest account here). We developed some different ways to deal with people in Egypt (note, I am not talking about people we asked for help, hostel staff etc but people that approached us unsolicited to offer…
The Pyramids
We were excited about seeing the pyramids and decided to go there by ourselves, which was really easy. We jumped on the metro, getting off at the Giza station. From here we took a mini van (the one where the driver was calling out “Haram”) and were dropped off at the back entrance to the…
Meandering Kiwis 