Egypt Travel IV: Papyrus Paper Making, Luxor Temple Complex and Esna Lock
Egypt Travel IV: Papyrus Paper Making, Luxor Temple Complex and Esna Lock Papyrus Paper-Making Lesson at Sondos Papyrus Shop in Luxor After seeing the Karnak Temple Complex we visited a shop in Luxor City that was selling paintings on papyrus papers. It was called Sondos Papyrus. When we entered the shop we were given a […]
Egypt Travel Part V: Temple, Kom Ombo Temple and Galabia Party
Egypt Travel Part V: Temple, Kom Ombo Temple and Galabia Party Map showing the location of Edfu and Kom Ombo Day 4 Saturday, 16 December 2017 After breakfast on the cruise boat at Edfu, we took Egyptian horse-drawn carriages, kaleshes, passed through the town of Edfu and stopped at a temple known as Edfu Temple. […]
Egypt Travel Part VI: Abu Simbel Temples and Nubian Village(Elephantine Island)
Egypt Travel Part VI: Abu Simbel Temples and Nubian Village(Elephantine Island) Day 5 Sunday, 17 Dec 2017 Aswan to Abu Simbel by Coach Early in the morning, we left our cruise boat on River Nile in Aswan and travelled south to Abu Simbel by coach to visit a temple complex, Abu Simbel Temple Complex, that […]
Egypt Travel Part VII: Unfinished Obelisk, Aswan High Dam and Philae Temple
Egypt Travel Part VII: Unfinished Obelisk, Aswan High Dam and Philae Temple Day 6 Monday, 18 Dec 2017 Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan In the morning we left our cruise boat at Aswan and travelled to a place near the city to see an unfinished obelisk which was left attached to the bedrock in the quarries […]
Egypt Travel Part VIII: Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel, Moon Beach(Ras Sudr) and St. Catherine
Egypt Travel Part VIII: Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel, Moon Beach(Ras Sudr) and St. Catherine Day 7 Tuesday, 19 Dec 2017 Early in the morning, we left Cairo and would be on a long journey on the road by coach to St. Catherine and then to Sharm el Sheikh in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Coach bringing tour group […]
Egypt Travel Part IX: Mount Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery and Sharm el Sheikh
Egypt Travel Part IX: Mount Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery and Sharm el Sheikh Day 8 Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Map showing the location of Mount Sinai near St. Catherine’s Monastery in south Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Mt. Sinai Climb It was at 1 a.m. on 20 Dec 2017 that we started the climb to the top […]
Egypt Travel Part X: Sharm el Sheikh, Naama Bay, Submarine Ride, Old Market, Sahaba Mosque
Egypt Travel Part X: Sharm el Sheikh, Naama Bay, Submarine Ride, Old Market, Sahaba Mosque Day 9 Thursday, 21 December 2017 Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula On the second day at Sharm el Sheikh, we left Maritim Jolie Golf Ville and Resort and went to Naama Bay which was a few km from the […]
Egypt Travel Part XI: Cairo Food, Saqqara and Memphis
Egypt Travel Part XI: Cairo Food, Saqqara and Memphis Day 10 Friday, 22 December 2017 Flight back to Cairo In the morning of 22 Dec 2017, we flew back to Cairo from Sharm el Sheikh in southern Sinai Peninsula. Map showing the air-flight route from Sharm el Sheikh to Cairo Departure from Sharm el Sheikh, […]
Egypt Travel Part XII(Final): Great Giza Pyramid Complex and Khan el Khalil Bazaar
Egypt Travel Part XII(Final): Great Giza Pyramid Complex and Khan el Khalil Bazaar Day 11 Saturday, 23 December 2017 This day was our last day of our visit in Egypt. We had two more places to go, namely, Great Giza Pyramid Complex in the Cairo outskirt and the largest bazaar, Khan el Khalil Bazaar, in […]
Italy Travel Part I: Rome and Vatican City
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Italy Travel Part I: Rome and Vatican City Italy is a popular tourists’ destination that is rich in history and culture. She has many interesting cities where old, monumental buildings built in Gothic, Classical, Medieval, Baroque and Neoclassical architectural styles still exist. Italy Tour of 7 Cities Tour-Group and Tour-Manager My wife and I joined […]