Egypt and the pyramids . We had to be up early this morning for our trip to Cairo. We were going to see the pyramids and the Sphinx, and to visit the Tutankhamen exhibition at the Egyptian Museum. It was a 3 hour trip and I was quite excited so, for once, I didn't mind rising early. We met our group, were issued with our numbers and climbed aboard the coach. Surprisingly, it was clean, modern. very comfortable and the guide spoke good English. The coa...

The Suez Canal. After leaving Jordan we headed off down the Gulf of Aqaba and rounded the Horn Of African into the Red Sea again, heading north to The Suez Canal. I was excited as I'd never been through there before. I was up early, leaving Alan asleep, mouth agape as usual, to see our arrival in Suez. We had cruised slowly but had expected to anchor outside Suez in order to join the first convoy heading north, but we were in good time with no need to wait ...