Day 109 - Cairo Point of departure : Sharm el Sheikh Point of arrival : Cairo Accommodation: Dusit Thani Lakeview Hotel (www.dusit.com) Km travelled today: 156km (cum 1 378km) Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Alexandria Another ridiculously and impossibly early start!!! (04h45 wake up) to be collected at 05h30, airport at 06h00, departure by 07h00. Hey this was supposed to be a holiday! Anyway, Emeco made our morning with yet another upgrade to busi...

Day 104 to 108 - 11th to 15th February - Red Sea Scuba Diving Point of departure : Sharm el Sheikh Point of arrival : Red Sea Accommodation: King Snefro Liveaboard Km travelled today N/A Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Sharm el Sheikh No of photos: 310 (cum 4 982)) Another early wake-up call (we know, don't ask) for our trip to St Catherine's Monastery - 230km from Sharm el Sheikh in the Sinai Desert. St Catherine's is a Greek Orthodox Monastery se...

Day 103 - fly to Sharm el Sheikh Point of departure : Cairo Point of arrival : Sharm el Sheikh Accommodation: Novotel Sharm Beach Hotel (www.novotel.com) Km travelled today: N/A Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Liveaboard on the Red Sea We said our farewells to Dani and Sim last night, as we had an early start (06h00) to Cairo airport and then to Sharm el Sheikh. An upgrade to business class, even though for only an hour flight, was a pleasant surpr...

Day 99 to 102 - 6th to 9th February - el-Qahira (Cairo) Point of departure : Luxor Point of arrival : Cairo Accommodation: Dusit Thani Lakeview Hotel (www.dusit.com) Km travelled today: 767km Cum:18 222 km (gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Sharm El Sheik No of photos: 67 (cum 4 672) Whatever you do, don't take the west bank road to el-Qahira! What a nightmare! It took us 17 hours to drive 700km and then another hour from arri...

Day 98 - Aswan and back to Luxor Point of departure : Aswan Point of arrival : Luxor Accommodation: Sofitel Hotel (www.sofitelhotel.com Km travelled today: Nil Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Cairo Left Aswan by private car and transferred to Luxor.Spent the rest of the day relaxing as tomorrow is our big day - ARRIVAL IN CAIRO - 700km away. Dani and Sim spent the night in Aswan and are flying to Cairo tomorrow to meet up with us. We had no space in...