Well today is my last day in Egypt :-( This week has really gone by fast. We've done so much and I'm so tired. We've spent the past couple days in Cairo. Yesterday we went bargain hunting in the local Bazaar, after some tough negotiating I've almost gotten rid of all my Egyptian Pounds. Today we visited the Step Pyramid, the oldest pyramid in Egypt, nearly 5000 yrs old ! We also visited a couple mosques, I had to take off my shoes and cover up before enterin...

Hi everyone, glad you all are enjoying my photos. Today we got up really early and disembarked the Nile Cruise boat. We're now staying at a really nice Le Meridian hotel in Luxor. We went to the Valley of the Kings today, after the pyramids the Egyptians began buring their royalty deep in the mountains. We got to go into a few, they were very steep climbs and it was like a sauna inside, but it was worth it because the colors of the drawings are all preserved ...

Well I'm in Luxor now, we spent most of the day cruising. It was really relaxing, I spent some time sun bathing on the roof deck of our ship, they even have a small pool. This I took a long siesta this afternoon, I finally think I'm caught up on my sleep. Yesterday we went to Abut Simbel, it's a temple built by Rames II. The picture is of me in front of one of the pharohs statues, I can't believe they could build these massive structures 4000 years ago ! Thi...

Well we got to Egypt ok, flight was long and transfer at Charles De Gualle airport was difficult, but we made it to Cairo and our tour company picked us up. Yesterday we went to the pyramids, they're very impressive up close and we even got to climb halfway up the largest one to a burial chamber inside. We also went to the Egyptian Museam in Cairo, lots of interesting stuff, the mummies were neat. Last night we took an overnight train to Aswan, and today we ...