Blog Entry from DAD :) Our 3 week period in Egypt was pretty much organised through the 18 day On The Go group tour which covered the pyrmaids of Giza, 3 nights in villages in desert oases, 4 wheel driving and overnight desert camping, Luxor and the Valley of the Kings, a day trip to Abu Simbel, a 3 day felucca cruise down the Nile sleeping on board, and finally 4 days on the Red Sea in the resort town of Hurghada. Our accommodation while on tour was 4 star ex...

Egypt is the first "middle eastern" country I have ever been to - I know it's part of the continent Africa except even Egyptians refer to themselves as 'middle-eastern' rather than African. And OMG is it different!! We arrived at 1.30am on a Sunday morning and were collected and driven to our small family-run hotel, which happened to be overlooking the ancient Pyramids of Giza as well as the Sphinx. This was amazing to wake up to later this day as the pyramids ...