Cairo - Doha - Melbourne Day 11 & 12 Ahhh….woke up at a leisurely hour this morning. On the way to breakfast we videoed the course we have to take to get there. Wait'll you see it and then you'll know what l mean by taking a horse and a cut lunch. Anyway, it was fun to video it….l've never used the camera that way before and all the way to the airport l took a video of the traffic. Should be heaps better than photos….trust me to work something o...

Aswan to Cairo Day 8 & 9 Aswan 33c - Cairo 30c So it's our last day on the boat. Last night's dinner was pretty good but l must say, not too many people were dressed up. Craig could've got away with not wearing a jacket as l reckon l only saw about 2 other people wearing one. Not happy however at least he's got a suit in the wardrobe now….may never come out again but hey….it's there. We were supposed to be collected from the boat at midday but th...

Cairo Day 3 Sunday 19th February This morning we woke to a dreary looking day with lots of haze hanging around. At one point l thought it was raining but it was just the haze. After a scrumptious buffet breakfast we met our guide in the lobby who was ready to take us on another day of sightseeing. During the drive to our fist stop the weather started to clear and looked like it was going to turn into a nice day. So we drove to Sakkara to tour the modern ...

Saturday 18 February 2012 Today's temperature is going to be around 15 degrees so we'll be taking a jumper and jackets for our tour today. We woke around 5am - not really sure why it's supposed to be a relaxing holiday. Ah well, never mind, we casually got ready for breakfast and took the long walk to the breakfast room. Seriously, you need a horse and a cut lunch to get there! The buffet breakfast was wonderful and we had so many choices it was hard to kn...