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Egypt is Awesome

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Egypt Details

I plan to return to Egypt with my spouse and a few friends in a couple of years Most of my friends expressed concern when I announced I was going to Egypt - is it safe? You are being transferred to the updated version of this post at https://explorationvacation.net/ Most people staying at the monastery are there either as students or to climb Mount Sinai. I chose to skip the Mount Sinai excursion simply because it didn't particularly interest me (sunrise with a view to knock your socks off is apparently visible from Mt. Catherine, not from Sinai) and because I didn't bring appropriate clothing. It was a good decision for me, not only because I felt blessed to have attended the prayer service, but also because I likely would have hated the cold and the chaos associated with the climb/ride up Sinai. With literally a thousand or more people and hundreds of camels converging in the dark hours of early morning, the scene is apparently one of utter chaos. Few members of

The Monastery of St. Bishoy

The Monastery of St. Macarius (Abu Maker)

El-Azhar Mosque and Khan Khalili Market

The Hanging Church (El-Muallaqa)

The Coptic Museum

The Pyramids of Giza

Magic Carpets

Saqqara

The Wednesday Lecture

Blessed

Al-Azhar Park

The Citadel

Sultan Hassan Mosque

From the Outside Looking In

A Tour of the Monastery

Dawn

On the Road to St. Catherine's

The Charm of Sharm

It seems like a fun place to relax and soak in the sunshine. And not everything here is aimed at the lowest form of western tourist either. Here and there a bit of more exotic-seeming local merchandise can be found amid the otherwise generic international tourist mix. You are being transferred to the updated version of this post at https://explorationvacation.net/

Crossing to the Sinai

I understood we were to have our own cabin, but maybe what was meant was simply that we would be in the first class cabin. At any rate, we end up sharing the large cabin with a number of other travelers. Because they are scattered throughout the cabin, there are few window seats left. Boo hoo. A noisy group of us (Carole and Wes, Rachel, and others) pile into a booth where a beautiful young woman had been sitting alone near the window. She buries her nose deeper into her book as we excitedly chatter away around her. You are being transferred to the updated version of this post at https://explorationvacation.net/

Luxor City

The Valley of the Kings

The Alabaster Shop

Hatshepsut's Temple

Medinet Habu

Karnak

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Arrival in Luxor

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The Night Train to Luxor

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In Search of the Holy Family

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The Egyptian Museum

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