Explore Egypt
Egypt is a land of contrasts – from her vast, silent deserts to the exuberance and controlled chaos of ancient Cairo, from the warm, green farms on the Nile to the shimmering waters of the Red Sea, she will invigorate your soul with her beauty and vitality.
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The Serapeum of Saqqara, Tomb of the Sacred Apis Bulls
Okay here we go. I didn’t know we were going here and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing when we got there. As…
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Saqqara, The Step Pyramid of Djoser
Although most people associate smooth-sided pyramids, such as the ones found at Giza, with Egypt, at their origins pyramids were step-sided, such as the…
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Journey to the Sky, Saqqara, King Unas, and the Pyramid Texts
On my first trip, I didn’t understand why we were going to Saqqara, about 25 miles (40km) southwest of Cairo, first, before the pyramids,…
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Khan el-Khalili Bazaar
We toured Khan el-Khalili Bazaar twice, once in a larger group in the evening in November 2023 and once again during the day on…
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The Egyptian Museum (the pink one)
One thing to note when you’re talking about museums in Egypt is – there are a lot of them. But the ones you’re most…
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Cairo, the city of a thousand minarets
Cairo is known as “the city of a thousand minarets” because of the many mosques that were built when Muslim Arabs came to Egypt.…
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Cairo Citadel: Even if you think you don’t like to visit fortresses
During both our recent trips we made a visit to the Citadel, in Cairo. This impressive fortress, is one of the first sites you…
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Also, I learned Egyptian Arabic
They always say you should learn a few phrases of any country you visit and my entire family is sort of extra when it…
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“The trip of a lifetime”
Okay, this post feels like I’m cheating a little bit but who cares. One thing I kept thinking about while I was on our…
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