Chennai….a city where the seasons are hot hotter and hottest….this is the city that I have visited maximum number of times in my life. 90% of the times the visit has been during the hottest season …as was this time. The month of May is the agni nakshatram (meaning the star of fire)….and we somehow [...]
Valley of the Kings
After breakfast we went to the west bank of Luxor. Some details of Luxor at http://www.luxorguide.com/
We had to go deep into the desert to discover the Valley of the Kings. I had a chance to step onto the dessert sand here….it was an amazing feeling. I was actually at the Sahara dessert…..the [...]
Edfu
After finishing our breakfast we visited temple of Edfu. Of all the ancient temples of Egypt the one in Edfu is not only the best preserved but the second largest after the Karnak temple in Luxor.
The temple had been submerged under the desert except for the very top of the pylon entrance. A small amount [...]
Abu Simbel
Next day we had to go to Abu Simbel. We were told by our tour manager that we would have to leave very early in the morning. The area was prone to terrorist attacks and so all the tourist buses would go along with a convoy (A convoy is a group of vehicles (of [...]
We went on from Cairo to Azwan. We had breakfast and checked out of the room. We went to the airport to take a flight to Azwan.
The whole group was not made to travel together in the same flight. My husband and I were in one flight and the others were in another. Our flight [...]
Tour of Alexandria
Next day, our time 6,7,8 they took us to the second largest city of Egypt popularly known as the pearl of Mediterranean, this was the Alexandria city.
Some information about the city can be found at http://www.egyptologyonline.com/alexandria.htm
We visited:
The Pompeii’s Pillar – Next to this was a place which they used as a library in [...]
Our first day in Cairo.
Our wake up call was at 5:30….S called us in the morning from US. I decided not to go back to sleep…but to start getting ready. But suddenly I developed a severe one sided headache. I also threw up 2-3 times. I felt very tired. I was not able to do [...]
We met one couple in the airport who were also coming for the same trip. They were from Chennai. We became friends. We went to Doha from Chennai (we had a stopover) from there we went to Cairo.
Once we reached the Cairo airport…everyone got through except me. The held back my passport and asked me [...]
As usual I started to do my last minute work….washing, drying, starching, ironing etc…
We had to leave on 21st dec 2009. From Chennai to Egypt was taken care of by SOTC. From Bangalore to Chennai we had to make our own arrangements. We decided to go by train. We got the ticket in Shatabdhi which [...]
Mom and Dad had been to Egypt this year. amma wanted to publish a travelogue on their travel…… Since she does not have a blogging space of her own…I offered to publish it in my –blogs. SO here goes the styory from the horses mouth:)
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My husband and I had been to Switzerland in Europe last [...]
