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Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 24th, 2022, 01:00 PM

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Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

Carrom, I hope your planning goes well and your...

Carrom, I hope your planning goes well and your trip is amazing. Happy to answer any questions if you have it.

Progol, I'm glad you had such a good trip. I'm sure it was as much a trip to remember...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Jun 22nd, 2022, 01:24 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

We were there from roughly Nov. 20 to Dec. 8,...

We were there from roughly Nov. 20 to Dec. 8, give or take a day. We largely experienced temperatures in the 60s on the low end (early mornings and later in the evenings) and low- to mid-80s on the...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Apr 2nd, 2022, 05:42 PM

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Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

@progol, congratulations. You have quite the year...

@progol, congratulations. You have quite the year with Portugal and then Jordan and Egypt. Hope things go as planned for you and that the Grand Egyptian Museum will be open by the time you're there.

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Mar 30th, 2022, 03:39 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

@progol, thank you. Glad that you are getting to...

@progol, thank you. Glad that you are getting to go and that my report is helpful. Egypt and Jordan are very different. I hope you give yourself enough time to really explore Petra.

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Mar 28th, 2022, 05:13 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

@yestravel, I’m doing good. Glad my report was...

@yestravel, I’m doing good. Glad my report was helpful to you in your planning. Go ahead and ask away. I’m happy that you’re looking to go now before the tourist numbers to Egypt’s ancient sites...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 20th, 2020, 01:34 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

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Temple of Ramses II in the morning, Abu Simbel...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 20th, 2020, 01:28 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Relief at Abydos Temple...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 20th, 2020, 01:23 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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First pylon, Temple of Amun, Karnak Temple...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 20th, 2020, 01:04 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Our first glimpse of the Sphinx, from atop camels, Giza...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 20th, 2020, 12:20 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

MarySch, sorry about your trip cancellation. Hope...

MarySch, sorry about your trip cancellation. Hope you make it there someday.

Final Thoughts

If Walls Could Talk

We typically like to travel independently. We enjoy lingering at places that...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 7th, 2020, 03:10 AM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

bniemand, you're welcome. I'm happy to give back...

bniemand, you're welcome. I'm happy to give back after I've enjoyed and benefitted from so many others over the years. Hoping the pandemic wanes soon and we all expand our travel horizons again.
...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 5th, 2020, 12:33 AM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

Two Lakeside Temples After four very...

Two Lakeside Temples

After four very enjoyable days on the dahabiya, our trip up the Nile had come to an end. The days and nights went by so quickly that we felt as if we boarded only yesterday....

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 3rd, 2020, 07:13 AM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

Continuing Along the Nile The third day of...

Continuing Along the Nile

The third day of our journey along the Nile took us to Bisaw Island, a small farming and fishing community. We enjoyed a morning walk in the village followed by an...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 2nd, 2020, 03:58 AM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

Up the Nile by Dahabiya After a busy eight...

Up the Nile by Dahabiya

After a busy eight days touring the sites of ancient Egypt, we looked forward to spending the next four days sailing down the Nile River in a dahabiya, a 19-century style...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Dec 1st, 2020, 09:30 AM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

Patriciatbrogan, the R rates stands between 1.1...

Patriciatbrogan, the R rates stands between 1.1 and 1.3. Egypt is currently reporting about 375 cases a day, out of a population of 100 million. These are official numbers; the true daily new cases...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Nov 29th, 2020, 12:07 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Off the Tourist Track in Egypt Our agenda...

Off the Tourist Track in Egypt

Our agenda for our final day in Luxor had us spending time out of the city and surrounding area - way out. Our itinerary is a simple one consisting of two sites:...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Nov 29th, 2020, 07:08 AM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

Songdoc, thank you. The trip keeps on getting...

Songdoc, thank you. The trip keeps on getting better and better. The silver lining about travelling in a pandemic is that we are enjoying all of the sites to ourselves. For two days in a row,...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Nov 27th, 2020, 11:53 AM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

From the Old (Kingdom) to the New We enjoyed...

From the Old (Kingdom) to the New

We enjoyed our final morning at the Marriott hotel with a slow breakfast before gathering our belongings on our way to the airport. We were on the Egyptair flight...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Nov 26th, 2020, 01:19 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

Views: 13,031

Posted By tripplanner001

PureLuxury, thank you for your kind words. We...

PureLuxury, thank you for your kind words. We feel incredibly lucky to be able to take this trip in the middle of a pandemic. But we are doing so with safety precautions including masking. It's...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Nov 25th, 2020, 01:17 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

HappyTrvlr, thank you for letting me know. I'm...

HappyTrvlr, thank you for letting me know. I'm glad someone's ready my report. We enjoyed our time in Jordan back in 2008 and had wanted to include a return visit to this trip but the door is still...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Nov 24th, 2020, 12:53 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Posted By tripplanner001

More Pyramids and Tombs On our agenda today...

More Pyramids and Tombs

On our agenda today are the sites of Memphis, Dahshur, and Saqqara, home to an ancient Egyptian civilization that predates the people who built the famous pyramids at Giza....

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Nov 23rd, 2020, 02:38 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Arrival in Cairo We landed in Cairo at...

Arrival in Cairo

We landed in Cairo at around 8:30 PM on Saturday night. Exiting the plane we first proceeded to the quarantine station, where we were asked to produce our negative PCR tests. The...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Nov 22nd, 2020, 12:07 PM

Replies: 39

Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

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Egypt 2020: A Journey Back in Time, via a Challenging New Era

The four of us are visiting Egypt for a little more than two weeks over late November and early December. Our itinerary takes us on the usual tourist circuit down the river Nile. We start in Cairo,...

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