For a full, itinerary per Delilah, please follow this link:
http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/EgyptTour_packet.pdf
Tuesday, April 8th - leave SEA at 7:00am on Delta flight 30 arrive at JFK at 3:35pm. Leave JFK at 6:30pm on Egypt Air MS 986 arrive at Cairo at noon on 4/9.
Wednesday, April 9th - we will be staying at Le Meridian till 4/11. Today we relax, take in the sights, go shopping, drink some beer, get used to the time change.
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1807
Thursday, April 10th - today we visit Saqqara and Dahsur. We will visit the Bent and Red Pyramids today and possibly see the Sound & Light show in the evening. Lots of fun!
Friday, April 11th - we will spend the day at the Egyptian Museum and then take a night train to Luxor. Very mysterious! In fact, so mysterious - I don't even have a link.
Saturday, April 12th - arrive in Luxor, visit the Valley of the Kings & Queens. Today we check in to our next hotel, Sonesta, which we will be staying at till 4/14.
http://www.sonesta.com/Luxor/index.cfm?fa=guestrooms.home
Sunday, April 13th - Visit Abydos and Dendara. We will be visiting the Hathor Temple and some other ruins.
Monday, April 14th - check out of Sonesta and on to our Nile cruise, MS Nile Dolphin, which will be our home till 4/18. We will visit Karnak and the Temple of Sekmet in the morning before boarding our ship for a nice 4 day cruise down the Nile.
http://www.niledolphin.com/
Tuesday, April 15th - sail to Edfu. I understand that Edfu might be a sketchy town but should be a lot of fun! A beautiful temple there at least.
Wednesday, April 16th - sail to Kom-Ombo. Enjoy a disco on the cruise. Can't wait for that!
Thursday, April 17th - visit the Temple of Isis (my favorite day). Today we take a felucca ride to the Isles of Phalie and visit the Temple of Isis.
A felucca
Temple of Isis
Friday, April 18th - fly to Abu Simbel on Egypt Air flight 249 (leaving Aswan at 11:50 am, arriving at Abu at 12:35 pm) and see the monuments there. We are very close to the Sudan border at this point. Tonight we stay at Nefertari Hotel Abu Simbel for just one night.
http://www.hotelclub.net/hotel.reservations/Nefertari_Hotel_Abu_Simbel.htm#
Saturday, April 19th - fly back to Cairo via Aswan on flights 246 (leaving Abu at 7:50 am, arriving Aswan at 8:35 am) and 250 (leaving Aswan at 2:30 pm, arriving Cairo at 3:55 pm). Shop and rest today. We will check back in to Le Meridian (the hotel we stayed at in Cairo on 4/8 - 4/11) and stay there for the remainder of the trip. Possibly go to Khan el Khalili, which I think is a Muslim temple, though I could be way off base on that.
Sunday, April 20th - visit the Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, and plateau during a full moon! We have paid for private time so this should be a very special way to end our Egypt trip. We'll partake in camel rides, see the light show, and have a blast!
Monday, April 21st - fly home from Cairo via Egypt Air flight 985 leaving at 9:15 am arriving at JFK at 3:15 pm. Hopefully everything is as planned, in which case we will fly home from JFK via Delta Airlines flight 89 leaving JFK at 7:15pm and arriving at SEA at 10:35pm.
I will update with details as they come in. Stay tuned!
PS - you may note that I have set the time for this blog for Cairo time just for fun. :-)
2 comments:
It's hard to believe this play really exists, you know? It's a land of legend and extremes from my perspective, something I've only read about, dreamt about and watched on the History Channel. VERY COOL!
Thanks for the update, your eager fans await updates and blogg posts from Egypt!
I'm jealous! Don't forget the evil mummy curse for Sarah and the gypsy tears for me.
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