Tennille and I just got back last night from our trip to Egypt. Tennille's parents were here for the last few weeks and her poor mother had never been outside of Australia/New Zealand. We had to take her to Egypt to thaw out since she wasn't used to the weather here. Egypt was wonderful and warm and sunny. We had a good time but I think this is one of those vacations I'll do only once. As great as it was to be there, I'm happy to be back in Dublin. It was nice to see all the sights but on the flip side there were some annoyances:
1) The dust. I'm still blowing sand out of my nose.
2) People harassing us to buy their stuff.
3) People actually asking for tips constantly.
4) We all had stomach problems simultaneously.
We had a pretty jam packed tour seeing as we were only there for a week. We went with a tour company which turned out to be a gigantic blessing. It was only the four of us in the group so it was great and the tour guides were fabulous. We landed in Cairo and there we saw the Giza Pyramids and The Sphinx. We also did some looking around at the markets, the government gold shops, the perfumeries, etc. From there we took and incredibly uncomfortable 10 hour overnight train journey to Luxor. There we visited Hatshepsut Temple, The Temple of Luxor, and Karnac Temple. We also had some free time to spend at our hotel's pool and soak up some rays. From there we went to Hurghada which is more of a resort town and a bit more westernized. It was nice because we had a couple of days to relax. Tennille and I opted to go on a snorkeling excursion. It was pretty amazing. The Red Sea is absolutely gorgeous. We took a boat out to a few different reefs and saw all kinds of sea life. I could have spent the entire week there and been happy. From Hurghada we went back to Cairo were we finished up the tour with the Step Pyramids, a mosque, a temple, and a synagogue.
I was supposed to be back at work this morning but we all came down with some sort of tummy bug over the last few days. Not entirely sure what the culprit is. Nobody is too ill, it's just more of an inconvenience. I don't work again until friday so my GI system has plenty of time to recover.
Below is a link to all of my Egypt pictures on Facebook. Enjoy!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146490&id=500040582&l=07a349d985
