Posts Tagged ‘cairo’

travel diary – day 415

In australia, travel on 13 May 2010 tagged acropolis, anzac day, athens, balcony, beer, breakfast, bus, cafe, cairo, cheese, christina, constantine's column, corn, dormitory, drunk, egypt, europe, expensive, food, fountain, greece, hotel, istanbul, lonely planet, luggage, market, million stone, mosque, sandwich, sangria, single room, souvlaki, suhanahmed, supermarket, tickets, train, travel, turkey, wine with no comments

day 411 – we finished packing in the morning, checked email and headed to the airport. we flew to istanbul and headed to the backpacker district. it turns out that, with anzac day just around the corner, hotels were booked solid and prices had risen considerably. annoyed, we checked into a dormitory and went for [...]

travel diary – day 410

In travel on 12 May 2010 tagged africa, algeria, belly dancer, buffet, cairo, christina, computer, decision, dinner cruise, egypt, embassy, europe, falafel, flight, iraq, istanbul, laundry, libya, nile, north korea, overcast, package, passport, photocopy, pyramid, pyramids, restaurant, south africa, south korea, souvenirs, sphinx, sufi dancer, tourist, travel, travel agent, tripod, turkey, visa, weather, world cup with no comments

day 406 – christina desperately wanted to see the pyramids, but i was hold off for better weather. we had hoped to go today, but it was overcast and very hazy. we agreed to give it two more days and if the weather wasn’t clear, we’d go anyway. instead, we headed to the embassy district. [...]

travel diary – day 405

In travel on 11 May 2010 tagged a clockwork orange, africa, anthony burgess, aqaba, beer, boat, bookstore, bus, cafe, cairo, cameras, chess, computer, dahab, dress, egypt, egypt museum, esplanade, ferry, format, jordan, king tut, m, mask, mummy, nile, scam, sunglasses, taxi, tourists, travel, tutankhamun, wait with no comments

day 401 – after a lazy day we were ready to get moving again. we got some cash and checked out of the hotel. we caught a taxi down to the aqaba ferry terminal where we planned to get the boat to egypt. when we arrived there was a long wait for the ferry. we [...]