Sunday, August 3, 2008

Egypt without the crowds

  1. Luxor West Bank (by sunrise balloon)
  2. Edfu: Temple of Horus (visit 6-8pm)
  3. Abu Simbel: visit by air from Aswan
  4. Luxor: temple of seti at Qurna (little visited... think I've been here?)
  5. Kom Ombo: lunchtime quietest, see souq al gamaal (camel market in Daraw) on Tue a.m.
  6. Aswan: temples of Philae 7 am, 7th century monastery of St. Simeon (stay Cataract hotel)
  7. adrere amellal



see kom ombo, & temple of horus
abu (not yet booked)

overnight Eskaleh

in Cairo stay at Villa Belle Epoque - suburban Maadi area, 15 min from city center, 1920s townhouse with 13 rooms
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EK381 Fri 2/12/10 00:35 HK 9hr5min arrive 2/12 05:40 Dubai
EK927 Fri 2/12/10 08:50 Dubai 4hr5min arrive 2/12 10:55 Cairo

Cairo to Luxor
Fri, Feb 12 16:00 17:10

2/12 overnight al moudira
2/13 drive luxor to aswan, overnight old cataract
2/14 see Abu S. & etc, overnight old cataract
2/15 see Aswan sights, fly to Luxor, overnight al moudira

Luxor to Cairo
Tue, Feb 16 10:00 11:00

EK924 Tue 2/16 19:15 Cairo 3hr10min arrive 2/17 00:25 Dubai
EK384 Wed 2/17 03:15 Dubai 9hr55min arrive 2/17 17:10 HK

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