• Traveling in Egypt

    In May of 2022, my family and I took a trip to Egypt. This post is about my experiences in Egypt outside of the places we visited. To read more about the sites we visited click here. Fun facts about Egypt Friday and for some people Saturday are the days off from work, as opposed to Saturday & Sunday in the U.S.A. The train station in Cairo was the first built in Africa and the Middle East.  The word “desert” in Arabic is Sahara, so when you say “Sahara desert” you are really saying desert desert Tickets In order to be able to see all the neat monuments we visited,…

  • Exploring Ancient Egypt

    In May of 2022, my family and I took a trip to Egypt. This was my first trip to the continent of Africa. This was also our first time taking a trip where a company booked and planned our whole trip for us. We booked our trip through the company “Friendly Planet”. There were about 12 people in our tour group with us. This number fluctuated a bit throughout the trip as some people joined us a day late, and some left early. Here is our itinerary for the entire trip:  Day 1: Arrive in Cairo, panoramic tour of the city in the evening Day 2: (Cairo/Giza) – The Egyptian…