We had an 8:15 am pick up so we could make our flight to Luxor, there was a little bit of fog but nothing that would stop us flying in Australia.However it did stop us in Egypt, we had a 4 hour delay.This meant we had to rearrange the whole day.We had to miss Karnak temple because we were not going to have enough time to see it properly. (Ibrahim moved it to the morning of our free day).We went to the hotel first to check in and we were upgraded and had the best ...

We got on the bus at 8:00 and headed out of Giza to Sakkarah.It was really foggy and a bit cold so we were all a bit worried about the views and photos that we would get of the pyramids. When we got to the step pyramid we couldn't see anything so Ibrahim took us down into the tombs.It was amazing to see the carvings and hieroglyphics on the walls and the colours that they used unfortunately you couldn't take photos). After going into two tombs we went back to the...

It was a busy day today first we went to the Citadel of Salah Edin, and the Mohammd Ali Mosque.They are situated at the highest point of Cairo so you get a great view of Downtown Modern Cairo and can even see the Giza pyramids in the distance.Next we drove into the heart of Cairo and went to the Egyptian Museum there heaps of antiquities but the best thing in the Museum is the Tutankhamen display.After the Museum we went to the Khan El Khalili Bazaar and had lunc...

Today was THE day in Egypt.We finished our breakfast and were standing in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza by 8:30 am.We got to walk around the two larger pyramids (the great pyramid and the one that is next to it which is slightly smaller and could see the third pyramid)Some people chose to pay extra to go inside we decided to wait and go in the Dahshur pyramids on Thursday.Plus there was so much to do just walking around the site.After an hour of free time w...

We meet the rest of our tour group after our typical middle- eastern breakfast of bread, bread and more bread plus meats and cheese and dips.Most of the group including us decided to take the Coptic Cairo Tour.Ibrahim (our tour guide) took us to Old Cairo and we visited the Hanging Church, Saint Sargius Church which is built on top of a crypt where the Holy Family stayed while they were in Egypt, a synagogue and the outside of a mosque.Just driving along the stre...