Egypt

Egypt October 19, 1991

Ten Days in Egypt

Welcome to my travel diary for Egypt, which I visited for ten days in October 1991.

Egypt October 20, 1991

Leaving Greece and flying in to Cairo by night.

Egypt October 21, 1991

A dream come true – seeing the pyramids.

Egypt October 22, 1991

Seeing Cairo: the Citadel, the Mosque of Muhammed Ali and the Mosque of Muhammed Ibn Tuloun.

Egypt October 23, 1991

Eleven hours by train to Luxor.

Egypt October 24, 1991

Luxor: hiring a felucca and cruising down the Nile.

Egypt October 25, 1991

The Colossi of Memnon, the Valley of the Kings, the mortuary temple of Ramses III.

Egypt October 26, 1991

Getting to know the locals; Ali’s African restaurant.

Egypt October 27, 1991

Karnak; back to Cairo and the Windsor Hotel.

Egypt October 28, 1991

Crazy Cairo: the Cairo Museum; deteriorating health.

Egypt October 29, 1991

A last trip to the pyramids; farewell to Egypt and my first big trip overseas.