Our choice of Egypt is a story by itself.. The original plan for a vacation included catching up with family, but the trip got derailed due to visa issues. We kinda immediately decided we would go to Egypt without much forethought and booked our vacation with a seasoned tour operator.
Then came the advises. We came to know Egypt was under turmoil and there were agitations going on for establishing democracy in the country. We had everybody advising us against going to Egypt - family, friends, colleagues etc. Perhaps due to the fact that we desperately needed a break or because we were too tied up at work and home to think too seriously about the issue - we decided to go ahead with the trip.
S ( my husband, who BTW has never been introduced in this blog before) generally prefers to plan his trips on his own. But, Egypt was a different proposition, we generally agreed taking a group tour was the best option.
We commenced our journey and landed in Cairo by flight. Our trip started in earnest the next day. Our tour guide was the old young man Mr. Abdul Aziz - note I call him young! He was an enthusiastic old man and being an archaeologist and an Egyptologist - his insight was invaluable to form our impressions about Egypt and its ancient culture.
The subsequent blog entries will list the places we visited and some of my impressions of them.
B
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