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so Erin, who's taken it upon herself to be the group "mom" in our trip to Israel, typed up the whole itinerary for our trip. Thanks to her, I get to shared it with you so you can see what we're up to each day :) click on the link below to read it.
EGYPT TRIP
1/27/05 – 2/7/05
Saturday, January 28:
2pm leave for Eilat, Everyone meet @ 5:30pm Holiday Inn Crown Plaza
Leave Eilat @ 6:00pm for Cairo
Sunday, January 29:
Arrive in Cairo around 2:00am
Sun Hotel – 2 rooms of 6ppl
2 Talaat Harb Street, Tahir Square, Cairo
+ 202-578-1786; sunhotel@hotmail.com
(Whoever wants can tour around Cairo for the day) - pyramids and sphinx! yay!
Overnight train from Cairo to Luxor
1st class express train
Monday, January 30:
Arrive in Luxor around 8:30am (get to port via taxi from train)
Holiday Hotels Cruise – Etoile De Nil II or III
Cruise leaves @ 2:00pm
www.holidayhotels.com
Tuesday, January 31:
Tour: Esna
Overnight: Edfu
Wednesday, February 1:
Tour: Edfu – Temple of Falcon-god Horus, Lord of the Sky; Kom Ombo – Temple of Sobek
Overnight: Aswan
Thursday, February 2:
Tour: Aswan High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk at the granite quarry and the Island of Philae (Temple of Isis); (Optional trip on felucca boat – Elephantine Island, Agha Khans mausoleum and Kitcheners Island)
Overnight: Aswan
Friday, February 3:
Tour: Abu Simel Temple of Ramses II; sailing back to Luxor (optional)
Overnight: Esna or Luxor
Saturday, February 4:
Tour: Temple of Luxor, Karnak Temple
Overnight: Luxor
Sunday, February 5:
Tour: Drive along the West Bank of the Nile, visit valley of the Kings and Queens, temples of some of the great pharaohs, and Queen Hatshepsuts temple (optional)
Overnight: Luxor
Monday, February 6:
End of Cruise; Disembarkation in Luxor
(Everyone is free to do what they want to do from here)
Train from Luxor to Cairo
1st class express train
Overnight: Sun Hotel in Cairo
Tuesday, February 7:
Travel from Cairo to Eilat and then to Arad
END OF TRIP
the people who are going are Jake, Tzipporah, Jared, Lana, Erin, Ari, Petr, Evan, Louise, Steven, KT and Tugs - most of whom have turned up in previously-posted photos or stories.
yesterday WUJS took us to a spa in the middle of nowhere that had big warm pools inside and outside and we just lounged around all day. I got to meet and hold Jonathan's 3 month old baby who came to visit so his big brother (who's about 3 maybe) could play in the pools, and we ate ice cream and other sweets and basically could have been at disneyland for all the hard work we were doing.
Tonight there is something of an Open Mic (it's not really that but I'm not sure what else to call it) and then tomorrow is the graduation for the people who are done with WUJS...and then....Egypt!
January 25 2006, 12:54:36 UTC 6 years ago
I am so so so so jealous!
OH, MY GOD! I am so incredibly jealous of your egypt trip! I have Always wanted to go there, and it sounds... amazing! My one piece of advice is that on your itinerary it leaves Hatshepsut's temple as optional... I would definitely make it a point to see that. It's one of the most unique and interesting buildings in all egypt. It is HUGe, for one thing, and has collumns like a greek temple. Her tomb is part of the same complex,a dn their both pretty breathtaking. The really cool part, though, is that Hatshepsut, after her reign as the first female Pharoah, was considered something of a heretic or embarassment, and the next pharaoh, her nephew, I think, defaced her temple and tried to get rid of evidence that she was female... so you can see the original statues with 2000-year-old graffiti on them or 2000-year-old chisel marks erasing her name. There are still some statues of her wearing the beards that were typical of pharoahs, which I think is great. Anyway... see Hatshepsut's temple, so I can live vicariously through you!I hope the trip is fabulous, and that you have a great time.
HUG!
Ali
January 25 2006, 22:50:51 UTC 6 years ago
Re: I am so so so so jealous!
ooh gender studies in ancient egypt! i willd efinitely go on that excursion - i plan to go on all of them, who doesn't want to see evrything!i love you!
Anonymous
January 26 2006, 05:05:46 UTC 6 years ago
egypt
you are going so pharaoh away. Have a great trip!!!!!!!!love
papanik
January 26 2006, 10:42:38 UTC 6 years ago
Re: egypt
hahahahahaha...i'll have to remember that one. :)