A land of magnificent World Heritage sites and the oldest travel destination on the planet, Egypt has been enticing visitors for more than three millennia while also contributing much to the development of civilisation.

We departed on a 2-week adventure, which turned out to be a fantastic overview of Egypt, from pyramids to the Red Sea Coast, and across the Nile to Mount Sinai. We travelled from the only one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World still in existence, to the plethora of hieroglyph-covered tombs & temples in the lush Nile Valley over to what is reputed to be the site of some of the world's best diving and snorkelling and finished at the pink & purple wedge of rugged earth, where Moses was believed to have been given the Ten Commandments, on a riveting journey with an extremely great group composed of 8 Aussies, 4 Brits (including us), 1 Canadian and our local Egyptian guide / Egyptologist.

We started the trip in Cairo, the biggest city in Africa where Pharaonic, Coptic and Islamic history fuse with the present. In the shadow of the Pyramids, along the banks of the Nile, the commotion & chaos overpoweringly assaulted the senses, well more precisely the smog, hanging over the city like an old curtain (though some of it may be down to the sheesha smoke!) The traffic was an experience as was crossing the road - not an endeavour for the faint-hearted.

Intro | Museum & Pyramids | Aswan | Felucca | Luxor West Bank & Temples | Dahab | Mt Sinai & St Catherine