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Originally Posted by baddog
I'd like to do a trip like Kane suggested. That would be pretty damn cool. I envy you for that experience.
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The only bad part was getting there. I live on the west coast (like you) so it was about 5 hours to Atlanta then switch planes and 14 hours to Austria then switch again and another 5 hours to Cairo. I can't sleep on a plane so I was up about 40 hours straight when I got to the hotel. I ate, showered and passed out.
My trip started in Cairo, we stayed there for a few days, went up to Alexandria for a day then flew to Luxor. We were there for a day then we got on a ship and floated down the nile for 4 days stopping at different things each day to check out. The rooms on the ship were small, but it was fun. In the lower part of the country (Aswan) we stayed 3 days and did different day trips then flew back to Cairo and spent two more days there. I think the whole thing was 13 days. I went a day early (best choice I made because it gave me a free day to see stuff the tour wasn't going to cover and to rest up from the trip.) then a couple of days of travel. I think I spent about 5K on the whole thing and it was the best money I have ever spent.
I went Pre-9/11 and security was tight. We had a guy with an uzi under his jacket travel everywhere with us. I can only imagine how it is now.