I leave for Egypt with 2 other friends on the 10th of April. Stuff left to be done as yet are my travel insurance and deciding whether to buy Lonely Planet – Egypt or the National Geographic Traveler- Egypt. I was talking to a friend the other day and he mentioned that he was not a big fan of Lonely Planet as it gives you a lot of information and little experience. Lonely Planet is less intimate. National Geographic Traveler on the other hand is drenched with colour and history, but has less information. I guess there should be a happy medium which  I haven’t stumbled across as yet.

So this is how our itinerary is going to look:

1. Friday -Reach Cairo Friday afternoon. Check in at the hostel. Roam around Cairo.
2. Saturday – Day trip to the Pyramids
3. Sunday-  Day trip to  Alexandria
4. Monday Tuesday- Jeep Safari to the Bahariya desert
5. Tuesday night- Train to Aswan
6. Wednesday-  Aswan site seeing.
7. Thursday – Beginning of the 3 day 2 night felucca trip down the Nile.
8. Saturday afternoon – Reach  Luxor.
9. Sunday- Luxor
10. Sunday night train to Cairo
11. Monday- See Cairo
12. Tuesday early morning leave Cairo for Mumbai.

We  are not going to Dahab (area around the red sea) and hence will miss Mt. Sinai where Moses received the 10 commandments. It was a tough decision but we decided in favour of the White desert. We didn’t have the time to visit both of them.

The itinerary looks good  right now. Hopefully it will not be too hectic. I am counting on the felucca ride to unwind sit back and relax. Another thing I am counting on is that the hostels would have internet access so I will be able to update this blog as I experience Egypt.

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