Nov 19, 2008 - Alexandria

When we were picked up at the hotel on the morning ... long drive to Alexandria (another 3+-hour drive), we learned that there are many orphanages ... the drive to Alexandria was that he was almost always on the wrong side...

Nov 19, 2008 - Alexandria

Alexandria, Egypt November 19, 2008 Today we got to sleep in; we left ... was at the Alexandria Museum. This was the US Embassy until 1999. It is ... pass the new Alexandria Library and site of the Light House. As I sit...

Jul 7, 2008 - Alexandria: a welcome escape from Cairo

Greetings from Istanbul. It is 6:45 in the morning and I have been up all night battling a nasty case of the Egyptian flu. I won´t go into great detail about that, but suffice ıt to say that with extreme bodily discomfort, on top of sharing a room with 7...

May 30, 2008 - ALEXANDRIA TRIP: Citadel of Qaitbey & Catacombs

So we got up at 7:00am today, all feelin pretty rough ... (as most of Alexandria as a whole does as well). According to Emily’s Egypt ... we visited the Alexandria Library (I know, I know, geek alert). It seriously isn’t...

Feb 17, 2008 - Alexandria, Egypt

Despite warnings from our tour company, I decided to jet off ... day trip to Alexandria before my friends arrived. It was a real adventure catching ... over that hurdle, Alexandria is a very cool city. It is a university town...

Feb 10, 2008 - 2 Weeks later...

Hello again everyone, I'm sorry we haven't been able to post any new updates to the blog in a long time, but the internet in Cairo has been down. Yes, that's right, the whole internet. Apparently a ship's anchor struck a major underwater cable, and a problem that would have been...

Dec 9, 2007 - Cairo to Alexandria

We went through security and waited about 30 minutes for our ... Dad went to Alexandria all by himself. Shane slept all day, I on the ... other hand couldn't sleep that long, I woke up a few...