Day 132: Saying Bye to Grammie and Beepaw — Headed to Europe!!
Big travel day ahead. Not just a long-haul flight, but officially leaving five months’ worth of South America, Africa and the Middle East behind us for the ease and convenience...
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Day 130: So Long, Egypt — Arrive in Dubai in Time for Dinner with an Old Friend
Pickup today for the airport was at 7 am, so we were up and at ‘em again very early. At the breakfast buffet we were discussing Dubai plans, including possibly...
Day 127: Mother’s Day in Aswan — Temple of Isis — Ride on a Felucca Sailboat
It’s Mother’s Day in the US but none of us realized it until about 2 pm when America woke up and started posting gushy odes on social media. We had...
Day 126: Flying from Cairo to Aswan for More Touring
Felt glorious to sleep in til 8:30 this morning after the touring grind. All we had to do today was catch a flight from Cairo to Aswan, which is in...
Day 125: Second Day in Cairo — Pyramids and Sphinx in Giza
Margaret’s instagram post summed up the day: “Wouldn’t be a trip around the world without this pic. Boom.” We left the hotel around 8:30am, making the 20 min drive to...
Day 123: Wadi Rum aka Where They Filmed The Matt Damon Movie “The Martian”
Last day in Jordan, but we still had stuff to do before taking off for Cairo. No rest for the weary! Adnan and Hessan took us out of Petra and...
Day 120: Royal Automobile Museum, Children’s Museum in Amman — Dinner with a Local Amman Family
Hessan picked us all up at the hotel at 10 am and we set out with driver Adnan for a casual few stops this morning in our van. We used...
Day 119: First day in Amman — Wiped Out But Happy to See Grammie and Beepaw Jim!
OMG, we survived such a slog of a travel “day.” Good thing we’d been training for this — if we’d had such a day toward the beginning, I don’t know...