Category: RTW Travel

  • A Fun and Relaxing Day in Hurghada

    A Fun and Relaxing Day in Hurghada

    Egypt is not all about temples, tombs, and pharaohs.  After our time in Luxor, we traveled north-east to Hurghada on the Red Sea and stayed there for a couple days.  As a fun and relaxing day in Hurghada, we went off the paved roads and into the sandy desert. What better way to relax than…

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  • A Tomb Fit For A King

    A Tomb Fit For A King

    What better way to start off your day than a hot air balloon ride at sunrise over the Valley of the Kings?  This is how we started New Years’ Eve! To start off our day, we took a hot air balloon over the city of Luxor for an aerial tour. We were able to see…

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  • Goddesses, Obelisks and Dams, oh my!

    Goddesses, Obelisks and Dams, oh my!

    Egypt feels like the Land of Oz at times…just one magical adventure after another!  Close on the heels of our amazing experience at Abu Simbel, we made our way to our next stop, Aswan.  Here we had the opportunity to see both ancient and modern marvels. Temple of Isis at Philae One of the archaeological sites…

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  • Amazing Abu Simbel!

    Amazing Abu Simbel!

    After an incredible and quick immersion into Egypt by exploring the pyramids, Abu Simbel ratcheted up the “wow” factor a notch! This didn’t just happen – as always there’s a story and a journey involved! Day two started with a 4am wake up call to fly from Cairo to Abu Simbel, a UNESCO World Heritage…

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  • Perfect Pyramids!

    Perfect Pyramids!

    We were so excited to continue our hunt to see as many Wonders of the World as we could. So far, we have seen 5 of the man made wonders of the world: the Colosseum in Italy, Petra in Jordan, The Taj Mahal in India, The Great Wall of China, and Machu Piccu in Peru.  Finally,…

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