Our first day on the cruise was pretty uneventful. We spent our time visiting a Nubian village and later took a stroll along the Aswan bank by the shore. The locals were on the beach selling souvenirs and water bottles, eager to make a sale and constantly asking if we were from India. Their faces […]
AFRICA
Day 3 in Egypt: Epic of Ancient Egypt, GEM, and NMEC Museums in Cairo
As a traveler, I have to say that while a lot has been taken, or we could say moved to other museums around the globe, like the Rosetta Stone and the statues of Ramesses II at the British Museum in London, the Statue of Akhenaten, sarcophagi, papyri, and jewelry at the Louvre in Paris, the […]
Day 2 in Egypt: Time Fears Pyramids of Giza
This is immense. This is immense. There’s no clear start or finish. I’m not quite sure where to begin. People are left speechless when they witness the beauty of the pyramids even now, shining brightly in the sunlight. I can only imagine that when the sun rises each day, it first greets these incredible structures […]
Day 1 In Alexandria – Pompey’s Pillar and Roman Amphitheatre
We reached Cairo by flight at 6:30 AM from Mumbai. From there we caught the private bus. The distance from Cairo to Alexandria is approximately 230 km. The journey was made by private bus, taking about 2 hours and 50 minutes. Amid the endless sands and silence of the desert, the bus kept moving forward […]
Day 1 In Alexandria – Deciphering Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa
We reached Cairo by flight at 6:30 AM from Mumbai. From there we caught the private bus. The distance from Cairo to Alexandria is approximately 230 km. The journey was made by private bus, taking about 2 hours and 50 minutes. Amid the endless sands and silence of the desert, the bus kept moving forward […]
Egypt—In the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods
Honestly, there’s really no need to get into the nitty-gritty of the Egyptian Empire’s history, which was one of the strongest during the time of the Mesopotamian Empire and the oldest after it. But as a tourist, I can’t help but wonder—how did this powerful kingdom end up being enslaved by the Persian Empire and […]
