We're off on Sunday - thanks for all the help here. Here's our itinerary and the blog link is below.
January 14-18
* Cairo - staying at Giza to gaze at the pyramids from our room! Lots of day trips to the sights in the area and Alexandria
January 18
* Aswan for one night (staying at Old Cataract - remember it from the movie "Murder on the Nile"?) and taking a quick flight to Abu Simbel before we board our Nile Cruise
January 19-22
* On Board the lovely (we hope!) Oberoi Philae - sailing from Aswan to Luxor - lots of pyramid and temple visits along the route including (hopefully) see King Tut now that he's on display!
January 23
* Luxor
January 24-26
* One night back in Cairo and then on to Jordan - 2 nights at the Dead Sea staying in a gorgeous new Kempinski Resort - visits to some amazing sights including Mt Nebo (where Moses first gazed at the Holy Land) and Crusader Castles
January 27-28
* Petra! Liz is very excited about Petra - we'll also visit Jerash (well preserved Roman ruins) at the end on our way back to Amman
January 30
* Whew!!!!! Barcelona for 2 months - lots of trips (day and overnight) planned while we're there in our lovely apartment in the Barrio Gotica
Liz, terrific! So envious, your itinerary is my dream trip to Egypt. Will be following your blog. Lots of luck, safe travels and may all your photos turn out. -- Janie
Liz, have been enjoying your blog. We leave for Egypt on Sunday. Am already rethinking my packing based on current weather predictions and your blog. I, too, have some lovely linen things - but I might opt to bring along some items that will be a little warmer. Then again, who knows what we'll encounter weather-wise over the next two weeks.
Dear Richard & Liz - my monitor has drool marks from reading your blog & looking at the photos. SuzanneF - safe travels. Again, desperately envious of you all !! -- Janie
SuzanneF - have a wonderful time! It was warmer when we got to Luxor - hopefully will stay that way for you.
We visited Ajloun (Islamic fort from Crusader period) and Jerash (Roman city) today and then drove back via Amman - boy Jordan is a remarkable, overlooked country.
Tomorrow is Mt Nebo and Karak and then PETRA!. Have great guides here too. At their suggestion we've added Wadi Rum and Aqaba.....
Back at our beautiful Dead Sea hotel (with free internet) - could just sit and stare at the scenery here for days too.
Liz, enjoy the rest of your journey. I'll be catching up on your blog upon my return. Tom decided against bringing his computer so I don't think I'll be on the internet much (if at all) during this trip.
This time last year I was packing to leave for a month of travelling overland from Cairo to Istanbul and Liz your photos of Jordan made me want to do it all again tomorrow.
We are planning a return trip to Jordan and Syria, hopefully in 2009. Both countries are just made for slow travel.
Fantastic blog and photos! Thank you for sharing. Geoff will be in Israel on business this year sometime and I'm determined to turn it into a Middle East trip. If it happens Liz, I'll be PMing you! - Janie
