Abu Simbel, the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk, Philae Temple and Staying at the Arabesque Hotel (or “Using Towels the Ancient Egyptians Might Have Used…”)
December 31, 2004
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Abu Simbel Early the next morning, we left for Abu Simbel. Abu Simbel borders Sudan, and there is heavy security. Tourists from Aswan are forced to join an early morning motor convoy to the site, several sleepy hours away.…
Continue Reading →Back in Cairo
January 05, 2004
Arriving in Cairo for our last few days, we headed out of the train station towards the taxi rank for the inevitable fight with the taxi drivers. They wanted to charge us quadruple the local rate to drive us to our hotel.…
Continue Reading →Arrival in Bangkok
July 01, 2003
The airport is well run and smooth. There is a fairly organized taxi coupon system in place that fixes the price, but also adds a surcharge. The cabbie tried to persuade us to ignore the system and surcharge and it would be cheaper but we stuck with the fixed price we had been quoted.
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