by Ms I-Hua | Feb 11, 2010 | By Cuisine, By Location, Egypt, Egypt Reviews, Middle Eastern Cuisine, Overseas, Restaurant Reviews, Travel
At 5am we were up! First stop, the Valley of the Kings!!! The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: وادي الملوك Wādī al-Mulūk, less often وادي بيبان الملوك Wādī Bībān al-Mulūk; “Valley of the Gates of the Kings”)[1] is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of...
by Ms I-Hua | Feb 10, 2010 | Egypt, Travel
Another early morning, this time slightly better… 5.00am! The Boy and I in front of our cruise ship =) Today, we were taken to visit the Temple of Edfu (Horus), a major Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 BCE and 57 BCE, into the reign of Cleopatra VII....
by Ms I-Hua | Feb 10, 2010 | Egypt, Travel
After our early start and long morning to Abu Simbel and the High Dam, we returned to our rooms to find that the houskeepers (I still don’t know why that’s what they are called), had taken the two largest towels and made it into a flower… such a...
by Ms I-Hua | Feb 9, 2010 | Egypt, Travel
First of all, apologies to my few readers on the temporary hiatus… Scratty just came over from KL and I’m busy playing a nice host =) I’ve got her out of the house today shopping, so I have time to do this… lols… truth be told, I’ve...
by Ms I-Hua | Feb 4, 2010 | Egypt, Travel
So as I was desperately trying to explain how the sleeping bunks were in the tiny cabin yesterday, I found a picture of it =) This was our breakfast provided by our 1st class ticket… I dread to think what an economy ticket would have entailed…. roof top...