The #1 thing to do in Egypt – Go on a #PTMEgypt tour
“If you think I’m not bringing this carpet in the hot air balloon…” – Jason
I have followed Ryan (Pause The Moment) online for a couple of years now, he’s been travelling for around seven years and has been quite an inspiration for me. So when he announced that he was organizing two tours of Egypt I really wanted to join. In true Annie-style I waited too long so the first one filled up, I panicked and jumped on the second one immediately (sound familiar?)…
Ryan’s tour had a great itinerary that checked off almost all the things I’ve wanted to see in Egypt. Originally it looked like this: Day 1 – CAIRO: Pyramids of Giza, camel ride and the Sphinx Day 2 – LUXOR: Temple of Karnak, temple of Luxor Day 3 – LUXOR: Hot air ballon ride, Valley of the Kings, West bank, Hatshepsut’s temple, Felucca ride on the Nile Day 4 – Drive to Hurghada Day 5 – Snorkelling tour to Giftun Islands Day 6 – CAIRO: Khan el Khalili Bazaar Day 7 – Depart to Fayoum (National park for overnight camping trip in the desert), hot spring, desert activities, sunset BBQ Day 8 – CAIRO: Egyptian Museum, dinner, goodbyes
After the militants attacked Egyptian police around the time we were there the government shut down any and all travel in the desert, so Ryan and Gabry worked fast and decided to take us to Alexandria instead. I was actually even happier with this than the original plan because we got to visit the Library of Alexandria. The whole day was awesome with seeing the catacombs, the Serapeum and Pompey’s Pillar, but the library… I was almost giddy 😀 It turned out to be such a great day and I hope I conveyed that to Ryan and Gabry.
In the end, this tour turned out to be a definite highlight of my trip so far. We had a great group that really got along well together, accumulated about 20 new hashtags, one new group member in Jason’s Egyptian rug (“Carpanda”) and have so many injokes I’m glad I wrote many of them down because I wouldn’t want to forget them for anything. #Stella? #SpecialMeatBeef #ColorfulTombStuff #BroPolyAmero #WaitingForThePidgeonToKickIn #AmazingGroup #SixThirty #MySisterIsABellyDancer #Carpanda #ULikeObelisk? #MegasBasilos #JasonPhotobomb #PurtyGrand #MahmoudPrime
I love you guys ❤
THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA, SAQQARA & 5000 YEAR OLD HIEROGLYPHS
The Great Pyramids of Giza
The Great Pyramids of Giza
Going in!
The tomb of Kheops, crawling to get there
Going down!
The Great Pyramids of Giza
The Great Pyramids of Giza
Kartouche the Band
Camelrides ❤
Jennifer – The Camel Whisperer
Professionals
What’s up, Ben!
Eeeyyyh!
Me and the Sphinx getting intimate
5000 year old hieroglyphs
Kagemni’s tomb – 5000 year old hieroglyphs
Kagemni’s tomb – 5000 year old hieroglyphs
Visitig the necropolis of Saqqara
The group, crawling again…
Saqqara pyramid of Djoser in Egypt
This is art. I call it “Jennifer in the sand”
I’ve seen this movie… It doesn’t end well…
Supposedly the oldest graffiti in the world
AirportCrew – Heading to Luxor
LUXOR: TEMPLE OF KARNAK & TEMPLE OF LUXOR
Temple of Karnak
Temple of Karnak
For science!
Temple of Karnak
Temple of Karnak
Temple of Karnak
The heat, the exhaustion…
Temple of Karnak
Kaitlin and Basil on the Felucca
BroPolyAmory
Jennifer and I
Basil, Jason and Ben
Basil, Jason and Ben
Basil, Jason and Ben
Annie, Fabiola and Ryan
Smile on the Nile!
Smile on the Nile!
Sunsets are magic
Temple of Luxor
Temple of Luxor
Greek graffiti
Basil finding his roots #AlexanderTheGreat
Temple of Luxor
Temple of Luxor
heehee…
I got this…
Temple of Luxor
Temple of Luxor
HOT AIR BALLOON, HATSHEPSUT’S TEMPLE, VALLEY OF THE KINGS, COLOSSI OF MEMNON
Early morning call to get to the hot air ballooooons
4am wa up + sunscreen = shiny face
Let’s do this!
Balloon Crew
Amazing views
Hot air balloon ride
Hot air balloon ride
Hot air balloon ride
Happyface
Hot air balloon ride
Hot air balloon ride
Happyface
Ben & Basil
#JasonPhotobomb
The valley of the Kings – Photos not allowed
I snuck in two photos then I got nervous
Jennifer captured this inside Tutankhamon’s tomb ❤
Alabaster store
This guy offered 5000 camels for my hand in marriage ;-D
Going to Hatshepsut’s temple
#JasonPhotobomb
#JasonPhotobomb
#JasonPhotobomb
#JasonPhotobomb
Hatshepsut’s temple
Kartouche’s Angels
I’m a mature adult
Hatshepsut’s temple
Temples’n Chill
Colossi of Memnon
Colossi of Memnon
Poolside’n chill
“This water is cold” “No, it’s not!” “Shut up, Arctic Circle”
HURGHADA, SNORKELLING AT THE GIFTUN ISLANDS & KHAN EL KHALILI BAZAAR
Basil being cannibalistic
Driving to Hurghada
Driving to Hurghada
Jason ;-D
Annie & Kaitlin
I’m on a boat!
Annie & Basil
Snorkel Crew
BroPolyAmory
Jason
Jason
I’m on a boat!
“Special drink”
Apparently, you can order “Fakes” at a Greek restaurant ;-D
Ryan & Basil
Kartouche’s Angels
Kartouche’s Angels
Annie & Kaitlin
CARPANDA!
Khan el Khalili Bazaar
Khan el Khalili Bazaar
Khan el Khalili Bazaar
Stuffed pidgeon, local delicassy… (soebody prob. just shot this off the street *lol*)
ALEXANDRIA!
Birhday Boy!
The catacombs of Alexandria
The catacombs of Alexandria
The catacombs of Alexandria
I’ve seen this movie too… It doesn’t end well…
The catacombs of Alexandria are lit (PSYCH!)
The catacombs of Alexandria
Jason gets low for that perfect capture
Pompay’s Pillar Jason
Pompay’s Pillar Annie
Pompay’s Pillar Fabiola
The Serapeum
Kaitlin
Annie
Pillar Crew
Ryan & Annie
Ryan, Annie & Jennifer
Harbour Bros
The Library of Alexandria
The. LIBRARY. OF. ALEXANDRIAAA!
Happyface
Basil, being Greek again ❤
The Library of Alexandria
L O L
The Library of Alexandria
The Library of Alexandria
Basil & Alexander the Great
Annie & Alexander the Great
The Library of Alexandria
The Library of Alexandria
CAIRO: BASIL’S BIRTHDAY, MUSEUM OF EGYPT, ALABASTER MOSQUE & PYRAMID LIGHT SHOW
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