Walk like an Egyptian...

I think this trip may qualify as one of our favorites due to the simple fact that we had the best of both worlds. We stayed in a great resort on the Red Sea with great food. We had beautiful climate to lay on the beach. Plus, we traveled 2 days throughout Egypt to visit some of the oldest historical sights in the world. If you hadn't noticed, Scott and I are sort of dorks when it comes to preparing for trips. We always read through travel books, watch documentary's, and read some historical fiction books about the area. I'd have to say we prepared more for Egypt than most of our trips.


Our room right off of the Red Sea.

This is a Sheesha. It's very similar to the Hookah that we have in the states. I think this is what gave me a nasty cough at the end of the vacation. =)

One day we took a bus to Luxor to see The Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatsepsuts Temple, and the Temple Karnak. Wow! We visited King Tut's tomb as well as 3 other Pharoah's on the Valley of the Kings. The Temple Karnak is 62 acres large!!! Can you imagine? It was being built for 1,000 years. Each Pharoah would build onto this amazing sight.

I bought a bracelet in Egypt that shows the cross like symbol in the above hieroglyph. It means to have a good life.

The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. The first Queen of Egypt to name herself a Pharoah.

Cairo. This place was crazy! It was similar to Mexico City, but you can see the pyramids in the background. !

We first went to visit The Citadel in Cairo. We had to take our shoes off as soon as we entered the mosque. Beautiful.

Scott inside the mosque.

We went into one of the pyramids, but we couldn't take pictures. It was very small, and it was almost scary because we had to go up and down stairs while bending down through the small tunnels. Unbelievable