Today we went by coach to Giza. The Great Sphinx was our first stop. My dad was in Egypt in 1951/2 during his National Service so we are retracing his steps. We walked around The Great Pyramid of Giza the last remaining 7th Wonder of the Ancient World. Andy took the opportunity to climb the...

We left our hotel and went to the fort built on the site of the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Back on the coach we headed west following the Mediterranean coast to El Alamein where we stopped to visit the Commonwealth War Cemetery. The battle of El Alamein was...

Very busy day today. After an early start we left our hotel to catch the 8.00 am train to Alexandria – Egypt’s’ ‘second capital.’ We travelled first class, very clean and comfortable. The journey north took two and a half hours. Arriving in Alexandria we transferred to our coach. Our tour of Alexandria began with...

After a five hour flight from Heathrow we landed in Cairo. By the time we left the airport it was gettimg dark. We drove on our coach through the traffic chaos to the Sheraton Hotel, overlooking the Nile. We have a beautiful room with amazing views. We had a buffet dinner with our travelling companions...

We were packed and ready to go but had enough time for one last drive. We drove round the bay to Slangkop lighthouse that we could see at the end of ‘our’ beach. Unfortunately it closed on Saturdays. We continued along the coast to Scarborough then back in a loop to the villa, narrowly missing...