{"id":3227,"date":"2026-01-19T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:55:33","slug":"egypt-day-3-el-alamein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/egypt-day-3-el-alamein\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt &#8211; Day 3 El Alamein"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_41586.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_41586.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_41586-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_41586-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_41586-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back on the coach we headed west following the Mediterranean coast to El Alamein where we stopped to visit the Commonwealth War Cemetery.  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Turning off the coast road we drove through desert to Wadi El-Natrun a fertile valley and then to a Coptic Christian Monastery where we were shown around by one of the monks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39244.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39244.jpg 450w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39244-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39244-165x220.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_4084.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_4084.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_4084-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_4084-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_4084-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39612.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39612.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39612-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39612-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39612-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39863.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39863.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39863-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_20260119_39863-165x220.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a long day our driver, Raphaelo, took us back to Cairo but this time to the Crowne Plaza Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had dinner in a restaurant in the nearby shopping centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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