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10-10-2013, 12:40 AM
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This is to fulfill the request from the Mongolia thread. This will be my last thread on traveling. I plan to have a break from this before all of us gets tired of it
I made the trip in Nov 2010. I was pretty glad I made the trip, Arab Spring started 1 month after my trip
The trip took place before I bought a DLSR camera so its taken with a point and shoot. Quality might not be as good as some of my earlier travelogue
This trip featured 4 countries, UAE, Eygpt, Israel and Jordan. I actually planned to visit Syria, even went all the way to KL to get my visa done but I missed it due to timing issue. Now I'm not sure when I can ever visit that place. Nov was winter for them, the weather was actually pretty nice, temperature was mostly in the low to mid 20s
UAE was a 2 day stopover. The majority of the trip took place in Egypt where I joined a tour. I spent about 5 days in Jordan and made a day trip to Jerusalem. More details below
UAE: Dubai
The flight to Cairo stopover in Dubai. I took the opportunity to visit the city by joining a city tour. Pretty modern city. Even the bus stop here have aircon
The Burj Khalifa, tallest building in the world
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GB87GaJ7pBQ/UlVPqDgJOYI/AAAAAAAAEPc/SeQMiOSqrmQ/w617-h822-no/DSC07789.JPG
Most freaking expensive hotel in the world
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lkYor_nZzB8/UlVPqLynw0I/AAAAAAAAEPg/LV5Z_dIAgNk/w617-h822-no/DSC07798.JPG
Mosque which was used to explain Islam to tourist
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UismXU2bqu8/UlVPqJJnc6I/AAAAAAAAEPk/QlGuSlLbcZU/w1096-h822-no/DSC07809.JPG
Can't remember the name of this river
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-o5w4ygmyfHI/UlVPsJUev_I/AAAAAAAAEP0/tKhkiIOvyKw/w1096-h822-no/DSC07818.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-29cAkRDhxug/UlVPs7hnvQI/AAAAAAAAEP4/FB0FWa722sQ/w1096-h822-no/DSC07855.JPG
Dubai Museum
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d9Q69r4l-nc/UlVPs1Zyz3I/AAAAAAAAEP8/dUW3ATksfhU/w1096-h822-no/DSC07825.JPG
Gold Market
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Mx3-z4INJWw/UlVPu0sq6lI/AAAAAAAAEQM/eac1cYegDmc/w617-h822-no/DSC07862.JPG
Biggest Gold Ring in the World
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3ED9Cs183tc/UlVPwPOy6zI/AAAAAAAAEQc/O0KWalsEX3M/w617-h822-no/DSC07866.JPG
Egypt
Cairo
The main reason for making this trip was to visit Egypt. If U guys have not notice already, I am a bit of a history nerd. I like visiting places with a lot of ancient historical significance. I joined a 10 day tour in Egypt. First stop was Cairo.
The Great Pyramids from afar. Just in case you are wondering, yeah the pyramids are not in the middle of the freaking desert, in fact it is like 50m from the main road in the outskirts of Cairo
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kzM91tJJyHY/UlVPvF7g7YI/AAAAAAAAEQI/I8BfS9K7cuY/w1096-h822-no/DSC07892.JPG
Police on Camels at the Pyramids
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-swtVzqWERKs/UlVPxVPQu3I/AAAAAAAAEQs/QlLYGVGzJyM/w1096-h822-no/DSC07902.JPG
They are freaking huge
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0Na2uryy2zE/UlVPw-Ns4wI/AAAAAAAAEQo/Vrf0XSReAEA/w1096-h822-no/DSC07905.JPG
There are actually 3 pyramids there
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xeOv4cT83nY/UlVPxv-0zsI/AAAAAAAAEQw/3hUqa6u8bxM/w1096-h822-no/DSC07926.JPG
OK I had to crop my face out of this one that's why it looks weird
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZdjR1V7OmgM/UlVVeD5rQZI/AAAAAAAAEXw/QLLDH4COmOE/w1214-h222-no/DSC07925a.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RHjU8hgxTnI/UlVPyGW56qI/AAAAAAAAEQ8/IpXDTfKPMwE/w1096-h822-no/DSC07931.JPG
Flight from Cairo to Abu Simbel. First time on a Embraer plane
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-47KjMU5d4ko/UlVPzZG9HRI/AAAAAAAAERA/LvvB8Qwt6zo/w1096-h822-no/DSC07948.JPG
Abu Simbel
Cannot take pics inside. The temple was actually move here from another location, original location was flooded after they built the Aswan Dam.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ytwpE_dykp4/UlVPzqNB1lI/AAAAAAAAERI/tTh0QpWfdw4/w1096-h822-no/DSC07955.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tMC5U4KGIkk/UlVP1McUp2I/AAAAAAAAERY/ZLebzlOzR70/w1096-h822-no/DSC07958.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dFTm7rMYAt8/UlVP1OTRpjI/AAAAAAAAERU/qnJ5kKnkdrE/w1096-h822-no/DSC07967.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-YkDxD6WY4uM/UlVP1GUdhVI/AAAAAAAAERc/Qi5sSjLqxbA/w1096-h822-no/DSC07980.JPG
The tour included a 3 day cruise down the Nile. The cruise started from Aswan
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pgeejtp6vAQ/UlVP3sd0DCI/AAAAAAAAER0/kciyca5EGQc/w1096-h822-no/DSC08032.JPG
First stop of the cruise is Komombo
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eyxGaAW9y54/UlVP3ynlysI/AAAAAAAAERw/0ZRBuhFBTB0/w1153-h865-no/DSC08078.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-iAX5W4-ljHQ/UlVP7adaCUI/AAAAAAAAESU/0zHIPc6qYGw/w1153-h865-no/DSC08091.JPG
I have a very creative housekeeper. I get a different animal every time I return to my room
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b5Ziem2-GGQ/UlVP6_TirdI/AAAAAAAAESI/GyjGCWPODCs/w1153-h865-no/DSC08093.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3wim8MsKMdY/UlVP_utK3tI/AAAAAAAAES8/h5DPzj4AyPA/w1153-h865-no/DSC08243.JPG
2nd stop Edfu
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sgvDMGnk9wU/UlVP6gD1LjI/AAAAAAAAESE/FVOlXODgOjs/w1153-h865-no/DSC08121.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AAxyPo7mg1U/UlVP8CbDncI/AAAAAAAAESc/3XoSFsBjctc/w1153-h865-no/DSC08123.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PvGG6dF3-aI/UlVP8ZJ1V1I/AAAAAAAAESk/Mo9BeDJVV7I/w1153-h865-no/DSC08151.JPG
The cruise stops at Luxor
The Deir Al Bahari Temple
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qfN9mpDOXrQ/UlVP8w-w8OI/AAAAAAAAESo/OhPqEcskm80/w1153-h865-no/DSC08194.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yR30zBCN07Y/UlVP9QXq52I/AAAAAAAAESs/wxArgBZQHxo/w1153-h865-no/DSC08211.JPG
Entrance to the Valley of the Kings. The guide doesn't allow us to bring our cameras inside so this is as far as I could get
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TqkGySgn-aI/UlVQAMlBf6I/AAAAAAAAETI/RmrEN5W9lL8/w1153-h865-no/DSC08239.JPG
Karnak Temple
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ew47UYK8PCY/UlVP_gLfeiI/AAAAAAAAETA/dA6AxYhrIpY/w649-h865-no/DSC08259.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kb0UYr96nZw/UlVQBCfTnLI/AAAAAAAAETQ/ZxCX6QtP9RM/w1153-h865-no/DSC08300.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vkQblssf08Q/UlVQC6hvSHI/AAAAAAAAETg/XMp9bl36hFo/w1153-h865-no/DSC08311.JPG
Luxor Temple
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MxnlX46jy-s/UlVQCK6R0cI/AAAAAAAAETc/gbdT7qsyM0g/w649-h865-no/DSC08324.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pAUAl9xh9Ig/UlVQCjKl-JI/AAAAAAAAETs/D5qfYQkq45o/w1153-h865-no/DSC08331.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f3iAVyA9i4k/UlVQFNqJcnI/AAAAAAAAET8/Kr4FfEbUEGM/w1153-h865-no/DSC08366.JPG
From Luxor it was onwards to Sharm El Shek, a famous beach resort. I did some diving in the Red Sea almost drown there due to faulty equipment
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PKS76DGxpOI/UlVQE6c0c_I/AAAAAAAAEUA/HBTnozMb4r0/w1153-h865-no/DSC08476.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rXEMHeWwt8U/UlVQEz4OZOI/AAAAAAAAET0/WLxAdITjc9g/w1153-h865-no/DSC08494.JPG
Last stop in Egypt, Mt Catherine the place where Moses got his 10 Commandments
Christians should be familiar with this place. St Catherine Church
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-30XXgtY95H0/UlVQGLSdF-I/AAAAAAAAEUE/BU8gSEXNc-c/w1153-h865-no/DSC08508.JPG
The Burning Bush
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7tUFWk_Kx9A/UlVQHqLE_BI/AAAAAAAAEUc/hHEK0DcJVlk/w1153-h865-no/DSC08518.JPG
OK end of part 1. Part 2 will feature Israel and Jordan
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?165571-Char-Brings-you-to-the-Middle-East&goto=newpost).
This is to fulfill the request from the Mongolia thread. This will be my last thread on traveling. I plan to have a break from this before all of us gets tired of it
I made the trip in Nov 2010. I was pretty glad I made the trip, Arab Spring started 1 month after my trip
The trip took place before I bought a DLSR camera so its taken with a point and shoot. Quality might not be as good as some of my earlier travelogue
This trip featured 4 countries, UAE, Eygpt, Israel and Jordan. I actually planned to visit Syria, even went all the way to KL to get my visa done but I missed it due to timing issue. Now I'm not sure when I can ever visit that place. Nov was winter for them, the weather was actually pretty nice, temperature was mostly in the low to mid 20s
UAE was a 2 day stopover. The majority of the trip took place in Egypt where I joined a tour. I spent about 5 days in Jordan and made a day trip to Jerusalem. More details below
UAE: Dubai
The flight to Cairo stopover in Dubai. I took the opportunity to visit the city by joining a city tour. Pretty modern city. Even the bus stop here have aircon
The Burj Khalifa, tallest building in the world
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GB87GaJ7pBQ/UlVPqDgJOYI/AAAAAAAAEPc/SeQMiOSqrmQ/w617-h822-no/DSC07789.JPG
Most freaking expensive hotel in the world
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lkYor_nZzB8/UlVPqLynw0I/AAAAAAAAEPg/LV5Z_dIAgNk/w617-h822-no/DSC07798.JPG
Mosque which was used to explain Islam to tourist
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UismXU2bqu8/UlVPqJJnc6I/AAAAAAAAEPk/QlGuSlLbcZU/w1096-h822-no/DSC07809.JPG
Can't remember the name of this river
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-o5w4ygmyfHI/UlVPsJUev_I/AAAAAAAAEP0/tKhkiIOvyKw/w1096-h822-no/DSC07818.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-29cAkRDhxug/UlVPs7hnvQI/AAAAAAAAEP4/FB0FWa722sQ/w1096-h822-no/DSC07855.JPG
Dubai Museum
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d9Q69r4l-nc/UlVPs1Zyz3I/AAAAAAAAEP8/dUW3ATksfhU/w1096-h822-no/DSC07825.JPG
Gold Market
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Mx3-z4INJWw/UlVPu0sq6lI/AAAAAAAAEQM/eac1cYegDmc/w617-h822-no/DSC07862.JPG
Biggest Gold Ring in the World
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3ED9Cs183tc/UlVPwPOy6zI/AAAAAAAAEQc/O0KWalsEX3M/w617-h822-no/DSC07866.JPG
Egypt
Cairo
The main reason for making this trip was to visit Egypt. If U guys have not notice already, I am a bit of a history nerd. I like visiting places with a lot of ancient historical significance. I joined a 10 day tour in Egypt. First stop was Cairo.
The Great Pyramids from afar. Just in case you are wondering, yeah the pyramids are not in the middle of the freaking desert, in fact it is like 50m from the main road in the outskirts of Cairo
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kzM91tJJyHY/UlVPvF7g7YI/AAAAAAAAEQI/I8BfS9K7cuY/w1096-h822-no/DSC07892.JPG
Police on Camels at the Pyramids
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-swtVzqWERKs/UlVPxVPQu3I/AAAAAAAAEQs/QlLYGVGzJyM/w1096-h822-no/DSC07902.JPG
They are freaking huge
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0Na2uryy2zE/UlVPw-Ns4wI/AAAAAAAAEQo/Vrf0XSReAEA/w1096-h822-no/DSC07905.JPG
There are actually 3 pyramids there
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xeOv4cT83nY/UlVPxv-0zsI/AAAAAAAAEQw/3hUqa6u8bxM/w1096-h822-no/DSC07926.JPG
OK I had to crop my face out of this one that's why it looks weird
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZdjR1V7OmgM/UlVVeD5rQZI/AAAAAAAAEXw/QLLDH4COmOE/w1214-h222-no/DSC07925a.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RHjU8hgxTnI/UlVPyGW56qI/AAAAAAAAEQ8/IpXDTfKPMwE/w1096-h822-no/DSC07931.JPG
Flight from Cairo to Abu Simbel. First time on a Embraer plane
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-47KjMU5d4ko/UlVPzZG9HRI/AAAAAAAAERA/LvvB8Qwt6zo/w1096-h822-no/DSC07948.JPG
Abu Simbel
Cannot take pics inside. The temple was actually move here from another location, original location was flooded after they built the Aswan Dam.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ytwpE_dykp4/UlVPzqNB1lI/AAAAAAAAERI/tTh0QpWfdw4/w1096-h822-no/DSC07955.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tMC5U4KGIkk/UlVP1McUp2I/AAAAAAAAERY/ZLebzlOzR70/w1096-h822-no/DSC07958.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dFTm7rMYAt8/UlVP1OTRpjI/AAAAAAAAERU/qnJ5kKnkdrE/w1096-h822-no/DSC07967.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-YkDxD6WY4uM/UlVP1GUdhVI/AAAAAAAAERc/Qi5sSjLqxbA/w1096-h822-no/DSC07980.JPG
The tour included a 3 day cruise down the Nile. The cruise started from Aswan
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pgeejtp6vAQ/UlVP3sd0DCI/AAAAAAAAER0/kciyca5EGQc/w1096-h822-no/DSC08032.JPG
First stop of the cruise is Komombo
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eyxGaAW9y54/UlVP3ynlysI/AAAAAAAAERw/0ZRBuhFBTB0/w1153-h865-no/DSC08078.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-iAX5W4-ljHQ/UlVP7adaCUI/AAAAAAAAESU/0zHIPc6qYGw/w1153-h865-no/DSC08091.JPG
I have a very creative housekeeper. I get a different animal every time I return to my room
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b5Ziem2-GGQ/UlVP6_TirdI/AAAAAAAAESI/GyjGCWPODCs/w1153-h865-no/DSC08093.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3wim8MsKMdY/UlVP_utK3tI/AAAAAAAAES8/h5DPzj4AyPA/w1153-h865-no/DSC08243.JPG
2nd stop Edfu
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sgvDMGnk9wU/UlVP6gD1LjI/AAAAAAAAESE/FVOlXODgOjs/w1153-h865-no/DSC08121.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AAxyPo7mg1U/UlVP8CbDncI/AAAAAAAAESc/3XoSFsBjctc/w1153-h865-no/DSC08123.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PvGG6dF3-aI/UlVP8ZJ1V1I/AAAAAAAAESk/Mo9BeDJVV7I/w1153-h865-no/DSC08151.JPG
The cruise stops at Luxor
The Deir Al Bahari Temple
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qfN9mpDOXrQ/UlVP8w-w8OI/AAAAAAAAESo/OhPqEcskm80/w1153-h865-no/DSC08194.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yR30zBCN07Y/UlVP9QXq52I/AAAAAAAAESs/wxArgBZQHxo/w1153-h865-no/DSC08211.JPG
Entrance to the Valley of the Kings. The guide doesn't allow us to bring our cameras inside so this is as far as I could get
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TqkGySgn-aI/UlVQAMlBf6I/AAAAAAAAETI/RmrEN5W9lL8/w1153-h865-no/DSC08239.JPG
Karnak Temple
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ew47UYK8PCY/UlVP_gLfeiI/AAAAAAAAETA/dA6AxYhrIpY/w649-h865-no/DSC08259.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kb0UYr96nZw/UlVQBCfTnLI/AAAAAAAAETQ/ZxCX6QtP9RM/w1153-h865-no/DSC08300.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vkQblssf08Q/UlVQC6hvSHI/AAAAAAAAETg/XMp9bl36hFo/w1153-h865-no/DSC08311.JPG
Luxor Temple
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MxnlX46jy-s/UlVQCK6R0cI/AAAAAAAAETc/gbdT7qsyM0g/w649-h865-no/DSC08324.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pAUAl9xh9Ig/UlVQCjKl-JI/AAAAAAAAETs/D5qfYQkq45o/w1153-h865-no/DSC08331.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f3iAVyA9i4k/UlVQFNqJcnI/AAAAAAAAET8/Kr4FfEbUEGM/w1153-h865-no/DSC08366.JPG
From Luxor it was onwards to Sharm El Shek, a famous beach resort. I did some diving in the Red Sea almost drown there due to faulty equipment
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PKS76DGxpOI/UlVQE6c0c_I/AAAAAAAAEUA/HBTnozMb4r0/w1153-h865-no/DSC08476.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rXEMHeWwt8U/UlVQEz4OZOI/AAAAAAAAET0/WLxAdITjc9g/w1153-h865-no/DSC08494.JPG
Last stop in Egypt, Mt Catherine the place where Moses got his 10 Commandments
Christians should be familiar with this place. St Catherine Church
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-30XXgtY95H0/UlVQGLSdF-I/AAAAAAAAEUE/BU8gSEXNc-c/w1153-h865-no/DSC08508.JPG
The Burning Bush
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7tUFWk_Kx9A/UlVQHqLE_BI/AAAAAAAAEUc/hHEK0DcJVlk/w1153-h865-no/DSC08518.JPG
OK end of part 1. Part 2 will feature Israel and Jordan
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?165571-Char-Brings-you-to-the-Middle-East&goto=newpost).