Alexandria

From Luxor we headed back to Cairo on the overnight train. On our last day of the tour we all decided to head up to Alexandria for the day. We paid for our own minivan & hit the road nice and early. After the two hour journey we visited a few places including the Grecko-Roman Museum, Pompey's Pillar & the best falafal shop in the world. The highlight of the trip though would of been the Catacombs. It was like nothing else we saw in Egypt and the stories that went along with it had us all standing there with our jaws on the ground. The Catacombs are a series of burial chambers under the ground with art works and a labyrinth of rooms containing coffins, upon coffins, upon coffins. Well worth the trip that's for sure.

The next morning it was time for Deb to head back to Australia. So we jumped in the taxi & headed to the airport. It was a nice little drive but I wasn't able to see the Ramses statue that I had seen on arrival, I just couldn't find it. When we arrived at the airport we all got out of the taxi for the grand old hug goodbye. Our faithful taxi driver opened the boot just enough to get Deb's suitcase out but Deb wanted to give him a hand so she opened the boot a little more for him to make it easier. SMACK....... straight in the chin. Deb just clocked him sweet, I'm surprised he didn't drop to the ground out cold. Instead he had a smirk on his face that just said "let me do it you stupid western girl".


All in all, I was blown away by Egypt & the history, & I can say with out a doubt that I'll be back to this amazing country one day. We flew out on the 25th March 2004 to New York, New York.