Monday, June 22, 2009

Our Egypt Vacation - Day 7 & 8 - Cairo

On day 7, we were back in Cairo; visiting the Cairo Museum, where the high light were the King Tutankhamun treasures and the Mummies. No camera was allowed inside the museum although there were plenty of handphone camera.

We also did a quick walk about in Coptic Cairo before visiting Al Azhar Mosque and Khan Al Khalili.

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Somehow the kids knew that we'll be flying on the next day and posing with the arms out!

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Friday, June 19, 2009

Our Egypt Vacation - Day 6 - Karnak & Luxor Temple

It was after mid-day that we checked out from the cruise boat. The kids were groaning when they heard about the next 2 places to be visited - more temples. They gladly stayed back in the van while we did a quick tour around the Karnak Temple.

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After lunch, we visited the Luxor Temple. This time, the children agreed to walk around the temple and as usual it's all running around, finding secret door and some hip hop or is it kung fu dancing.

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Our Egypt Vacation - Day 6 - Hot Air Ballon

Day 6 started very early for everybody,it was for a hot air ballon trip. We were on the 2nd flight and our departure point depended on where the 1st flight landed. The weather was good and there was enough visibility to see the far away area.

The flight took approximately 45 minutes and we flew over the city and landed closed to a housing area. We drove back to the cruise boat for a breakfast and checked out in the afternoon.

Sleepy faces watching the hot air ballon

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Plenty of ballons

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Lift off

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View of the Valley of the Kings

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Luxor city view

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My promo shot

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Landed shot

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Wrapped up

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