Egypt Trip Part V, Hurghada and Alexandria
Hurghada, Alexandria and Memphis were my last three days schedule, I just put them together here. There was about 4 hours drive from Luxor to Hurghada, all the way north east to the Red Sea, there was almost nothing but desert, by the sunset we were at the hotel. The next day was totally free, we joined a tour on a not very new yacht for the Island of Paradise, on the way back, the yacht stopped for snorkeling.
The Red Sea was very nice place of diving, if you swim some minutes away from the beach, just dive for 2 meters, you can see groups of big fishes. What a pity, I cannot take underwater pictures…
After lunch, about 4 Pm, we were on the way back to Cairo, another long distance driving about 6 hours. Next morning, we were on the way to Alexandria. The photo below was taken at the morning rush hour in a street close to our hotel.
Alexandria is a beautiful City, and it is much cooler than any of the cities we had visited in Egypt.
This is a local lunch in Alexandria.
Some street sight of Alexandria.
That is the Women Street, on the right side of the street is a cemetery, and not far from here is the Pompey’s Pillar. Both the Pillar and the Sphinx were moved here many year later after the original temple was total destroyed. Underground the ruin, there is still a sanctuary opened for public visit.
Memphis was the old Capital of Lower Egypt, but before century, it was total destroyed by invaders, there are not much to see, as I have already put them in the first part of this Egypt tour, I just skip them here.
After the dinner, we headed directly to Cairo Airport, and after another 10 hours flying, we were back in Beijing again.
I had twice trip in Egypt just in one month, they were exactly the same route, and they were all very impressive. I bought 2 pictorial books about Egypt History, I am reading at them at the moment, as a history even longer than China, I need some more time to grasp some of their glorious past, hopefully by my next visit there, I could be more confident. For sure, I will have more chance to visit this Sun Empire in the future, but I don’t think I will make it this year anymore.
Good luck to our local guides!
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