Egypt has been one of the best places that I have visited. When you think of Egypt, what all comes to your mind; The Pyramids, The Nile, Pharaohs, The Red Sea. And Egypt is not only limited to this; it also has some scenic beach places like Hurghada, which has been one of my other good experience.
I just love this place for the amount of tourist attractions that it has to offer. We planned a decent 12 days trip, but I felt we should have spent some more time, in places like Alexandria an Hurghada.
So let me take you today around Egypt with my experiences to share:
We began at Cairo, for sure everyone wants to be here first for the majestic Pyramids. I have always been very fascinated with these Giant structures. We selected our Hotel right in front of the pyramids to ensure we do not miss on a single moment watching it while in Cairo, Giza to be very particular.
In the Giza area, there are 3Great Pyramids (Cheops, Chefren and Macarinos).
The pyramid were royal tombs and considered to be the place of ascent for the spirit of the deceased pharaoh.Believed that the soul would travel to the after life and if it chooses to come back to earth again it would be through the top point of the pyramid. The dead body of the pharaoh was mummified and buried with all the things it would need for the afterlife.
To think of it the marvel is man made in those days with absolutely no machine technology and only going with the brain technology and some man made natural tools.
The view of the Pyramids from a distance, here we also took a camel ride, but it is not really worth it. It's hardly a 5 minute ride which they say is free, but then they would ask for a tip, almost as mandatory and it would be nothing less then 10$.
After a day stay at Giza, Cairo; we proceeded to Aswan where there is the Philae Temple the Temple of Goddess Isis. This temple was built on the island of Aswan, but it got submerged in water when the Aswan dam was built in early 1900s, in the 70s then UNESCO selected a suitable sight and the whole temple was shifted from it's original sight to where it stands now.
After this we headed for the 4 days Nile Cruise, which covered Abu Simbel, Kom Ombo Temple of the Crocodile God Sobek, The Falcon God Horus (Son of Isis) Edfu Temple and The Luxor and Karnak Temples.
The Luzor Temple, for thousands of years, the temple was buried under the streets of Luxor. In a period of time there were 2 mosques built over it. When the temple was discovered, the mosque were carefullu preserved and the temple was uncovered.
The Karnak Temple, also known as the Cult temple where ceremonies were done for the fertility of the earth and the expectation of abundant harvests. Its a huge one and in the present day many film shootings also take place over here.
On the way we had a great time at the Cruise also, where there was dance, fun and a super 4 days enjoyment.
Post which we traveled to Hurghada. This was recommended to us by the local tour operator in Egypt and glad that we included in our itinerary as after so much of Temple dose a change was required :-)
At Hurghada there was Desert Safari, Diving, Snorkelling, Submarine and loads of other water activities.
After all of this we proceeded to Alexandria, which is famous for Open Air Roman Amphitheater, Montazah Park and Palace, The Citadel from the Islamic period and The Bibliotheca the newly rebuilt Library, built to replace the one burnt down during the time of Cleopatra.
Besides all of this, One should not miss out on the local food, The Papyrus Musuem and yes you also get some good crystals there. The Albatross stone is the famous one here, known to ward of negativity and also a gambler's crystal.
One thing I did not like in this place is everywhere they would demand Tips. We for sure would give but when someone keeps asking for it like compulsory, you will then get irritated.
At Egypt the other thing we observed is almost 80% of houses had an unfinished look, only completed till brick level. Reason being, if they would complete the finishing they would have to pay high taxes.
So with this we ended out Trip in Egypt, with a lot of fond memories of the place.
Hope you all too enjoyed the place through my eyes.
With Love and Angels Blessings 💖💖👼🏻👼🏻🧚♀
My other blogs of Interest
Meditation - A Path to your hidden Potentials
Another Feather in my Cap
Old People deserve Love, Respect and Peace, and not Struggles
photos are just marvelous!
of course travelling and new places are amazing, but I like you the charachter of the photos the most
you're so full of life and joy, all photos are alive and sunny, bright and light emotions are transfered from them, so inspiring!
you're happy, it can be seen easily, and this happiness makes you shine so bright)
I am glad you had so great time)
and Egypt is my dream place to visit from the very childhood) as well as India by the way, I feel strange passion to all eastern places) maybe I lived there in my past life)
Thanx @taliakerch. Egypt was one place that I have always wanted to visit. I am very fascinated with their history. The place is marvelous, its amazing to see how they made such massive structures in those days with their own technology.
When you travel to India, do let me know I will advise you some places not to be missed.
I wish all your dreams come true
DISCLAIMER: dropahead Curation Team does not necessarily share opinions expressed in this article, but find author's effort and/or contribution deserves better reward and visibility.
to maximize your curation rewards!
with SteemConnect
12.5SP, 25SP, 50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP
Do the above and we'll have more STEEM POWER to give YOU bigger rewards next time!
News from dropahead: How to give back to the dropahead Project in 15 seconds or less
Interesting post with attractive images. I don't know when I will be visiting this place. But from the days of Mummy movies, I have been awaiting to visit this place. Angkor wat is another place that I always wanted to visit.
So, it is not just India. People all over the world, have their own ways to skip paying taxes. Very interesting. 😂
I'm glad you had such a fabulous time in Egypt!
Thanx dear Elena, yes it came to me also as a surprise. This was the last place we visited and after seeing almost everything I did not expect such a big library in this place or in that case even the musuem. Alexandria was quite different then the rest of the places.
I love the picture with you all dabbing in it - very creative!
#thealliance
Thank you @c0ff33a
It is very wonderful that you visited Egypt, and I hope you have enjoyed the tourism Antiquities of the Pharaonic civilization ,,, the three pyramids and Aboholh ,,, There is a lot of the world of archaeological tourism ,,, Do not forget to visit the museum you will see the mummy Pharaoh and a number of kings and queens such as Cleopatra ،،، I wish you enjoy your journey Egypt (Egypt the Mother of the World)
Good luck my dear friend @nainaztengra 👍👍😉
Yes we did visit the museum, it was massive and impressive. I loved this place overall
Lovely to see a pyramid below your finger tip. :)
You do that for TajMahal also and almost all of these attractions :-)
incredible photos of egypt! i visited over the summer and it was amazing!! need to go back and for a longer time! we couldn't go inside the pyramids though, as they wouldnt allow people to go in right now, which i was very sad about. maybe another time! my friend is egyptian and showed me an amazing time in Cairo, but also loved Alexandria and Dahab. seeing your photos reminded me of it - thanks for sharing your amazing trip!
I was lucky then to go inside the Pyramids. Yes wit the locals you get to explore the place better, else it becomes difficult by yourself. We did not go to Dahab. I hope I did not miss much with that.
Wonderful! I am planning a trip to Egypt with my family in May. Tickets booked already. I am gonna show this blog to my wife. And probably trouble you with a few questions on Egypt 😜
Thank for that tip on tips.. 😂 Will keep that in mind.
That's wonderful Hardik. I am sure you will have the cruise on your list cause that's like the common thing. See if you can also include Hurghada, it will be a good change and you will enjoy it for sure.
I would really love to see the Temple of Ramses II some day, among several other locations. Egypt captivates the imagination in a unique way. The scuba diving looks interesting!
I lived, for awhile, in a place with tangible history and miss it. Where I was living, in southern Spain, there were vestiges from many civilizations, from the bronze age through the turbulent "reconquista."
Yes the Temple is very fascinating, rather all of them, they are all different and unique with so much of history to share.
It must be very interesting to live in such a place, I am sure.
nice trip in egypt
Egypt has been one of those places in my travel basket.Amazing photography by the way.
history and abandoned buildings is the motivation for us to reflect on the past
That is Awesome! It's been my dream to visit Egypt! Keep being awesome and know you've left someone inspired:)
interesting trip story ,i wish to visit Egypt historical places
This is my dream place to visit. I have to be here before it's over :)
I used to have also a plan years ago to go Egypt to see pyramids but I heard the story like you mention about asking tips.. One of my Egyptian friend said that he went there for once in his life and he never planned to go again ;)
I guess it's ok to overlook these small things. To an extent you can't blame them, their economy is bad and tourism is one sector which gives them earnings so in a way I feel sad for these people. I guess if you know of these things and are mentally prepared then you can manage it well
Beautiful Egypt and beautiful pictures. Upvoted
I hope you will like my photography blog. Amazing photographs of nature, hills, clouds, trees etc. <<<<< click here
You got a 5.03% upvote from @postpromoter courtesy of @nainaztengra!
Want to promote your posts too? Check out the Steem Bot Tracker website for more info. If you would like to support the development of @postpromoter and the bot tracker please vote for @yabapmatt for witness!
did you see the river nile also?
Yes we did
Thanks for sharing about your visit to Egypt even though I don't get to visit it. There are bible stories that talk about Egypt as well as movies with great mysteries. It is definitely great to have the chance to see these photographs via your article. A little upvote from me!
Thank you @fun2learn
Egypt is very rich in history.
Congratulations! This post has been upvoted from the communal account, @minnowsupport, by nainaz.tengra from the Minnow Support Project. It's a witness project run by aggroed, ausbitbank, teamsteem, theprophet0, someguy123, neoxian, followbtcnews, and netuoso. The goal is to help Steemit grow by supporting Minnows. Please find us at the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network (PALnet) Discord Channel. It's a completely public and open space to all members of the Steemit community who voluntarily choose to be there.
If you would like to delegate to the Minnow Support Project you can do so by clicking on the following links: 50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP, 5000SP.
Be sure to leave at least 50SP undelegated on your account.
wow the great pyramid...how I wish I can go there..
Egypt is really a wonderful country
I will visit Egypt near future /.// thanks for sharing this experience with us
Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza—one of the wonders of the traditional world, and a blinding exploit of study genius—contains a hidden void a minimum of 100 feet long........
Egypt has always been on my list of must travel to places. After reading your post and seeing all the beautiful pictures I need to set my intention to make this trip happen.
God bless you
good post! greeting
This place is on my list since I was a child, your post definitely makes me want to go there now! Looks exceptionnal
Lovely post
Hi @nainaztengra What a beautiful post, Egypt has been a country that always wanted to know, hopefully and I was given the opportunity, the photos are wonderful the place looks great great presentation has made us in this post, greetings from Venezuela and at the same time I invite you to see some of my posts dedicated to health https://steemit.com/health/@felixrodriguez/breast-cancer-in-man
What a nice blog you wrote, it wants to make me leave immediately :-) It is on our bucketlist to go there, but the last years it was some kind of problematic. :-) What I think I will not like is the pushy behaviour for tips, and like most of the countries the pushy interest for filled European woman. I always feel unsafe around man that side of the earth.
Thank you @janine-ariane. As always the media over hypes the situation. When we traveled a lot of people told us that it's not safe, when we landed there it was all ok. There were a few demonstrations but not that it would bring harm to anyone. And the problems are only in Cairo, else rest of the place is very very safe for tourist. I rather found this place safe and no issues even for a woman to be there alone. People were very friendly, warm and courteous.
I totally believe you, about the caracter of the people. But safe, was it not hurghada a few years ago with the bomb in the hotel? I will get there once, but for now the world is big with loads of places I want to see, without any problem. :-)