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How To Explore The Pyramids of Egypt On Foot

March 30, 2016 KeepCalmAndWander 0 Comments

This post, How to Explore the Pyramids of Egypt on Foot, is your guide on how to maximize your time inside the pyramids area. And of course, how and where to take great photographs. Though Egypt’s tourism has experienced a big slump in the past years, the Pyramids of Giza

Sphinx Guest House - Hotel Room with A View of the Pyramids / Giza, Egypt.

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Sphinx Guest House – Room with a view of the Pyramids

March 28, 2016 KeepCalmAndWander 0 Comments

Location: The name speaks for itself: it is right in front of the famed Sphinx, guardian of the Pyramids. This is the best location you can find in Giza. It’s 20 steps to the ticket booth and entrance to the Pyramids. At night, when the Light and Sound Show is going

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Sunset at the Pyramids of Egypt

March 24, 2016 KeepCalmAndWander 0 Comments

After a delayed flight, I finally landed in chaotic Cairo at 3 in the afternoon. From there, someone helped me to get a visa on arrival and whisked me off to the guest house right in front of The Great Pyramids. It took us almost an hour drive from Cairo

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View from the top – Cairo to Amman

January 1, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 1 Comments

The trip from Toronto to Cairo via EgyptAir was 10 hours. I actually didn’t mind the long haul as we were comfortably seated in Business/Executive Class, my very first experience to be treated like an Egyptian Queen. Sorry, Cleopatra, you’re so dead now! LOL…. When we arrived at Cairo International