Journey eleven · 2025
A Taste of Egypt
From the pyramids at Giza to the dam at Aswan — by road, by air, and by river aboard the Farah. Ten days, four moorings on the Nile, and a great deal of very old stone.
MS Farah, Avalon Waterways · Taste of Egypt, Cairo round trip · May – June 2025
Moorings Cairo · Luxor · Edfu · Kom Ombo · Aswan
Ashore Giza · Saqqara · Memphis · the Valley of the Kings
The dispatches
27 February 2025
We’re Going to Egypt! Follow Our Adventure
The plan, three months out: the Great Pyramid, the Farah, Karnak and Luxor, and a few days back in Cairo at the end.
21 May 2025
Wheels Up and Touchdown in Cairo
Orlando to Cairo the long way round, through Toronto and Frankfurt, and a first night on the Nile at the Fairmont.
2 June 2025
A Taste of Egypt: Sailing Through History, From Pyramids to the Nile
The whole trip written up: Giza and Saqqara, the flight south, the temples at Edfu and Kom Ombo, and the dam at Aswan.
Two Passports 