Posted in Day Ten, Sharm El Sheikh on October 7th, 2007 9 Comments »
We got up early to soak up the special, calm atmosphere before the smelling of sunscreen crowd woke up and populated the beaches. The sea was calm and looked like a mirror, there was a gentle, warm (not hot) breeze and I was reminded and compared it to the calmness when floating down the Nile […]
Posted in Day Ten, Religion on October 7th, 2007 2 Comments »
When we first arrived in Cairo, we had noticed many beautiful lanterns displayed in business and residential areas. At first we just thought they were a common decoration, but they looked so festive; we finally asked what they were. Turns out, they are Ramadan lamps or the traditional Ramadan fanoos. Just like we have Christmas […]
Posted in Animals, Day Ten, Sharm El Sheikh on October 7th, 2007 3 Comments »
As we are preparing for our all night and day excursion to Mount Sinai and St. Catherine’s Monastery, we are spending the day hanging out with Jose and Omar at the beach. We tried to relax and close our eyes while laying under the giant umbrellas, since we knew that we would not be sleeping […]
Posted in Day Eight, Jose, Sharm El Sheikh on October 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Dear students and teachers at San Jose,
I know that you have been worried, but we are so happy to tell you that Mrs. Menger and I have finally caught up with our adventurous travel bear and his friend Omar.
When we walked passed the pool area in our hotel after dinner last night our eyes immediately […]
Posted in Day Eight, Sharm El Sheikh on October 6th, 2007 No Comments »
After being taken to the airport in Luxor, we flew about 35 minutes towards Sharm El Sheikh.
From Wikipedia:
Sharm el-Sheikh (شرم الشيخ, also transliterated as Sharm ash Shaykh), often known simply as “Sharm”, is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in Janub Sina’, Egypt, on the coastal strip between the Red […]
Posted in Day Eight, Luxor, The Nile River on October 5th, 2007 3 Comments »
As our last day in Luxor dawned ,we were looking forward to a little more time to spend on this amazing body of water and what it represents for the people and country of Egypt. We wanted to take one more ride on the Nile. For that purpose we hired a Nubian Felucca captain. He […]
Posted in Day Seven, Luxor on October 5th, 2007 2 Comments »
Luxor Temple is located along the banks of the Nile, in the middle of the busy and modern town of Luxor. In ancient times Luxor was known as Thebes. The temple is located on the main street that parallels the Nile, and the ancient structure juts up amid shops, apartment buildings, and businesses. At night […]
Posted in Day Seven, Luxor, video on October 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
The temple is located in the small village of Karnak, which is 2.5 kilometers north of Luxor. During the height of Theban power, the temple was the main place of worship for Egypt. Everything at Karnak is on a grand and huge scale. Standing in the temple you feel like a mere spec or a […]
Posted in Connections, Day Seven, The Nile River, video on October 5th, 2007 4 Comments »
Watch the symbolic exchange of St. Johns River water from Jacksonville, Florida with water from the Nile River.
Open the movie file to watch
Posted in Miscellanous on October 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
We had a wonderful young man, named Mustafa take us back to the airport in Luxor. He agreed to be recorded so all of you at San Jose can hear how to say these words in Egyptian Arabic
Hello
Goodbye
How are you?
Fine, thank you
Friend
Peace
Also, hear him count from 1 to 10.
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