Dream Trip 2009

Great Travel Moment

My husband and I traveled to Egypt for a two week visit. I love all things Ancient Egyptian and have wanted to visit Egypt since childhood. My trip was made more spectacular because I experienced it with my husband, my best friend. We did not use an escorted tour, but traveled rather independently. We met contacts at each location, who handled our paperwork and arranged our individual visits to historical sites. We visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo at the beginning of our trip and then again on our last day in Egypt. The first time we were with a guide. On the last day we were on our own and it was great. We wandered around and saw things that we never saw with the guide. There are still rooms we missed, but there was only so much you can do in a day. We came across this guard who was more than happy to let us take his picture...for a little baksheesh. He had a big gun, we weren't about to refuse his request for a tip.