From left to right: Josh, Yuliya, me
I just got back from an awesome trip to Jordan and Egypt. My friend Yuliya and I went took a day trip to Jordan and saw Petra. We spent less than 10 hours in Jordan from border crossing to border crossing. We had a blast. The next day we met our friend, Josh, and crossed the border on the other side of Israel into Egypt. After haggling with a taxi driver for a while, we started our 6+ hour ride to Cairo. From Cairo we immediately bought train tickets for that night and went down to Luxor. After touring Luxor for two days and seeing beautiful temples and tombs, hanging out on boats on the Nile, and drinking tea with the locals, we got back on another night train back to Cairo.
We arrived early in the morning, got a cab, and went to see the pyramids and the Cairo Museum. The pyramids were amazing and the Cairo museum had the coolest ancient Egyptian treasures you could imagine (think Tut's treasure, the mummy of the Pharoah of the Exodus, stuff like that). That night we caught a cab and spent the whole night (10pm-7am) driving down the Sinai penninsula to Mt. Sinai (or so some scholars think). We hiked up Sinai (3,700 steps) and then ran down on a camel path. All of that took about 3 hours...giving our cab driver some time for some much needed sleep. Then back up to the Egypt/Israel border and home again. The trip was fast but amazing. I saw everything I really wanted to see. The friends I went with were totally awesome too! :)
Now its back to the books. Finals are next week. Final finals for me. Hard to believe honestly. So, in case this is my last post from Israel...thanks for reading. Ask me for more stories and pictures when I get back. ~ Liz
2 comments:
i hope it was enjoyable 2 u and worth too & i gained from it ur friend ship
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