Archive for January, 2009

The road to Alex

Today we drove to Alexandria. It’s about 3 hours from Cairo by bus (with a 20 minute rest stop at the largest souvenir mall we can find), through desert being largely claimed by homesteaders, and – increasingly frequently –  builders creating communities out in the middle of nowhere. This is distance it once would have [...]

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January 16th, 2009
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Category: Dispatches from the Road

New Year’s Eve in Luxor

The price tag was kind of hefty.  I mean, $110 a person, for one night, one meal?  This is Luxor, Egypt, not Luxor, Las Vegas.  We had checked into the hotel that morning, and we weren’t really sure what to expect.  Boy, were we in for a surprise.  It was, after all, the Sonesta St. [...]

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January 3rd, 2009
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Category: Dispatches from the Road, Hotels & Resorts