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1 11, 2017

Egypt Travelogue: Day 11, Part 3 – Luxor Stroll

By Lili|November 1st, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, bargaining, Camel, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, earrings, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, ghost, Ghost Ship, Luxor, Luxor Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, shopping, Souk, Tea, Zahi Hawass|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Sunday November 1, 2015 Egypt: Day 11, Part 3 – Luxor Stroll In Aswan and Kom Ombo our cruise ship had been tied up in a row with another ship, so we actually left our lobby and entered directly into another ship's lobby before getting to a gangplank to go ashore. However, in Luxor, hundreds of ships were tied up along the shore, sometimes 10 deep. But this time they weren't fancy other cruise ships, but the decaying unused ones.

29 08, 2017

Egypt Travelogue: Day 11, Part 2 – Unexpected Nile Shopping

By Lili|August 29th, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, bargaining, boat, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Egypt Travelogue, Esna, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, ghost, Ghost Ship, Luxor, Luxor Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, shopping, table cloth, Tea|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Sunday November 1, 2015 Egypt: Day 11, Part 2 – Unexpected Nile Shopping When we got back to the cruise ship, we had breakfast and talked about people's jobs. After this fortification, we had a group meeting to remind us of the time we should be near the Esna Lock. After a full morning, I decided to go back to the room and rest a bit. I found a towel elephant awaiting us! After resting for a while I thought

29 06, 2017

Tea Ceremony in Japan

By Lili|June 29th, 2017|Categories: Activities, Travel|Tags: 2004, Asia, Buddhist Temple, chakai, chanoyu, Chino, Green Tea, Japan, matcha, Ocha, Sister Cities, Sister Cities Japan 2004, Suwa, Tea, Tea Ceremony, Travel Thursday, Way of the Tea|0 Comments

Listening to Koto music before the Tea Ceremony If you go to Japan, you must experience a Tea Ceremony! I was lucky to visit a Buddhist temple during my Sister Cities exchange trip to Chino, Japan. The temple grounds are hauntingly beautiful. A community graveyard greeted us from the parking area. Then as we walked through the lush green forest, I spied little Jizo statues along the pathway, and a pond on the other side. It was so peaceful. We were then ushered though the garden before entering the temple. It is common to walk across dewy ground

18 06, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 9, Part 2 – Agatha Christie’s Aswan

By Lili|June 18th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Abu Simbel, Africa, Agatha Christie, Aswan, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, Felucca, G Adventures, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Old Cataract Hotel, Tea, touts|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Friday October 30, 2015 Egypt: Day 9, Part 2 – Agatha Christie's Aswan We headed back to our hotel at the far end of town to pickup our bags. Then we drove towards the center of town and boarded the cruise ship. To board you crossed a gangplank and then would go through multiple cruise ship's lobbies. The first one we went through was obviously a more upscale one, and I admired the well done faux Egyptian carvings in their