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Transportation and Climate of Egypt
It should be noted that Cairo is the only place in Africa and the Arab world that has subway. The hours of operation ranges from 5 to 30 in the morning until midnight. In the summertime the metro runs until one o’clock.
The climate in Egypt can be a problem if you visit in bad weather, the holiday season is ideal for autumn and winter, with temperatures ranging between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius. In April, sandstorms and winds make it nearly impossible to view, so are not recommended walks in the summertime the sun is quite strong and the weather is dry. Rain arrives in Alexandria between December and February, also feels the cold so frequent. Winter and autumn are the month of October to April.
Egypt: Between Pyramids and Deserts?
The Arab Republic of Egypt is a country in Africa, which is located at the northeast corner of the continent. Its territory consists mainly of the Sahara desert. The capital is the city of Cairo. It is perhaps the most popular country on the African continent, its population reaches 69 million people and meets mainly in the cities of Cairo and Alexandria. The religion is Muslim cousin.
Has an area of 1,001,449 square kilometers. World famous for its monuments and ancient civilization, Egypt is presented as an undeniable destination to enjoy an ancient past, modernity and the best travel service. Its importance is not only cultural, but lies in the amenities offered to visitors. Natural language is Arabic but English is widely spoken and French. The largest city is Cairo, other major cities are renowned port of Alexandria as Egypt, Giza, Port Said and Suez City. Your time zone is GMT +2 Egypt and summer passes GMT +3.
Places to Enjoy in Egypt Part-2
Egypt is a mandatory destination for its beauty, its archaeological sites, monuments, temples, pyramids and pharaonic history. All this is mixed with the entertainment and leisure facilities offered in major cities, the bohemian Cairo, pristine beaches, vast deserts and majestic.
Some features to note is that in Egypt the maximum number of cigarettes that you can carry is 200, snuff within the limit is 250 grams and 50 the maximum of cigars. Only one liter of alcohol for personal consumption. If you have videos must be declared. A detail with the Egyptian currency is not allowed to use outside Egyptian territory, so it is best to take euros, as they are accepted in most tourist establishments.
Places to Enjoy in Egypt Part-1
For Egypt, tourism has become the flagship system for foreign exchange earnings, so the investment in recreational areas is strong enough, companies worldwide are looking to get a place within the variety of offers. This ensures the visitor a vast range of possibilities, prices and amenities, and confirming that in Egypt will be the best vacation ever.
To fully enjoy travel Egypt will not miss the major attractions like the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza, whose history is saved by the Cairo Museum, where you can also find the treasures of Tutankhamun and the site of Khan El Khalili. All this close to the city of Cairo, the area south of Egypt can find the Valley of the Kings, Abu Simbel among the most representative archaeological sites can also be harnessed to do some travel in Nile River Cruise .
Cairo: Capital of Egypt
Egypt is a country in northeastern Africa, crossed the river Nile, bordering countries such as Palestine and Libya. Its capital, which will occupy us in this story, is Cairo, a city full of history, with its pyramids, museums, churches, and other relics that make a world heritage.
We will review some of its salient points in relation to cultural attractions.
One of the most popular museums is the Egyptian Museum, which houses over 12,000 objects and thus becomes the largest collection in the world in terms of their gender. In 1858, a French archaeologist Auguste Mariette was called who kicked off the collection. Some of their sites most visited are the Tutankhamun Galleries, or the Royal Mummy Room. Touring the city, we passed another popular attraction in the world: the Pyramids of Giza, ranked as one of the seven wonders of antiquity. There is the Great Pyramid of Cheops, which dates from 2600 BC and guess who were required to build about 2.5 million blocks of limestone. Also surrounding the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure.
Traditional Egyptian Food (II)
The Egyptian cuisine is very diverse, especially with meat and fish, where the meat is usually beef, lamb or poultry such as turkey, duck, chicken and pigeon and as for fish, regardless of whether they are for salt or fresh water are all very fresh and usually well prepared. The sea are highly recommended giant prawns with garlic sauce called Gambari.
Some of the typical dishes of national cuisine are the Mashi, accompanied by rice with meat grape leaves, tomatoes, eggplant or green peppers. The Mezze is a real festival of cold of Eastern origin that are served in small dishes. Stresses the Tabbouleh salad, parsley and wheat semolina with enough acid taste, the Kobeiba, meat, fish and nine, the Baba Ghannoush, mashed eggplant with garlic, Basterma, smoked beef jerky, Sambousek, vegetable pies, hummus bi tahini, pureed chickpeas with sesame paste, Wara Annaba, grape leaves stuffed with various ingredients or Beting, marinated eggplant and more. Read the rest of this entry »
Traditional Egyptian food
While we decided that our next destination, we will know something more about one of the most mysterious of all time, we’re going to Egypt. But do not think we’re going to talk about curses ancient pharaohs or the pyramids, we will know what is most characteristic of its cuisine.
It is noteworthy that Egyptian cuisine is an exquisite blend of flavors, thanks in large part to its Mediterranean influence, African and Arabic, which certainly makes it one of the best, one of the most varied cuisines can be found on entire Mediterranean basin. Read the rest of this entry »
The White Desert of Egypt and Libyan Desert Oasis (V)
And that’s the landscape we discovered in the morning: the dream! (The cliffs in the background are part of the forbidden zone).
We market the next morning only when accompanied by a Bedouin in the logistics team: our guide did not see fit to come with us. Still, I was quite shocked to the casualness of it, someone very young who thought primarily to party. Nor had he bothered to greet us at the airport, he will move for us to say goodbye on the last day.
We are moving to the new White Desert where we will hike the afternoon. The training that we find in this part are even more beautiful than those of the former White Desert. Read the rest of this entry »
The White Desert of Egypt and Libyan Desert Oasis (IV)
The White Desert is a limestone region invaded by the sand, probably the site of an ancient sea It consists of two zones, the old and the new White Desert, the first being the oldest geologically and the new, more spectacular.
Before turning to the White Desert itself, we stopped in a small oasis, a rarity in this particularly dry (there is virtually no vegetation in the desert, not even at the bottom of the wadi where there is no acacia). It is not far away the traces of graves which our guide told us that they are Roman (or at least to Roman times). Read the rest of this entry »
The White Desert of Egypt and Libyan Desert Oasis (III)
We finished the evening with a stroll through the oasis, in which we were able to see an operation which we often hear about but rarely see it (if not there at the right time): fertilization palm trees by the female flowers of palms males.
The next morning we leave for the desert. And before the White Desert, the Black Desert in which we stopped after a few miles drive away. These pinnacles (the photo is taken from the highest of them) are apparently of volcanic origin there. Read the rest of this entry »