Egypt Trip

I had one weekend where I started typing a post out, then left to do something out and saved it somewhere but haven't gone back to it yet. So one day I will catch up on the past weekends. Probably not with stories, but at least an update of what has been done (also probably stories, because who am I kidding, telling stories is what I do (thanks for that Pop)).

Anyway this is what I just spend my night doing. Planning our 12 day itinerary for Israel, Jordan and Egypt at the end of January. We did some good planning and have a pretty fetch itineray with a ton of stuff and places packed in and I had just e-mailed a friend who recently toured there to ask for her input. But I thought I would share the itinerary with you as well. Also if you have input that is lovely. I suggest looking at the cities on a map and seeing the glorious splendor of our route.

So this will be Ben January 18-February 8:

Day 1. Fly into Tel Aviv at noon, tour city, sleep there.

Day 2. Bus to Jerusalem in the morning, tour city, sleep there.

Day 3. Jerusalem, sleep there (thinking of a possibility of day trip to the dead sea. worth it? or should we just stay in the city)

Day 4. Half day in Jerusalem, but to Eilat in the afternoon, sleep there.

Day 5. Day trip to Petra (how long does this take to get there and how long do we stay there? are there just the couple things to see or is it an all day affair? the last bus from Eilat to Dahab leaves at 3, so we didn't know if we would be able to make this or if we would have to hire a taxi to drive us) , bus from Eilat (or do we have to walk across and then bus from Talab) to Dahab, sleep there.

Day 6. Scuba (reccomend a spot or specific dive? probably do a half day double dive), visit painted canyon (or valley or whatever it's called), sleep there.

Day 7. Visit St Catherine's Monestary, go to Mt Siani and climb it for sunset (also possible go there first at 3am and try to summit it (we read 3 hours, have you done it) for sunrise and then go to the monastery after), bus back to Sharm, sleep there.

Day 8. Fly from Sharm to Luxor early in the AM, tour Luxor (I had never heard of it until tonight. Apparently a big deal? Valley of Kings or something? tombs? have you been?) night train to Alexandria (sleep on train)

Day 9. Tour Alexandria (I had heard of this one but know nothing about it), bus to Cairo late evening, sleep in Cairo

Day 10 & 11. Tour Cairo (pyramids, egypt museum, market, city of dead. any other must see or do things for two days or good city advice?)

Day 12. Fly from Cairo to Sharm early in the AM, fly from Sharm back to Swiss