England and Egypt

We finish sightseeing in London on 29 February and we drive north oround the M25 ringroad to head north, but get stuck in a traffic jamb due to a traffic accident. We force our way off the motorway and stay the night. Over the next five days we explore Cambridge including Kings College and the Fitzwilliam Museum(incredible), Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford upon avon, Oxford including Christ Church.We stayed in a farm stay outside of Oxford at a place called Ramsden (see photo). It had a fantastic little pub where we had a beautiful meal.

We visited Woodstock and Blenheim Palace, Bath and the Roman Baths, and Stonehenge (see photo). We then headed to the southern coast and Bognor Regis a town caught in a time warp for 40 years and Little Hampton a pretty little seaside town. We then head back up to Heathrow and fly out to Egypt.

We arrived in Cairo on Thursday the 6th March. Incredible place with 17million people. Everything is mud coloured and streets are very dusty. We have a day of rest then begin 2 days sightseeing. We visit Memphis the original capital of Egypt with its statue of Ramses II, the pyramids and the sphinx in Giza (see photos) and paid to enter the largest kings pyramid and walk 100meters up and into the centre of the pyramid to the room which holds the huge red granite sarcophagus that held the kings mummy (since removed). We visited an Egyptian carpet factory (beautiful but we don’t buy) then a papyrus studio where they use original paper making techniques with hand painting. We went to the museum and saw the Tutankhamun display which was mind blowing. We spend the next 2 days walking around Cairo, skipping across 3 to 6 lane roads dodging cars visiting the shopping district where the shops with certain goods are all grouped together, the bazaar and have a rest a few hours around the pool.

11th March we are flying to Aswan and Abu Symbel then cruising down the Nile. Will update the blog when next we can.