Oct 8th, 2009 at 8:00AM:
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The head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, took a bold move yesterday in his on going struggle to get foreign museums to return antiquities taken from that country illegally. Hawass severed all ties with France's the Louvre over that ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Egypt in a rift with the Louvre over stolen artifacts
Oct 8th, 2009 at 8:00AM:
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The head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, took a bold move yesterday in his on going struggle to get foreign museums to return antiquities taken from that country illegally. Hawass severed all ties with France's the Louvre over that ...Need a spiritual fix? Try Egypt
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:00AM: For every type of person, there's a travel experience that's a perfect fit. For people who are interested in a spiritual uplift, Egypt offers an opportunity to experience pyramids and ancient sites with a different lens. Instead of walking through a pyramid thinking mostly about how old it is and how it was built, people on tours with a spiritual focus hone in on the mystery and power of such ...Egypt bound Aircraft fails to take off not once, but three times
Apr 21st, 2009 at 2:30PM: What was supposed to be a fun holiday flight from Gatwick to Taba in Egypt turned into a bit of a nightmare for the passengers. During its take off procedure, the pilot of a Monarch Airbus A300 had to slam the brakes and return to the gate. Now, I've experienced this a couple of time before, and while it isn't exactly fun, it's not a life altering experience. What makes this event different is ...Egyptian Pyramid to Open to the Public
Apr 19th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Zahi Hawass, Egypt's Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has announced that the 4500 year old "Bent" Pyramid will soon open its inner chambers, allowing tourists to venture inside for the first time. He also says that others may follow suit soon afterwards. The Bent Pyramid is located in Dahshur, which sits roughly 50 miles south of Cairo, and is believed to have been built ...A&K and Fairmont Earth Hour ideas will have tangible results
Mar 23rd, 2009 at 1:30PM: Earth Hour is on Saturday, March 28 at 8:30 PM. The hospitality and travel industry seems to have embraced this commitment to environmentalism. There are plenty of noteworthy initiatives out there intended to show support for a planet that could probably use our help. Of course, some are more interesting than others. I'm pretty interested in what's going on at Abercrombie & Kent and Fairmont. ...Ten Must See Monuments
Mar 21st, 2009 at 8:30AM: BootsnAll brings us another excellent list, with the intention of adding yet more destinations to our ever expanding "life lists". This time it's their selection of ten magnificent monuments, amazing structures from around the globe, that inspire us to travel thousands of miles just so we can take them in ourselves. Some of the selections on the list are centuries old, such as the Nubian monuments ...The Classic Nile Cruise Gets an Upgrade
Mar 19th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Travelers to Egypt generally share a similar experience. They arrive in Cairo, visit the Pyramids and Sphynx, swing by the Egyptian museum to check out Tut, then leave town for Aswan to scope out the dam, before boarding a Nile riverboat for a leisurely cruise back down the world's longest river. Along the way, they'll visit more ancient ruins, before ending up in Luxor a few days later, where ...World's Greatest Dive Spots
Mar 13th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Stephen Regenold is better know by his pseudonym, The Gear Junkie, which he uses when he writes his nationally syndicated column on outdoor adventure and equipment. Recently he penned a story for Travel+Leisure Magazine listing the ten best spots to go SCUBA diving in the world. In order to come up with his definitive list, Regenold asked ten veteran divers, each of whom have extensive dive ...Cabin pressure drop sends Brits to Athens, not Egypt
Mar 2nd, 2009 at 5:00PM: A charter flight bound for Egypt made an emergency landing in Athens when cabin pressure dropped. The flight originated in Manchester, England and carried 192 passengers. Five passengers complaining of ear pain were taken to a local hospital as a precaution, according to the Greek state television station. No other injuries were reported.
Jet2.com, the low-cost carrier operating the flight, has ...Nine wonders in 26 days
Feb 25th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Planning ahead has never paid off quite so much. If you're thinking about a big trip for the fall, kick around Abercrombie & Kent's "Nine Wonders of the World" excursion. A private jet will cart you to the most impressive destinations our planet has to offer over 26 days, and you just won't want to come back to reality. The experience kicks off on October 19 at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, ...History's Most Famous Travel Adventures
Feb 20th, 2009 at 8:32AM: There is no doubt that history has a level of influence on the places that many of us visit. We read about far off places and exotic adventures, and it fires our own imaginations, sometimes compelling us to take a journey of our own, and experience the things that we've dreamed about. Forbes Traveler has put together an excellent list of the greatest travel adventures from history, not only ...A&K does the unimaginable
Feb 12th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent is getting ready to surprise you. On February 19, 2009, it will celebrate its newly redesigned website with an unusual discount program. Starting at 9 AM (CST), a savings of 5 percent will be offered on each of five itineraries. Every half hour, another 5 percent will be cut from the price. By 3 PM, the discount will reach its final level of 60 percent ...Off the Beaten Path in Egypt
Feb 6th, 2009 at 7:56AM: Egypt is one of those countries that is incredibly rich with history and culture that it's nearly impossible to see it all on just one visit. Traditionally visitors to the desert country fly into Cairo and experience its wonders, including the legendary Egyptian Museum, the ancient Kahn el-Khalili Bizarre, and of course the Pyramids and Sphynx. From there, most travelers take a Nile cruise, visit ...Tour d'Afrique Off and Running!
Jan 15th, 2009 at 8:30AM: The 2009 edition of the Tour d'Afrique got underway last Sunday, with cyclists setting out from Cairo, Egypt on a 7317 mile long race to Cape Town, South Africa. In between they'll pass through the Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia, fostering international goodwill along the way, while raising funds for environmental protection and promoting cycling in Africa. ...Photo of the day (11.24.08)
Nov 24th, 2008 at 5:00PM:
This is an aerial shot of Lake Nasser, in Abu Simbel, Egypt, taken by flickr user BrittElizabeth. Great shot. But how must it have been taken? From a helicopter, or from a high cliff facing the lake? Or with some super lens? I also like this shot because it's not something you expect to see when you think of Egypt. In the glory of the Pyramids and the local culture there, we forget that there ...Three ways to capture sense of place in a travel story
Oct 16th, 2008 at 10:30AM: In my last post I mentioned how I spoke with Thomas Fox Averill's writing students at Washburn University -- and specifically about how you can use travel experiences to improve your "sense of place" descriptions, in fiction as well as nonfiction. Of course, mere travel isn't the only way to improve your sense-of-place writing chops -- it's also useful to use research information and creative ...Big in Egypt: Five things you can do in Egypt that don't involve Pyramids
May 5th, 2008 at 10:00AM: This week, Big in Japan is on vacation in the Middle East, and will be bringing you travel news and happenings from around this often misunderstood region. Home to the last remaining wonder of the ancient world, namely the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt is the original tourist destination. While the Greeks were writing epics and the Romans conquering civilizations, powerful Egyptian dynasties had ...Egyptian host family starves student
Feb 27th, 2008 at 7:50PM: The term 'starving students' took on a whole new meaning during a recent exchange to Egypt for one American teenager. Jonathon McCallum, once a healthy 155 lbs, recently returned home to his family--or, at least half of him did--weighing only 97 lbs after spending a school semester with a family in Egypt. So weak that climbing stairs and carrying baggage were a struggle, McCallum's emaciated ...Budget Fares from New York to Egypt
Oct 2nd, 2007 at 4:00PM: Airfare Watchdog is reporting the latest in a string of strange USA-LON-XXX flights that are remarkably cheap for this time of year. This week, the Egyptian port of Sharm el-Sheikh is on sale from New York City for the paltry sum of about 600USD. Availability appears to be anywhere between November and March, and AFWD has created a series of handy dandy links to help you search throughout an ...Snakes on a Plane -- Almost
Aug 14th, 2007 at 12:00PM: The campy movie "Snakes on a Plane" played up a common phobia of many people -- that's right; snakes. But it was just a movie, right? Surely with modern airport security no one could get on a plane with a suitcase full of reptiles, right? Right -- so far. But a 22-year-old Saudi passenger in Cairo, Egypt made it all the way to his departure gate before officials stopped him to check his suspect ...
