天堂與地獄之旅 (10E) - 19天自由行 自駕遊埃及和阿布扎比/杜拜 - Abu Simbel Temples

Travel period : 7 Nov 2017 to 25 Nov 2017, total 19 days

Hong Kong > (flight duration 9.5 hours)  Abu Dhabi (4 hours behind HKT) > (flight duration 4.1 hours) Cairo (6 hours behind HKT)
Plane (1N) > Cairo (1N) > Bahariya Oasis White Desert (1N) > Cairo (3N) > Car Crashed in Asyut - delayed 12 hours - Highway 75 (1N) > Luxor (1N) > Aswan (1N) > Abu Simbel (1N) > Luxor (1N) > Hurghada (3N) > Cairo
Cairo > Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (3N) > Dubai > Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi > Hong Kong
Plane (1N)

Exchange Rate

• USD1 = HKD7.95 (百年找換)
• USD1 = EGP17.6 (Bank in Cairo)[approx. EGP1 = HKD0.45]
• USD1 = AED3.59 (Travelex)+ service charge [approx. AED1 = HKD2.28]

Abu Simbel Temples

• We eager for the Sound and Night Show played at Abu Simbel Temples started at 6:00pm , so we chose to stay one night at Nefetari Hotel Abu Simbel
• This show would not be played if spectators was less than 25 people.
• There were over 100 Japanese spectators at the show, therefore the soundtrack was played in Japanese and the staff delivered English translation headsets to other spectators.
• About 15 minutes walking from Nefertari Hotel Abu Simbel to ticket office of Sound and Night Show

•  Sound and Night Show ticket office

•  The ticket price increased to EGP150 each

• Waiting to enter the security gate

• 15 Minutes walking from security gate to temple

• Show started at 6:15pm

• We took a few pictures after the show and left at 7:10pm then went to have dinner at hotel

• Ticket office of Abu Simbel Temple and Nefertari Temple opened at 5:00am

• We were the first tourist to buy tickets which was EGP175 each

• We bought a strong head lamp with us and we took pictures freely as nobody else at Abu Simbel Temple except the gatekeeper until 6:00am

• Sunrise at 6:00am

•  My husband "re-member" he had touched 3rd statue's face and seen the face of 2nd statue in past life

• Nefertari Temple

• We left two temples at 7:00am and went to have breakfast at hotel

Go to (10F) Sindbad Submarines (Hurghada)

Let's go back to (10D) Valley of the Kings (Luxor)