Jan 2009
Egypt & Jordan Photos
My first set of Egypt and Jordan photos are now on automaticfocus.net.
Update: icypole.net now live!
Update: icypole.net now live!
Egypt & Jordan Experience (Peregrine Travel)
We are back from our Egypt and Jordan experience, and it was certainly an experience. Lets start of with the negative, because it should not overshadow what was an amazing experience it was, it is just a pity that this was in spite of the tour company Peregrine rather than with their help.
The Nile Cruise boat we were on was very poorly maintained and cleaned (I wont go into the graphic detail I could), and the Jordan tour leader didn’t even have a remote interest in the basics (emergency contact details/feedback etc) and was more interested in getting himself fed first at every stop, and didn’t bother to ask anyone’s name. The one thing that did go right in fairness was all the transport options which did work as expected (buses/trains/transfers).
Now onto the sights: The Giza Pyramids, Saqqara, Karnak Temple, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea to name but a small few were absolutely fantastic (I will put some pictures up on icypole and automaticfocus shortly) and despite the complaints I do not regret this holiday one little bit, but I would say two things. 1) Do not use Peregrine for this trip. 2) Egypt is very poor, and very poorly maintained so keep this is mind before you go.
Lastly in this short summary, I’d like to say thanks to our tour group, who were all fantastic and absolutely made the trip despite the other pitfalls we all shared along the way. We were extremely lucky to have their company.
The Nile Cruise boat we were on was very poorly maintained and cleaned (I wont go into the graphic detail I could), and the Jordan tour leader didn’t even have a remote interest in the basics (emergency contact details/feedback etc) and was more interested in getting himself fed first at every stop, and didn’t bother to ask anyone’s name. The one thing that did go right in fairness was all the transport options which did work as expected (buses/trains/transfers).
Now onto the sights: The Giza Pyramids, Saqqara, Karnak Temple, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea to name but a small few were absolutely fantastic (I will put some pictures up on icypole and automaticfocus shortly) and despite the complaints I do not regret this holiday one little bit, but I would say two things. 1) Do not use Peregrine for this trip. 2) Egypt is very poor, and very poorly maintained so keep this is mind before you go.
Lastly in this short summary, I’d like to say thanks to our tour group, who were all fantastic and absolutely made the trip despite the other pitfalls we all shared along the way. We were extremely lucky to have their company.