Kid’s Travel Journal: My Trip To Egypt
By Layla (9 Yrs Old)
01/12/15
What we did today:
We are mostly traveling today. We also went to see the pyramids and took 2 hours there and 1 hour back, so almost missed the plane. I guess we had a good time.
Some food I ate:
Burger King
What I liked Best:
Going from a bus to a plane and reversing that.
01/13/15
What we did today:
We went to see the Temple of Isis and it was very big and we took a lot of pictures. We also saw the high dam which is also cool and big.
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- Outer Temple Court – Temple of Isis
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- Kiosk of Trajan – Temple of Isis
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- First Pylon – Temple of Isis
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- Aswan High Dam
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- Guard Photo Op – Aswan High Dam
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- Shellal Ferry to Temple of Isis
Some food I ate:
Okra, bread, crepes, felafel, honey dew, muffin, veggie pasta with sauce.
What I liked Best:
The Temple of Isis.
01/14/15
What we did today:
We went to see Abu Simbel. This has the temple of Ramses II. It was very large. We have now seen our 2nd temple. It also has the the Temple of Hathor. It was big. We now saw our 3rd temple. When we got back, we went on a boat trip.
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- Temple of Hathor – Temples of Abu Simbel
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- Temples of Abu Simbel
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- Colossi of Ramses II – Temples of Abu Simbel
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- Colossi of Ramses II – Temples of Abu Simbel
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- Felucca Nile River Cruise
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- Felucca Nile River Cruise
Some food I ate:
Hotel food, bread, water, snacks, cheese, a purple juice.
What I liked Best:
I liked going inside the temples.
01/15/15
What we did today:
We went to 2 temples and a camel market. I got to ride a camel in a circle, but we obviously didn’t buy it. We saw the temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu. After that we had a good food at the hotel and went to bed.
P.S. We played the longest hop scotch at Kom Ombo.
P.S.S. We also searched for the God Alligator. who I guess was rarely seen there for us.
P.S.S.S. Weekends are Friday.
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- Daraw Camel Market
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- Outer Hypostyle Hall – Temple of Kom Ombo
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- Forecourt – Temple of Kom Ombo
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- Sobek (Crocodolie God) – Temple of Kom Ombo Reliefs –
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- Passage of Victory – Temple of Horus
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- Temple of Horus (Edfu)
Some food I ate:
Many things with bbq.
What I liked Best:
When we played hopscotch at the first temple.
01/16/15
What we did today:
We saw 3 temples, 4 tombs and many statues. We took many pictures and it was very fun. We also had to walk a lot.
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- Reliefs – Luxor Temple
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- Colossi of Memnon – Luxor
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- Workers’ Tombs (Deir al-Medina)
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- Medinet Habu
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- Second Court – Medinet Habu
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- First Pylon – Medinet Habu
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- Temple of Hatshepsut
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- Upper Terrace – Temple of Hatshepsut
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- Valley of the Kings
Some food I ate:
Fish and chips.
What I liked Best:
Seeing the temples best.
01/17/15
What we did today:
We went to Luxor Museum and went to Karnak temple and left Luxor to Cairo. Since we got first class we got a meal for dinner, even cake.
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- Cachette Court – Amun Temple
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- Going on the Plane
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- Sacred Lake – Amun Temple
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- Eighth Pylon – Amun Temple
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- Obelisk of Hatshepsut – Amun Temple
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- Great Hypostyle Hall – Amun Temple
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- Statues of Ramses II – Amun Temple
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- First Pylon – Amun Temple
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- Luxor Museum
Some food I ate:
Potatoes and airplane food.
What I liked Best:
Going on the plane.
1/18/15
What we did today:
Today I went to the Pyramids of Giza. This has six pyramids and the highest is 450 feet. We also went to see the The Pyramids of Saqqara. These are 3500 years old and the oldest pyramids.
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- Pyramid of Khafre – Cario
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- Pyramid of Djoser – Saqqara
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- The Sphinx – Cario
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- Pyramid of Khafre – Cario
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- The Giza Plateau – Cairo
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- The Giza Plateau – Cairo
Some food I ate:
Street Chicken
What I liked Best:
Riding the camels.
1/19/15
What we did today:
Today I went to the Royal Mummy Hall and saw King Ramses the 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th. I also saw 1 Queen wrapped up with her baboon. All of them had masks except for the ones who were entirely wrapped. I went by myself to see it. King Tut has 2 rooms to see his things. he also has a very big tomb.
Some food I ate:
McDonald’s
What I liked Best:
Mummies.
Layla, This trip looked amazing!!! So cool, glad you had such a great time. That for sure is a once in a lifetime experience…. Your artwork is great, you have a real eye for perspective, that is very hard to teach.
Great journey! Keep travel! Keep posting! I started to travel when I was 20 years old. I was late. There are so many beautiful places on this Earth. Best regards!
Thanks Rhonda…we were a bit hesitant at first bringing along the girls, but in the end, we were glad we did. When we are together at Holidays, we bring it up constantly. Hope all is well and Happy New Year!
Thank you for sharing your experience. It was an interesting read.