Travel guides, itineraries, and experiences across destinations in Africa, including Egypt and North Africa.
Leaving Egypt behind wasn’t easy, especially after realizing in Luxor Needed More Downtime Than We Gave It just how much we’d underestimated the value of slowing down. Our next stop was Jordan, where Petra completely lived up to the hype, but our itinerary didn’t. Looking back, I think our biggest mistake in Jordan happened before…
There are trips where points and miles completely shape the itinerary, and others where they simply make the trip you were already planning a little better. I tend to fall somewhere in between. I’m not someone who plans a trip purely around maximizing a redemption, but I’m not entirely cash-based either. I try to balance…
After our whirlwind introduction to Egypt in We Saw Everything in Cairo, But Barely Experienced Cairo, we traded the overnight train for a quick one-hour flight south to Luxor. With only two and a half days, we packed in temples, tombs, and a sunrise hot air balloon ride, but looking back, Luxor is the place…
Cairo was one of those places I’d wanted to visit for years. The pyramids, the Sphinx, ancient temples and museums, it was a trip built around places I’d seen in books and photos my entire life. It was also probably the first family trip where I can confidently say we were traveling outside our comfort…