Trip to Egypt 2026.1.7~1.16

The older I get, the more I believe that the pleasure of traveling is to meet local people, and to chat with them. Through human connections, we can leave stronger impressions in the memory about the foreign land and people. 

I am a book lover and a movie goer. Solo travel and short stay abroad helps me relate to the story in the novel and in the movie. I am in general particular and selective about books and movies, I seldom touch anything in a language I am not familar with.    

Before my journey to Egypt, I read books and saw movies to get familar with the Egypt and the Egypitians, the mixed descendents of nubian with ancient Greece, Persia, Rome, Byzantine, Ottoman. 

I thought of the first Egyptian lady I met at the Louisiana State University Eye Center in early 80s. She was a research fellow, specialized in Herpetic ocular infection. She was one of the three committee members to approve the thesis for my master degree.

Taiwan was colonized by Japan for 50 years, Egypt was colonized by Great Britain for 73 years from 1882 till 1954, one of the reasons is seize the control the Suez Canal, the gateway from Europe to India. 

Be there many book about Ancient Egypt, none were about Modern Egyptian history at the Taipei City Library. Taiwanese go to Egypt mainly to see the ancient civilization, the pyrimid, to ride the cruise on the Nile, and I am no exception. When my friends mentioned about the cruise on the Nile, I didn’t think twice and pay the total cost at once. For the 10 days trip, there are 7 overnight stays in Egypt, including 1 night on the train from Cairo to Aswan, 3 nights on the cruise on the Nile, 2 nights at the Red Sea Villa, and 1night in Cairo. 

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