We can arrange a number of different excursions in Cairo from half-day, full-day, evening and a full two day tour. Read the rest of this entry »

We have had great feedback from those members of our Nile Cruise mailing list that we directed to watch the last episode of The Frankincense Trail.

You may have seen the earlier post I made regarding the episode that concentrated on Egypt, the Nile and Cairo in particular. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are visiting Egypt over the coming months to enjoy a Nile Cruise or are thinking of doing so I think you would be very interested in an excellent article by Jack Shenker  in The Guardian yesterday entitled “Nile Delta – We are going underwater” which describes the threat of sea erosion on the coastline of Egypt and how it threatens the livelihoods of those living and working on the Nile Delta.

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If you have an iPhone you might like to take a look at a new “application” from HearPlanet.   Called “The World’s First Talking Tour Guide For Your Cellphone“, here are the main features:

• Global Coverage with Hundreds of Thousands of Locations.
• Additional Enhanced Content Added Daily.
• Geolocation for Instant Info on What’s Nearby.

So essentially when you are at the Valley Of The Kings and use HearPlanet on your iPhone it will use the location of your phone to deliver facts and figures about the Valley Of The Kings.

Your own private tour guide!

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I wrote last year about the marvelous Flip Digital Video Camera which I bought in August 2008.

It’s a brilliant piece of kit and as it’s the size of a mobile phone its’ something you can carry around with you in your pocket to make sure you dont’ miss videoing anything that catches your eye.

I bought mine to be able to take with me on our various trips so that I could record footage to add to the Nile Cruise website and here on the blog and also to start a “Nile Cruise Video Offer Of The Week” were one of us appears here on the blog in a weekly video telling readers about the best Nile Cruise deals we have available. Read the rest of this entry »