Category: Nile Cruises

Over the next week or so I want to point you in the direction of a number of excellent websites and resources that will give you a real “insight” into Ancient Egypt and prepare you for some of the sights and sounds you will experience on your Nile Cruise.

The first is a brilliant magazine called “Ancient Egypt Magazine” that you can subscribe to or buy a single copy to get a feel for what the magazine consists of.

Here are the details of what’s in the current issue:

From our Egypt CorrespondentAyman Wahby Taher, with the latest news from around Egypt – new discoveries and reports from Middle Egypt, Luxor and Cairo.

More News from Egypt
A report from AE’s Editors with yet more news from Luxor and from the Western Desert Oases.

The Domain of the Cat-Goddess, Bastet
Daniela Rosenow looks at the substantial remains in and around the Great Temple of Bubastis, sacred to Bastet, in the Delta city that still bears her name, Tell Basta.

The Gardeners of Amun
AE looks at a new exhibition featuring the burial equipment of families of gardeners from Thebes.

The Amarna Project
Barry Kemp in the fourth of a series of articles on the city, looks at Amarna as a workshop.

Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharoahs
A photo. report by Nacho Ares and María Belci on the Vienna exhibition.

Pharaonic Renaissance
Igor Uranic looks at an exhibition on Late Period art in Zagreb and Budapest.

Servant of the Deep
Paul Boughton discovers a ushabti figure that survived the sinking of the Titanic.

Per Mesut: for younger readers
In this edition, Hilary Wilson looks at stools and chairs.

You can get your copy bu visiting their website at Ancient Egypt Magazine.

I have always used a Sony digital video camera but last year the flaming thing broke down on me completely leaving me with a whole lot of video cassettes that I needed to edit and add to our Kenya Holidays website.

Anyway, I couldnt’ find another model at the right price so I decided to forget about a video camera that needed cassettes to record on and I started to look around for something small, cheap, easily transportable and that recorded onto its’ own hard drive.

Well I eventually bought the Flip Digital Video Camera which only costs around £99 and has so many advantages I cant’ list them all here. But take a look at www.ipod-accessories-4u.co.uk, which is a site I’ve set up to publicise the benefits of the Flip. Especially for us travellers. Over the coming weeks I’m going to be adding some tips and hints about using the Flip as well as telling you how to go about putting together a really good portable video system to take with you on your travels.

We have a new luxury Nile Cruise holiday that we can offer you.

It consists of 1 night in Luxor, a 6 night cruise on the luxurious Alexander The Great Nile cruise ship and 3 nights in Cairo at the wonderful Mena House Hotel.

Prices begin at £1439, (August 08) rising to £2699 over Christmas and New Year.

Please call either Barbara or myself, Colin, on Freephone 0808 1089 100 for more details, availability and prices.

We have a great 15 day, All Inclusive Offer that’s just arrived…

It consists of a 7 night Nile Cruise on the Viking III and a further 7 nights all inclusive stay at either the Rihana Inn or the Rihana Resort in the Red Sea resort of El Gouna.

The prices include all meals and drinks, (local alcohol), excursions and entrance fees as well as all transfers and taxes.

There is Manchester availability on 25 August and 22 & 29 September and there is Gatwick availability on Aug 25 and September 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29th. There is NO SUPPLEMENT for the Manchester flight.

All this for just £899!!

Please call either Barbara or myself, Colin, on FREEPHONE 0808 1089 100.