Alan Irwin’s Blog

GEEZERS IN GIZA
There are many tourists who bemoan the fact that the Sphinx doesn’t seem very large. Whiners I say. Relative to the massive Great Pyramid of Cheops (2,550,000 cubic meters and the second most massive structure ever built – extra credit if you can name the largest) over which it stands guard, perhaps it [...]

AMSTERDAM – Gouda for Us
We know what you really want to know: Yes, we briefly strolled the edge of the Red Light District. Yes, we checked out the “coffee shops” where one can order a latte as a chaser to a wide selection of joints. No we did not partake. But we did [...]

That’s right, this year we travel to the land of pyramids and camels. Egypt has been on our list of “must see” countries for quite awhile, but right now seems like a politically advantageous time to visit.
On the map, I’ve circled the areas we’ll be focusing on. Cairo has the cultural and  tourist sites such [...]