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    Photos of Cairo & Luxor
    Photos of Cairo & Luxor
    Photos of Cairo & Luxor
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    Photos of Cairo & Luxor

    By Rick D. Jolly

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    This is a companion book to “Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Oh My!” in the Alexander Co. Abroad series. A book filled with photos from Egypt as we explored Cairo and Luxor, one of our first trips abroad after moving to the U.A.E. Our trip starts in Cairo seeing firsthand the troubled countries struggles and current living conditions most Egyptians face every day. Luxor breaths hope in the future as people struggle but maintain stable living conditions. Exploring a top five bucket list destination is hard to describe and harder to document. The idea was to capture both world famous attractions and everyday life as it happened.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRick D. Jolly
    Release dateMar 15, 2016
    ISBN9781310231575
    Photos of Cairo & Luxor
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    Rick D. Jolly

    Rick D.Jolly is from Taylorsville, North Carolina, the eldest of three sons raised in a blue collar family. Married to Samantha White-Jolly, they lived in Hickory, North Carolina before moving to the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East. He opened several social media accounts as a way to relate his experiences to family and friends, posting videos and pictures with firsthand accounts of trips in the UAE and Europe. After several years of living abroad he used previous online posts to help write a series of books called "Alexander County Abroad" with various subtitles to describe each location. The title comes from the county he was born in, Alexander, a small rural county in western N.C. primarily a farming region. A place where most residents rarely venture pass state lines and never travel out of the country or "lord have mercy" a Muslim Country.

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    Introduction

    This is a companion book to Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Oh My! in the Alexander Co. Abroad series. A book filled with photos from Egypt as we explored Cairo and Luxor, one of our first trips abroad after moving to the U.A.E. Our trip starts in Cairo seeing firsthand the troubled countries struggles and current living conditions most Egyptians face every day. Luxor breaths hope in the future as people struggle but maintain stable living conditions. Exploring a top five bucket list destination is hard to describe and harder to document. The idea was to capture both world famous attractions and everyday life as it happened.

    Trip to Egypt

    It had been 3 months since we vacationed out of the country making us a little antsy for a new adventure. One of the top five must see places before we die on our travel lists was Egypt. Just think of the top ten places everybody has heard of or read about and I guarantee Egypt is on that list. Mainly because of the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx and Halloween costumes of the beautiful Cleopatra and Egyptian Pharaohs. The Pyramids are famous because of their size and the curse of the mummies. The Sphinx is a strange looking mystery probably better left unsolved. Retailers will use any and all forms of depravity to make a quick buck and sexy Egyptian themed Halloween costumes are a sure bet. And for that, many of us are thankful. There are many more reasons why Egypt is and should be world famous, but ask most people today and see what they say.

    So Cairo was a sure thing, but what about other parts of Egypt? We asked a few friends for some suggestions and received many great ideas. A good friend of ours mentioned she would like to see the Great Pyramids, so we invited her along with us. We wanted to see the Valley of the Kings and Karnak so Luxor was added to the list.

    I found a budget friendly company that allowed us to customize the trip to suit our tastes and wallets. They would pick us up at the airport and provide all transportation and guides for the different tours as well as arrange the hotel stays in Cairo and Luxor. The only thing I didn’t like was the required down payment over the internet for the Hotels and flight to and from Luxor. The process seemed outdated and unsecure at best, with a sense of I’m being scammed running through my head like a bright red truck with flashing lights and loud siren. The reviews online mentioned this step with no problems being reported, so we paid the ransom. I would’ve preferred using PayPal or something similar, but it turned out ok anyway.

    Cairo

    We got off to a great start with Ms. Rosemary driving us from Madinat Zayed to the Airport

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