Egypt & Jordan 2020

Jerash (called Gerasa back in the day) sports some of the most complete, undamaged Grecian and Roman ruins than can […]

Climbing out of the valley in which Wadi Musa and Petra are located, we encountered snow. Not a lot, but

Today I took 641 pictures, a high so far for this trip, walked 9 miles and took over 20,000 steps.

The Death of Moses 34 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There

Over 4,600 years of religious history in one day, our last in Egypt. Not bad! Ramses II snuck in a

“Hi Judy,” called out some Egyptian guy standing in line this morning to enter the Egyptian Museum. “What . .

A slow day today – nothing planned until 11:30 AM and even that was an optional trip to a cotton

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, right? The ancient Egyptians used that fact to establish

The last time Judy and I went for a balloon ride we were in Myanmar. It was early morning with

The ship cruised after dinner and we awoke at Kom Ombo. We were off the boat at 7 AM so

The highlight today was a felucca ride on the Nile. It’s been a typically nice Egyptian day- sunny, no clouds,

This is the capstone of Egyptian Temples 101 – Abu Simbel. Hatem has been drilling us all the way down