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Nile River Cruise
The second trip of my AIESEC project was a cruise down the Nile River, from Aswan to Luxor. If you want to read about the first one to Siwa Oasis, click here. So this trip started with a not-so-fun 15 hour train ride from Cairo to Aswan. The AC was turned to the max and we barely got any sleep (I forgot to say we traveled by night). However, we were pretty excited about what was coming. Prior to this trip we had to choose between two accommodation options. The first one was staying at different hotels and commuting between them with cars. The other meant cruising on a ship…
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Siwa Oasis
As part of the my project (see here how I applied), me and the other participants were supposed to visit eight cities of Egypt. Siwa Oasis, a very small community near the border of Libya, was not one of them. After searching on the internet about the place, I decided to go. However, I had to pay an additional fee of 1800 EGP (100 euros). I am so glad I did that though because it was totally worth it. And I am going to tell you exactly why. Siwa’s Salt Lakes After spending the entire night on the bus to Siwa, we arrived in the village just in time for…
