We visited Egypt over Christmas 2004. Our vacation started in Cairo, took us to St Catherine’s and Mount Sinai, over to Sharm-el-Sheikh for some snorkeling, then on to Luxor where we had arranged a 4 night Nile River cruise down to Aswan.…

Sunset on Ko Samet Although we would have preferred to visit the beaches in the south (Ko Samui etc.) we didn’t have time, and decided to do an couple of days in Ko Samet instead.  This really wasn’t worth it.  We should have made the time to see the south or sk

We spent 5 days in Portugal in April 2001. Our visit was part of a 3 week vacation in Spain and Morocco. We are very ‘focused’ travelers, arriving in each city with a list of places to see, and we’ll move along fast if something doesn’t grab us.…