Heliopolis Travel Blogs

A few hours later, I caught the Egged bus from Ein Gedi (Dead Sea) to Eilat. I sat next to a lovely Israeli woman whose name I forget now, whose name was recorded in a journal I've misplaced, and we chatted throughout the ride. She told me how she was on her way to a qibutz nearby Eilat to visit he…

Dr. Swanson took our class on a field trip to Heliopolis (I loved studying in Egypt, we got to go on the coolest field trips).  Heliopolis is the site of the sun cult of Ra and was once the capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian Nome.  The site has been occupied since the Pre-Dynastic Period.…

My trek originated in Oakland, California, VERY early in the morning, then a layover for several hours in New York that afternoon, then onto the Netherlands where I met up with my friend Daryl to spend our whole flight fatigued afternoon in Amsterdam. It seems so …

I was in Egypt in february this year. It was my first real touch with this amazing country. Im back now from my second trip and still full of lot of wonderful feelings and experiencies...I ll be back soon...