Through the Middle East - Krak des Chevaliers

From Cairo into the Sahara to Luxor, visiting temples then sailing and catching the train back to Cairo. Across the Sinai peninsular, across to Jordan, visiting Petra, the Dead Sea and Jerash. Beirut and Baalbek in Lebanon, then Damascus, Palmyra, Crac des Chevaliers and Aleppo in Syria. Across into Turkey, the underground city, Kas, Troy, Gallipoli and Istanbul. To Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria on the Oriental Express, before a brief stop in Frankfurt, Germany.