by Trips Of Our Life | Feb 4, 2018 | Africa, Egypt
The tomb of King Ramses III is the longest in comparison to the others we visited in the Valley of the Kings, (Ramses IV & Ramses IΧ), with a length of 188m. It also has a larger number of annexes on the corridor sides and leads to the burial chamber. The entrance...
by Trips Of Our Life | Feb 2, 2018 | Africa, Egypt
The Pharaohs tombs in the Valley of the Kings are placed deep inside the wild mountain (in contrast to the Pyramids in Cairo). The entrance is visible, but if you want to visit the interior, you have to descend underground through corridors. The corridors are wide and...
by Trips Of Our Life | Feb 2, 2018 | Africa, Egypt
I visited the Valley of the Kings, together with Karnak and Hatshepsut temples in Luxor, on a full day organized tour from Hurghada. The story of the valley is well known: the rich Kings-Pharaohs of that time wanted to be buried together with their gold after their...
by Trips Of Our Life | Jan 16, 2018 | Africa, Egypt
Yes, the Khufu pyramid is the oldest and largest of the Giza pyramids…Yes, it is the oldest of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient world and the only one that remains until today…and No, I won’t talk about its history at all. If you don’t know, the...
by Trips Of Our Life | Nov 9, 2017 | Ευρώπη, Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο
Κατά τη διάρκεια της τριήμερης επίσκεψής μου στο Εδιμβούργο τον περασμένο Σεπτέμβριο, αποφάσισα να κάνω μία αυθημερόν εκδρομή στα φημισμένα Highlands. Οι επιλογές ήταν πολλές. Μετά από έρευνα και λόγω χρόνου και κόστους, έκλεισα την εκδρομή στα νότια Highlands με την...
by Trips Of Our Life | Nov 8, 2017 | Europe, UK
During my 3-day visit in Edinburgh last September, I decided to join a full-day tour to the famous Highlands. The choices for the tour were numerous. Since my time was limited and my budget was low, I decided to book the excursion to the south Highlands, by Hairy Coo...
by Trips Of Our Life | Nov 2, 2017 | Europe, UK
One of the most important highlights of our full-day tour to the south Highlands was the popular Loch Katrine of the national Park Trossachs. This Loch (in Scottish, not meaning the same as lake) comprises a narrow, 13-km-long stripe of water, surrounded by hills,...
by Trips Of Our Life | Nov 2, 2017 | Europe, UK
On our third stop of our full-day tour to the south Highlands, we visited the only lake of Scotland, lake Menteith (the only one because all the rest are called “lochs” by the locals). We stopped at a spot along the main road and for a while we went down near the...
by Trips Of Our Life | Nov 1, 2017 | Europe, UK
On our third stop of our full day tour to the south Highlands we visited the Little Fawn waterfall, placed in a beautiful spot of the Queen Elizabeth forest, part of the Trossachs National Park. We left our bus at the parking lot just outside the forest and went on on...
by Trips Of Our Life | Oct 31, 2017 | Europe, UK
Our last stop of our full day tour to the south Highlands included a meeting with the cute locals…the Hairy Scotland Coos. A worldwide unique cattle breed, with roots to the Highlands and the western Isles of Scotland. So, on our way back to Edinburgh, we...
