Info

Flights:

All flight info is available upon request - just contact any of us.

Housing:

We spent the first week of our trip in Aswan and Luxor, in Upper Egypt (which is geographically more south, but because the Nile flows south to north, it's considered Upper). Then we traveled to Cairo, where we had several smaller trips planned.

Aswan: Isis Corniche Hotel
Luxor: Iberotel Hotel
Cairo: Flamenco Hotel, on the island of Zamalek

Itinerary:

May - June 2010

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
5/3:
depart Logan at 4:15pm		 5/4:
arrive in Cairo at 2:55pm, walking tour of Zamalek		 5/5:
overnight train to Aswan		 5/6:
free day in Aswan		 5/7:
Aswan - High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk, Philae Temple		 5/8:
drive to Luxor; visit Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples
5/9:
Luxor - West Bank (Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's Temple, Medina Habbu, Colossi of Memnon)		 5/10:
Luxor - Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple, fly to Cairo at 9pm		 5/11:
Giza and pyramids		 5/12:
class 9am-1pm, U.S. Embassy at 3pm		 5/13:
class 9am-1pm, group meeting, afternoon free		 5/14:
free day, Egyptian Museum		 5/15:
Coptic Cairo and Muqattam; lunch at Abduh's house at 2pm, Felucca at sunset
5/16:
free day		 5/17:
class 9am-1pm, Arabic 3-5pm (group 1)		 5/18:
class 9am-1pm, group meeting, afternoon free		 5/19:
class 9am-1pm, Arabic 3-5pm (group 2), night trip to the Khan el-Khalili		 5/20:
class 9am-1pm, AUC dialogue at 6pm		 5/21:
photo trip to Dream Park, Cairo		 5/22:
Islamic Cairo
5/23:
Arab League at 9am, Giza Zoo		 5/24:
class 9am-1pm, Arabic 3-5pm (group 1)		 5/25:
class 9am-1pm, afternoon free		 5/26:
class 9am-1pm, Arabic 3-5pm (group 2)		 5/27:
class 9am-1pm, afternoon free, Oud Music		 5/28:
day trip to Alexandria		 5/29:
Sakkara, Dahshur, Mit-Rahina (Memphis)
5/30:
free day		 5/31:
class 9am-1pm, Arabic 3-5pm (group 1)		 6/1:
class 9am-1pm, Arabic 3-5pm (group 2)		 6/2:
group meeting 8:30am, class 9am-1pm, afternoon free		 6/3:
class 9am-1pm, afternoon free		 6/4:
depart for Boston at 2:00am