Alexandria Day Trip – Part 1 | Egypt Travel Blog: Day 1 (Part 6)

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Heading to Alexandria Early Morning

November 30, 2019 was Day 1 of my 10-Day Egypt tour. My other tour mates were landing in Cairo today, but because of my Alexandria trip, which was an add on, I came one day earlier to spend the day visiting Alexandria.

Before boarding the van, I saw the same Australian couple I had met the day before. There were other people with us on this tour, but my tour mates for the rest of my trip would be different because they were arriving today.

We had to start our Alexandria trip early in the morning, so we could come back before evening. The drive to reach Alexandria would take about two and a half hours.

The van was comfortable and not too crowded. The AC had to be turned on as the desert heat kept rising as we passed through the morning.

We passed the city and residential area within half an hour of starting our trip. Then the landscape started to change.

Sometimes we were passing through agricultural lands, sometimes terrain full of rocks and sand that looked like deserts. There were buildings and small towns passing by in between. There were open bazaars and shopping complexes in between as well.

Some places had a few buildings, like 4 or 5 together, but there was nothing after that mile after mile. You would see a small open market all of a sudden and then it would be empty again after that for a while.

Watching these scenes made me feel like I was in another time and place. Those are the kind of feelings traveling to another place gives you because I am not used to seeing these things daily.