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Walkthrough of our Amazing Egypt trip

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Place - Egypt Dates - 30 Sep 2022 - 7th Oct 2022 Days - 7  night - 8 days Travel - No direct flight,  We took connecting flight via AbuDhabi Post covid, Egypt was our first international trip. Before finalising  on Egypt , we explored various other destinations  but decided to  head to Egypt because  -  1. Egypt had e-visa option  2. Tatva(my son) had been wanting to visit pyramids 3. I had been wanting to go for cruise on Nile for a long time Also, the flights were relatively cheaper. Our trip was for 7 nights and 8 days. We skipped Red sea because, we wanted to focus  on core Egypt and historical aspects only.  Brief itinerary - Day 1 - Arrival at Cairo (Hotel Hayat Pyramid view) Day 2 - Cairo city - Citadel + Museum + Market Day 3 - Pyramids time, overnight train to Aswan. Day 4 - Arrival at Aswan - onboard to Cruise - Philae temple Day 5 - Abu Simbel temple and Kom Ombo temple Day 6 - Luxor city - Karnak temple & Luxor temple Day 7

Mangalore Beaches- Camp 21 (Nov'21)

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Mangalore Beaches (Batapady, Someshwara) Place -                                    Mangalore, Karnataka Closest airport -                   Mangalore Closest train station -          Mangalore Distance from Bangalore -  370km (~9 hours with breaks) Place we stayed -                  Camp 21, Mangalore (http://www.camp21holidays.com/) Itinerary -  Day 1 - Reach Camp-21 Day 2 - Leisure at beach, Boating in Talapady backwater mangroves, Barbeque @ beach Day 3 - Leisure at beach,  Day 4 - Deep Sea swimming, Someshwara beach, Back to Bangalore Trip planning : Ever since we shifted to our new home in August, we were blessed to have our family members (from both sides) visiting us and staying with us. In fact, we tried for Mangalore trip in September/October itself when my father & mother were here, but it could not materialize because we couldn't get a decent accommodation. Tatva and Amber were really missing beach and sea, also Amber was getting desperate to take our new car on a l