Walk 12-Alexandria Egypt

May 6, Alexander

Go to Alexander's road is all the adventure, twists and turns.

Delta company bus vehicles seemed very advanced, luggage can be enough to stop a man and a young man kept asking to not water, snacks, and, of course, are all paid £ ® car out soon, somehow, the car of Egypt began moving quarrels, but we completely confused is the Division sales and passengers or passengers between loud noise, the car is stopped, we looked at a loss, decided the confrontation on the back of the Tang dynasty, hee hee, Egypt people must think two Chinese in quarrel, argue who does it, and finally the car and go, we won't start drowsy. Unfortunately, when I once again from a noisy in wake up, my God, inside black smoke filled, all are alighted, surrounded by the vast Gobi, what is after dark oil spilled all over the floor, even I do not know of all know that this time a suspended. Egypt brother down car, someone to help drivers quiet call someone standing on the roadside stop car calls for help, no way, had to wait for a car, anyway, the problem must be solved. approximately one hour later, the solution came to Cairo, who were later on, the rest of the car for about a dozen to Alexander, etc from Cairo to train and then go that night. only a pound, although the road is bumpy, but also to harvest, Egypt's friendship is moving, one Uncle active from package took out a towelling, help me cover, speak English lad, some embarrassed to tell us the car again and again, and desert patrol our broken bus side guard overnight, day dawn, flashing lights to add our car guide. Finally, in delayed four or five hours after we hit the road again after broken. car of Cairo, in the great pyramid to the West, there are many luxurious hotels, and even golf, w, fast to Alexander, street level and many farms look to our suburbs of resorts, let alone are cordial. noon we arrived at the edge of the Eastern Mediterranean, Alexander city

Alexander like a legend of the mythical city, 332 BC the Macedonian King, Alexander the great Greece in East journey, defeated the then ruling Egypt Persian Empire, in the northern part of the Eastern Mediterranean coast Egypt established his name a new city – the city of Alexandria.

After his death, his Department will sue Bechtel has established in Egypt to Alexandria City Centre for the rule of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Ptolemy dynasty lasted thousands of years of Pharaonic civilization, it became the center of Egypt. 30 years BC, the Roman general Octavian defeated Ptolemy dynasty, the last Queen of Creole Batra and lover Anthony Roman general, two people, both committed suicide. Egypt became part of the Roman Empire. Alexander has built the world's largest library and become one of the seven wonders of the world of Alexander Island Lighthouse by Ross. all so fascinating, but today's cities and monuments and not many, years most of the monuments buried deep underground and water. today's Alexander neat charming, roomy side House, has a high level of blinds, Roman columns, marble hall is rotating staircase, the old building is like an old gentleman, although older, but with style. It looks more like an old 19th-century Europe.

Based on the knowledge of the LP, we studied directly come to the city's most famous Cecil Hotel (Cecil Hotel) hotel was built in 1929, at the time of Alexander the great as the Eastern Mediterranean coast important port is in itself the second busiest period, hotel lived Maugham, celebrity, Darel in Alexander Ryan appears more than once in the hotel next to the hotel, the same old Romanesque buildings in many suitable for backpackers in the small hotel, next to the hotel in a building with several PCT on along the spiral and staircase in marble, don't remember is the fourth floor, or on the fifth floor of the Hotel, a home Normandy (Normandy), the boss was very big, bad words, the room is very large, high ceiling, the scenery is fabulous, the entire East point, as long as 30LE glance, too value, only the beautiful scenery is worth the price, the price also does not also immediately, live, strongly recommended!

One afternoon a tour of the Museum of Greece-Rome, Pompeii and catacombs. compared to other monuments of Egypt, of the difference between the number of Greece-Roman Museum, the small central courtyard with Creole Petra lover Anthony marble portrait; Pompey pillars to stand alone in an archaeological Park of the mound, had been wrong when a flag for Pompey graveyard, and the Roman general Pompey is okay to a.d. 300 years to commemorate the Emperor of Rome, when Pompey had died more than 200 years, there are two statues pre-column Ptolemaic period long like a human face, other artifacts are gathered from all parts of the Pompey pillars. nearly became the symbolic monuments of Alexander. catacombs is located in the residential building at a small space, not too hard to find, go, feel the breath of life, some shops at the roadside, was filled with water jug, available for walk-in drinking three layer. catacombs, a bit dark, it is interesting in a tomb inside of the door, left standing two pharaonic dynasty of Nubian's death, their fat, wore and ill-fitting Roman Legion uniforms that look very funny.

In the evening, sit on the terrace of the hotel, at sunset, along the circular Bay Road, people, people sitting in the Bank in twos and threes, as at the end of the Gulf, the hotel is Alexander's Island Lighthouse by Ross, there is now a small military fortress, a castle Gate Bay, it was getting dark, the castle was light shines like a butterfly transparent. really love this city, we decided to stay here as possible, when Alexander.