Destinations | Finding Todd

Egypt

13 blogs

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 10

A camel trek, a long drive, and a new country

Alright, so when I last left you I was heading to bed at 9pm. The stars were all out as the sky was crystal clear and there was no light… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 11

Walking around Islamic and Coptic Cairo

Alrighty then! A new day and a new country! To say yesterday was a long day would be a huge understatement but, in the end, I made it and here… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 12

Visiting the Giza Pyramids

Alright, well, today was the day to go see the Great Pyramids of Giza. Even since I was a kid, I’ve known about them and today I was finally going… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 13

The Citadel, a walk in the park, and a Mexican reunion

I woke up today without a real plan. I’ve purposely slowed down my remaining days here in Cairo just because I had alot of back-to-back long days including my day… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 14

Crawling inside pyramids

Today was my last day in Cairo and I decided to do a day tour taking me to a handful of pyramids about an hour outside of the city, A… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 15

Exploring Aswan

It was a super early start this morning. I had an early morning flight to Aswan which meant I had to set my alarm for the ungodly hour of 3:45am.… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 16

Abu Simbel and new friends

Today I booked a day tour to Abu Simbel located about 300km south of Aswan and only 20km from the Sudan border. It’s a historic site comprising two massive rock-cut… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 17

Cats, Falafels, and Milkshakes

It should be noted that the blog title I had preset for today was “A dam, a temple, and an obelisk”. So, you can imagine the day went a little… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 18

Two temples with a dash of frustration

Okay, first a little disclaimer. I’ve always maintained that this blog was more of a journal of my everyday life while backpacking rather than the ‘ol run of the mill… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 19

Exploring the East Bank

Originally I had planned to go on a hot air balloon ride early this morning but, because of weather conditions, the trip was scrapped. On the bright side, though, it… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 20A

Okay, well, today was quite the day! I did so much that it literally felt like 2 days. I mean, by 8:30, I had already put a full day in… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 20B

Welcome to part two of today’s blog! When I left you on the first part of the blog, it was 8:30am and I had already put in a full day… read more

Jordan/Egypt 2025 | Day 21

Starting the Journey Home…

After an epic day yesterday where I went on a hot air balloon during the day and exploring tombs in the afternoon, I was ready for an easy day today.… read more