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We landed in Bangkok this morning to make if officially half-way around the world. We are fully 12 hours ahead of home in Kansas City. We found a “First Class” line for immigration, only to realize that this was actually a special pass, but she let us through anyway, since there was no one else … Continue reading
It was finally time to leave Istanbul for a final time. We took the hotel shuttle over, grabbed breakfast and waited for the Aeroflot checkin desks to open to get checked in for the flight. We then went to the business class lounge for about an hour before going to the gate. The queue/mob at … Continue reading
Today was our last full day in Turkey. Earl and I slept in a little and had breakfast. After this it was back to the hotel room to make sure all of the electronic devices were charged, all pictures uploaded and that plans were set. Once this was done we checked out of the hotel, … Continue reading
After 6+ hours of driving yesterday, the 90 min drive to Efes (Epheseus) was much appreciated. We got up, got the hotel breakfast and then made sure the phone with Google Maps got fully charged. I also had to go to the drugstore and get some personal items. The poor guy who helped me probably … Continue reading
After Afrodisias, we continued to drive through Turkey. Coming from the US, you would not believe how many solar panels were on all of the houses and apartment buildings. I guess someone has figured out how to make solar affordable. We drove past cotton and corn fields and orchards of pomegranate and nut trees. The … Continue reading
After the 5:15 AM wake-up call and packing 2 days of clothes and stuff into backpacks, since Pegasus air charges 3 Turkish lira/kg for any checked bags we got on the 6AM shuttle to the airport. Then waited until 6:40 AM (2 hours before the flight) to get checked in and went right to the … Continue reading
Friday morning at his 7:10 AM tee time Earl finally got to check off playing golf in Africa off his bucket list, I slept in until about 8, and went to the breakfast buffet at the hotel. After hearing that there were more protests in Tahir Square and after all of the pyramid excitement, we … Continue reading
We met Ahmed and Dr. Fayed at 8:00 AM, got our bags packed into the car an took off for Memphis, Saqqara (Sakkara), Giza and the Sphinx. We drove to get to Memphis where they have the Colossus of Ramses II. At some point the legs on this massive Colossus were destroyed, so they have … Continue reading
As many of you know, my husband is an early bird. He is the one up and at work by 7 and even working from home he is usually online by 7:30AM. So after a lot of late wake-ups in Turkey, we set an alarm and got to the Egyptian museum by 8:30 AM, well … Continue reading
Since Earl and I are both paranoid about being late, we planned to leave the hotel at 7:00 AM for our 10:30 flight to Cairo on Turkish Air. We ended up being really early at leaving by 6:30 AM and the traffic to the airport was VERY light at 6:30 AM. The traffic from the … Continue reading
Not in Kansas 