Midnight near the oasis

[shunn]

On our upcoming Egyptian vacation, we take an overnight train to Aswan. We splurged on a sleeper car, because how cool is it to ride a sleeper car in North Africa? And we plan to join the Eight Feet High Club.

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[silk-noir.livejournal.com]

Egypt! Egypt Egypt Egypt!

One of the loveliest places on the planet. Er, 27 years or so ago.

Will you be going to Alexandria?

[shunn.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid Alexandria is not on the itinerary. We were sad about that, but it came down to choosing between that or a side trip to Petra in Jordan. We chose Petra.

[(Anonymous)]

Egypt sounds amazing. I hope you'll post about it when you get back.

Have a great trip.

[karen-w-newton.livejournal.com]

We splurged on a sleeper car

Sound like a neat idea to me! I love traveling by train. Be sure to blog about how they are in Egypt. Mexico used to have some nice trains but I haven't ridden on a train in Mexico in decades and I've heard they've gone downhill.

[rajankhanna.livejournal.com]

Sound judgment. That sounds very cool indeed.

And Cannonball Adderley is awesome.

[derrylm.livejournal.com]

Jo and I are greatly amused by the Eight Feet High Club idea. And some advice for you: don't drink from anything other than the wooden cup when you're at Petra.

D

[shunn.livejournal.com]

We will strive always to choose wisely.

[(Anonymous)]

I took a sleeper in Morocco and while it was a memorable experience, I wouldn't necessarily recommend the "Eight Feet High" club. It will just give the fleas more real estate to forage.

Here is an old blog post about the toilet on the night train to Marrakech.

http://therighteous.blogspot.com/2007/10/vacuum-toilet.html

Have fun, the trip sounds exciting.

Michael

[shunn.livejournal.com]

Are you saying I have a fat ass, Mike? ;-)

Originally we were supposed to do Morocco on this trip, but the conference Laura is attending got moved from Marrakech to Malta at the last minute. I was very excited for Morocco based on that Atlantic article of yours, but this should be a nice substitute.