Madrid, Spain - to - Johannesburg, South Africa

EGYPT ROUTE MAP

14 Days

The entry date into Egypt, 15 May, and actual route, has been confirmed based on GPS coordinates of overnite locations received on 24 May (thru 22 May) and 29 June (thru the 26th of June).

I called and spoke with both Scott & Renee at the CAIRO PYRAMIDS MÖVENPICK on Thursday May 20th (~ 6PM Cario time) where they were staying and taking a break from camping. Both sounded recovered, upbeat, and ready to resume "The Adventure". Still unsure about overland travel thru Sudan, even after all the trouble they went to in getting Sudanese Visas, and I'm doing some more searching for alternate Sea Transport options from Egypt ports to either Massawa, Eritrea, Djibouti, Djibouti, or Mombasa, Kenya. By thier Red Sea coast position reported for the 21st, it looks like they may be checking in with the ports on the way South as well. Received a positive reply from "Worms Alexandria Cargo Services" agents for the Messina Line - offering Container Service Fm/To AFRICA & MED PORTS - forwarded this to Scott.

We received this POSTCARD from Scott & Renee "Sound & Light at the Pyramids of Giza" - (Rick)

24 May - Received a note from Scott today that they were in Aswan, had met up with a Swiss group also traveling overland thru Sudan and were to leave via barge on Lake Nasser from Aswan, Egypt to Wadi Haffa, Sudan "in the morning".

DATE

Over-Night

PLACE

Over-Night Location

LAT / LONG

ROUTE

ODOMETER

15 May

Day - 17

Marsa Matruh, Egypt

N31 21 23.1

E27 14 01.7

Tobruk - As Sallum -

(Had to make a 230 Km round trip/return to Tobruk to get an "exit stamp" on the Libyan Visa)

Tobruk - As Sallum -

Marsa Matruh

46263

Today - 648

To Date - 6803

16 May

Day - 18

Cairo

(camping)

N29 57 47.1

E31 09 29.7

Marsa Matruh -

Al Alamein - Cairo

(New road - not on map)

46730

Today - 467

To Date - 7270

17 May

Day - 19

Cairo

(Hotel)

N29 59 36.2

E31 07 31.6

"local"

46735

Today - 5

To Date - 7275

18 May

Day - 20

Cairo

(Hotel)

"same"

none !!

46735

Today - 0

To Date - 7275

19 May

Day - 21

Cairo

(Hotel)

"same"

none !!

46735

Today - 0

To Date - 7275

20 May

Day 22

Cairo

(Hotel)

"same"

none !!

46735

Today - 0

To Date - 7275

21 May

Day 23

Hurghada, Egypt

N27 15 35.0

E33 49 16.3

Cairo - Zafaran -

St. Pauls Monestary -

Hurghada

47304

Today - 569

To Date - 7844

22 May

Day 24

Luxor, Egypt

N25 42 21.4

E32 38 36.2

Hurghada - Zafaran -

Qena - Luxor

47607

Today - 303

To Date - 8447

23 May

Day 25

Luxor, Egypt

"same"

"local"

?????

Today - ???

To Date - ????

24 May

Day 26

Aswan, Egypt

N34 05 55.1

E32 53 56.4

Luxor - Aswan

47928

Today - 321

To Date - 8768

25 May

Day 27

On Lake Nasser enroute to

Wadi Haffa

N23 40 40.9

E32 52 36.3

Via Barge

(Day 1)

47951

Today - 23

To Date - 8791

26 May

Day 28

On Lake Nasser enroute to

Wadi Haffa

N22 40 18.9

E32 16 39.6

Via Barge

(Day 2)

47951

Today - 0

To Date - 8791

27 May

Day 29

On Lake Nasser enroute to

Wadi Haffa

N21 49 08.4

E31 18 01.5

Via Barge

(Day 3)

47951

Today - 0

To Date - 8791

28 May

Day 30

On Lake Nasser enroute to

Wadi Haffa

N21 46 54.6

E31 19 22.6

Via Barge

(Day 4)

47951

Today - 0

To Date - 8791

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