Around the World in Silver Years

My earliest memories of Egypt go back to Elizabeth Taylor who had acted as the queen of Egypt, Cleopatra in a movie of same name way back in 1960s.  Egypt was also in the news off and on during series of Egypt wars almost 5 decades earlier. My fascination for Egypt further increased when I joined the Indian Navy in 1970 since it was home to the strategically located Suez Canal, a marvel of its own kind of great importance to the Indian Defence Forces.  It is also the land of the Giza Pyramids, approximately 4500 years old being the oldest wonders of the world. The allure of the Nile Cruise one of the largest rivers of the world, marginally 2nd to only Amazon River, was an another attraction. Our Co-Travellers  comprised of 17 close friends including 8 couples. We decided to engage Vayudoot Holidays Pune to arrange our 10 days customised Egypt tour. We had earlier done another outstanding tour to Uzbekistan and Russia with the same travel agent which was planned meticulous...