So, for our Xmas/New Years' 2019/2020 trip we went to Egypt and Jordan with Intrepid Travel:
https://www.intrepidtravel.com/ca/egypt/explore-egypt-jordan-127167It was a comfort tour and 19 days long.
We left a few days early to Cairo so we booked a few mini-tours too using Intrepid.
They are just like G Adventures who we have used in the past and will continue to use both G and Intrepid in the future.
Egypt: Left Vancouver Island on the 6AM ferry on a Saturday morning and took the blue bus to down town Vancouver and then the sky train to the airport.
Carried 3 bags - mine was about 13 kg, wife's was about 11kg, and our carry on which included my laptop which was about 7kg. Packing was a challenge as we were expecting mostly cool weather, including freezing in a camp in Jordan, with some nice warm weather in southern Egypt.
Flight left on time at 1:25pm and we arrived in Frankfurt at 8am or so. Brushed our teeth and then found a beer and our gate to our connecting flight.
Arrived in Cairo around 7pm Sunday night, was met at the airport as arranged and taken to our hotel.
Problem is that our hotel had changed.
By the time we figured this out and we got to our proper hotel it was around 10pm and we were tired and hungry. Also tired of going through baggage x-ray machines and pat downs as we entered each hotel. Paranoid police state where the terrorist have clearly won.
Next day we went on a tour of Cairo - Muhammed Ali Mosque, some other Mosque, etc.
Our hotel situation got sorted and we were moved to our proper room with a view of the Giza pyramids which could be seen off and on through the smog/fog/dust of the late afternoon.
Next day was a tour to Saqqara which is a really old step pyramid going back to the 2nd dynasty. Went in one tomb and saw some RCOP (really cool old poop).
On Wednesday we went to the Coptic part of town which is under lock and key: need to pass by the police prior to entering.
Saw the cavern where baby Jesus, Joe, and Mary took refuge, saw a Greek Orthodox Church (St. George) which had a cool circular design, and rode the subway to find some kushari (a carb heavy dish of rice/pasta/lentils mixed with tomato paste and hot sauce on the side).
That night we met the rest of our group for the big tour of Egypt: us (2 Canadians), 3 Americans - one guy from San Fran, two guys from Wisconsin but living together in London, a young lady of Indian heritage from Melbourne, Australia, and 2 Pakistani-Americans - an aunt who has lived in LA for far too long and her niece who behaved like a princess.
The following day we finally crossed the street to go see the Giza pyramids and Spinx - RCOP!
Seeing the Sphinx in its entirety is neat because you get to see the work on the back side. It has a tail which has been more protected than the damaged head which we all have seen.
In the afternoon we went to the Egyptian Museum which has about 130,000 different RCOP things to see including King Tut's (could have won a grammy) mask, and burial boxes (gold leaf all around) etc etc...
Then we settled in for the night as the next day we were going to go to Alexandria!