Despite our many travels as a family, I am not an active travel blogger - save for a few where the destination has inspired me to inscribe our memories. Egypt is one such holiday. There are simply no adjectives to adequately describe Egypt. As one of our many incredible guides (professional Egyptologists largely) put it aptly “ There is no history before Egypt; Egypt is where history begins ”. This statement starts to sink in when you are amongst the massive edifices of ancient civilizations dating back more than 5,000 years. Another accurate way to describe our experiences was how my wife put it “ It’s like being immersed into the pages of a Tin Tin comic book ” - descending into ancient pharaonic tombs buried deep in the desert mountains; darting in horse drawn carriages through the dusty streets in cities along the Nile; navigating our way through armies of hawkers in a crowded bazaar – these, and many more, are the experiences that are forever etched from our magical tour of a land...