Oct 3 - Dec 20, 2007
Map of my travel in Egypt
Map of my travel in Jordan
Map of my travel in India
Map of my travel in Pakistan
Itinerary
EGYPT
Day 1: Oct 3 Philadelphia, PA - Cairo, Egypt
Day 2: Oct 4 Arrival in Cairo
Day 3: Oct 5 Ben Gannon lands in Cairo from Hurghada. Cairo Museum; Sound and Light Show
Day 4: Oct 6 Around Cairo: Pyramids at Giza, Saqqara and Dahshur. Memphis
Day 5: Oct 7 Cairo: In the city
Day 6: Oct 8 Cairo - Alexandria
Day 7: Oct 9 Alexandria - Aswan: Overnight train
Day 8: Oct 10 Arrival in Aswan; around Aswan
Day 9: Oct 11 Aswan - Abu Simbel and back
Day 10: Oct 12 Around Aswan; Start of cruise; Aswan high dam; Philae
Day 11: Oct 13 On cruise: Kom Ombo; Edfu
Day 12: Oct 14 On cruise: Arrival at Luxor; Karnak and Luxor Temples
Day 13: Oct 15 West Bank (Theban Necropolis): Colossi of Memnon, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple
Day 14: Oct 16 Day Trip from Luxor: Abydos and Dendara
Day 15: Oct 17 In Luxor: Deir el-Medina, Medinat Habu; Ben flies to Cairo and back to the USA; I take the evening bus to Hurghada
Day 16: Oct 18 Hurghada
Days 17-20: Oct 19-22 Scuba : Open water certification course
Days 21-22: Oct 23-24 Catamaran from Hurghada to Sharm-El-Sheikh; Bus to Dahab; {At night} Climb to Mt. Sinai to watch sunrise; {Next day} Climb down to St. Catherine monastery; Hitched a ride on a truck to Nuweiba, Catamaran from Nuweiba to Aqaba, JORDAN
JORDAN
Day 23: Oct 25 In Aqaba; Taxi to Wadi Rum; Night at Sunset camp
Day 24: Oct 26 Wadi Rum desert tour; Night at Sunset camp
Day 25: Oct 27 Wadi Rum - Petra
Day 26: Oct 28 In Petra; hike to tomb of Aaron
Day 27: Oct 29 Petra - Karak Castle
Day 28: Oct 30 Karak - Madaba; trip to Mt. Nebo
Day 29: Oct 31 Madaba - Amman
Day 30: Nov 1 Day Trip: Amman - Dead Sea - Amman
Day 31: Nov 2 Day Trip: Amman - Umm Qais - Ajlun - Jerash - Amman
Day 32: Nov 3 Flight: Amman, JORDAN - Cairo, EGYPT; In Cairo
Day 33: Nov 4 Flight: Cairo - New Delhi, INDIA
INDIA
Day 34: Nov 5 Bhavna joins me; New Delhi - Chandigarh (Panchkula)
Day 35-45: Nov 6-16 In and around Chandigarh (Panchkula); trips to Solan and Karnal
Day 46: Nov 17 Chandigarh - Haridwar
Day 47: Nov 18 Haridwar - Bareilly
Day 48: Nov 19 Bareilly - Faizabad
Day 49: Nov 20 Faizabad - Ayodhya - Varanasi
Day 50: Nov 21 Varanasi - Sarnath - Allahabad
Day 51: Nov 22 Allahabad - Khajuraho
Day 52: Nov 23 Khajurah - Jhansi - Gwalior - Agra
Day 53: Nov 24 Agra - New Delhi - Chandigarh (Panchkula)
Days 54-55: Nov 25-26 In Chandigarh (Panchkula)
Day 56: Nov 27 Chandigarh - Jwalaji - Pathankot
Day 57: Nov 28 Pathankot - Amritsar - Attari - Wagah, PAKISTAN - Lahore (where my Dad was raised)
PAKISTAN
Day 58-59: Nov 29-30 In Lahore
Day 60: Dec 1 Lahore - Gujranwala (my Mom's birthplace) - Lahore
Day 61: Dec 2 Lahore - Sahiwal
Day 62: Dec 3 Sahiwal - Harappa - Sahiwal - Multan
Day 63: Dec 4 Multan - Dera Ghazi Khan (my dad's birthplace) - Multan
Day 64: Dec 5 Multan - Bahawalpur - Uch Sharif - Rahim Yar Khan
Day 65: Dec 6 Rahim Yar Khan - Larkana
Day 66: Dec 7 Larkana - Moenjodaro - Larkana; Night train to Quetta
Day 67: Dec 8 Larkana - Quetta
Day 68: Dec 9 Quetta - Islamabad
Day 69: Dec 10 In islamabad; Day trip to Rawalpindi and back
Day 70: Dec 11 Islamabad - Taxila (Takshashila) - Hasan Abdal (Panja Sahib) - Islamabad
Day 71: Dec 12 Islamabad - Peshawar
Day 72: Dec 13 Peshawar - Khyber Pass - Landi Kotal - Michni Checkpoint on Afghanistan border - Peshawar
Day 73: Dec 14 Peshawar - Lahore
Day 74: Dec 15 Lahore - Nankana Sahib (Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Nanak Dev ji) - Lahore
Day 75: Dec 16 Lahore - Wagah - Attari, INDIA - Amritsar - Chandigarh
Days 76-77: Dec 17-18 Chandigarh
Day 78-79: Dec 19-20 Chandigarh - New Delhi - flight to the US - Philadelphia; END OF JOURNEY