Back in Cairo. I am STILL rushing to post have handled my email after a 5 day absence and have about 15 minutes before I meet Antoine (head of the tour company)in the lobby.

This has been an incredible trip, probably the best land operator I have ever used, perfection in the organization and the guides - we love them all. Every single request was granted and the two different groups worked so well. It was so sad to say goodbye to Hany, Henry and Hossam today. People had tears in their eyes even I was a little choked up. They have become like family. When I come back again I am going to ask for the same three men, no one could have been any better than these three absolute super stars.

The group was very compatible. Everyone got on extremly well. This is a very busy trip but with the "highlights" group even those that could not do a lot of walking managed to see about 90% of the attractions. The "do it all" group certainly did it all.

Thirteen of us are now going on the Petra and will have some down time tomorrow afternoon when we arrive in Jordan. Those poor guides in Jordan have a big act to follow. I am telling people to lower their expectations.

No time for more details there is free internet here so hopefully some one will post a little more detail tonight. We leave at 7.30 am in the morning for our flight to Amman.

If we have time after dinner tonight I will see if Ken can post just a few pictures.