egypt eclipse expedition 2006
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Egypt Eclipse Expedition 2006. By Alan “Rif” Rifkin. The Expedition Data. Dates: March 25 to April 8, 2006 Fourteen Days Pictures taken: 2911 Four different Hotels & one Ship Why: Total Solar Eclipse. Trip Segment Descriptions Five Separate Adventures. Giza and the Pyramids - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Egypt Eclipse Expedition 2006Egypt Eclipse Expedition 2006
By Alan “Rif” Rifkin
The Expedition DataThe Expedition Data
Dates: March 25 to April 8, 2006Fourteen DaysPictures taken: 2911Four different Hotels & one ShipWhy: Total Solar Eclipse
Trip Segment DescriptionsTrip Segment DescriptionsFive Separate AdventuresFive Separate AdventuresGiza and the PyramidsMediterranean and the EclipseNile CruiseCairoParis
PeoplePeople
Our Group 80 people, ATM of Boston, Stellafane & MMS Travel Quest and Sky & Telescope magazine, 600 Al Salloum 15,000 in 20 different camps
Trip SegmentsTrip Segments
South Hadley to Boston, 98 miles, 2:00 hours Boston to Paris, 3450 miles, 7:30 hour flight Paris to Cairo, 1994 miles, 4:30 hour flight Cairo to Marsa Metruh, 295 miles, 5:30 hour bus Marsa Metruh to Al Salloum, 175 miles, 3:30 hour bus Al Salloum to Marsa Metruh, 175 miles, 4:30 hour bus Marsa Metruh to Cairo, 295 miles, 5:30 hour bus Cairo to Luxor, 316 miles, :55 minute flight Luxor to Aswan, 118 miles, 4 day Cruise Aswan to Cairo, 432 miles, 1:15 hour flight Cairo to Paris, 1994 miles, 4:30 hour flight Paris to Boston, 3450 miles, 7:30 hour flight Boston to South Hadley, 98 miles 2:30 hours Total distance 12,890 miles, 49:40 time
49:50 Doesn’t include49:50 Doesn’t include
Transfers from hotels to airports Waiting at airports Waiting for them to load baggage Waiting for them to unload baggage Waiting for them to find lost baggage Waiting for lost people & Howard Going through security- Everywhere! Doing anything with 80 people takes time
Map of EgyptMap of Egypt
Travel ModesTravel Modes
Jet Planes Buses Camels Donkeys Horse Drawn Carriages Ferry Boats Nile Cruise Ship Feluccas ( Nile Sail Boat) Subway Trains Kama Kazi Kabs
TimeTime
Trip = fourteen daysBasic Travel = two daysWaiting = two daysSleeping ¼ of the time = 3.5 daysDinning = 2 hours a day = 28 hoursSo more than ½ the time spent-Why?
Don’t forget your shotsDon’t forget your shots
TyphoidTetanusHepatitis “A”Polio
And the next week WHO declares Egypt Polio free
Was it worth all the Trouble?Was it worth all the Trouble?
Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse 3 minutes 58 seconds of Totality 3 minutes 58 seconds of Totality
Path of ShadowPath of Shadow
Photo GroupsPhoto Groups
My FavoritesVideos and Panorama’sThe EclipseCheck Points DoorsJudy Shopping for TextilesPharaoh's Revenge
So now to see the picturesSo now to see the pictures
Thank you for comingThank you for coming
PropsProps
Shorts and pith helmet Galabia and Kafia Scrap book, cummen and indigo Computer Mortar and Pestle, Camel, fabric Telescope setup Red laser Figs, dates and seltzer Rosetta Stone