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Announcing SkepTours: We're going to Jamaica and Egypt!

What if I want to go to Turkey and Egypt, but not Isreal? I'm afraid they would try to make me wear one of those beanies there.
 
You know, the funny thing is that I have never really wanted to go to israel, but as part of this trip and with an archaeologist I think it's going to be a really cool stop!

Jeff, any details on the Egypt trip yet? As much as I look forward to the Jamaiican cruise, the Egypt trip will really by the highlight of my year!

Pat
 
News on Egypt...

I've been negotiating a bit, and I *THINK* this will happen.

First off, we're going to change things a bit and INCLUDE a tour of the pyramids, sphinx and museum in Giza. And we're going to be led by our own guide who will say the things we want them too.... er, give a skeptical tour.

And, we're going to have a former rabbi lead us through Jerusalem. He's an atheist now, so I think he'll have an interesting perspective.

That's all tentative, but it looks pretty solid. At any rate, we ARE including a trip to the pyramids. (It's $260 if you use the cruise line).

Stay tuned. I'm working on some stuff for Jamaica too.
 
Jeff Wagg said:
First off, we're going to change things a bit and INCLUDE a tour of the pyramids, sphinx and museum in Giza. And we're going to be led by our own guide who will say the things we want them too.... er, give a skeptical tour.
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So we'll get the truth about the aliens who built them? I think the official guides try to deny it.
 
Egypt is now available for booking! I had to rise the price a little bit, but I'm able to include TWO tours... one of Jerusalem an another to pyramids of Giza. (Sphinx too!). Those two tours would cost about $400 if purchased from the cruise line.

http://www.skeptour.com
 
I'm skeptical of this claim:

By special arrangement, none other than Mark Twain, who’s popular book Innocents Abroad detailed his journey to this region with the requisite amount of humor will be joining us for the duration of the voyage. He’ll dine with us and be present for socializing and lectures.
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Can you elaborate, perhaps with evidence?!
 
Skeptical cruising is fun. Nancy and I have been on 4 of the JREF cruises (we didn't go to Galapagos with JREF because we went earlier with CFI, and Richard Dawkins). This Skeptours program is confusing to me. We may have to sit this one out until the circular firing squad runs out of ammunition.
 
AZAtheist, I'd be happy to clear up any confusion you might have.

As for Mark Twain, yes he'll be joining us. Samuel Clemens will not. We'll have an excellent interpreter for Mr. Clemens working with us, complete with unruly white hair and matching suit.
 
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Jeff, as a couple of others have mentioned, this doesn't include Upper Egypt (I've seen the pyramids 3-4 times already).

Think you could look into a side trip (much like the Machu Piccu side trip w/the Galapagos) for 3-5 days to see Luxor, Aswan, and the Valley of the Kings?

Just a thought
 
So far, I think it looks good that I'll be going on the Egyptian tour!

I don't know which type of stateroom I want, yet. And, I suppose it might be a good idea to acquire a nice roomate to carry along with me. But, other than those sorts of issues to iron out, the plan seems to be going in place, for me.

Hutch said:
Think you could look into a side trip (much like the Machu Piccu side trip w/the Galapagos) for 3-5 days to see Luxor, Aswan, and the Valley of the Kings?
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I'd probably go on this, too!

The Central Scrutinizer said:
Can we book The Bangles?
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Or at least a Bangles tribute band?

Think about how awesome a Bangles/Mark Twain jam session would be!
 
Wowbagger said:
So far, I think it looks good that I'll be going on the Egyptian tour!

I don't know which type of stateroom I want, yet. And, I suppose it might be a good idea to acquire a nice roomate to carry along with me. But, other than those sorts of issues to iron out, the plan seems to be going in place, for me.

I'd probably go on this, too!


Or at least a Bangles tribute band?

Think about how awesome a Bangles/Mark Twain jam session would be!
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I'm nice. And can be acquired for the low sum of whatever the cruise and airfare would be...
 
I've looked into extended tours of Egypt. Because the trip terminates in Istanbul, visiting more Egypt would require flying BACK to Egypt, which would be prohibitively expensive. Also, the idea of going on there on a tour from the ship isn't very attractive as it's hundreds of miles away.

I'll get pricing if someone really wants to pursue this, but it would likely be as expensive as the cruise.
 
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