Cross Egypt Challenge is a series of endurance scooter rides aiming to promote tourism, alternative sports, and alternative means of transportations in Egypt.

I was accepted a ride for this years Challenge. I am honored and thrilled at this opportunity.

The 2012 season of Cross Egypt Challenge will start from Egypt's capital and the home of the famous Tahrir square, then heads north to the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria at the shores of the Mediterranean before heading west towards the city of Marsa Matrouh. The challenge will then heads down towards the fascinating Sahara desert where the challenge team will ride between Egypt's 5 famous oases, Siwa, Bahareya, Farafra, Dakhla and Kharga before reaching the legendary city of Luxor; the world largest open-air museum, where they will ride down the avenue of the sphinxes to end their long and tiring journey in front of the magnificent temple of Karnak.



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KHAKG TO LUXOR DAY 8

OCTOBER 20, 2012

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This is the last day of the Cross Egypt Challenge.  We have a 4 AM getup and are under way at first light. We are promised no delays today.  The only stops will be for gas. This held true for most of the day and because there were no stops we made great time.
paris egypt straight ahead


 at the first fuel stop, Mona and Christine led us in yoga class



 Steve praying just to make it to the end


 we hit the dustiest road of the whole trip


and as soon as we stopped tarek got to cleaning. first himself and then his scooter


Fueled, off we roar down the road.
like a ocean, the desert will take back it's ground


 We made our second fuel stop right on time and Tarek started cleaning again. His scooter compared to mine......


and the support crew entertained us again.



We stopped on the Nile bridge to Luxor to take photos. I had been on the backside of this banner for 7 days.  I thought it was for the school that Mansi's kids went to.  Not until today did I discover it is a banner for his eye wear business!


 On the way to the Karnak Temple we had to stop, of course, and Mohamed our team captain traded his scooter for a more economical ride

the karnak temple

 the governor thanks us for our efforts on behalf of egypt

 goodbye lucy

 the greatest part of the end was having vicki there

again everyone wanted their picture taken with us.


on the ancient plaza of the karnak temple

the first one there,wins
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