eally care about dance? Want new inspiration & excitement?
Come to Egypt for the exciting Ahlan Wa Sahlan Dance Festival & take the Optional Nile Cruise!
Join “Morocco” on a Casbah Dance Experience: June 24 to July 5 (Festival) or July 9 (plus cruise), 2005
Friday, June 24 -Day 1: Meet MOROCCO (known as Rocky to her students, fans & friends) at JFK airport for check-in & orientation, then onto our EgyptAir jet for our overnight flight. Dinner, movie, nap. Wake up
Saturday, June 25 – Day 2: in CAIRO!! Have $20 in cash ready to pay for your visa & change some additional money. We meet our Cairo agency representative, go through Passport Control, get our bags, pass through Customs, get on our bus & transfer to our five-star MENA HOUSE HOTEL, in Giza, overlooking the Pyramids!
Unpack & wash up a bit, then meet in Rocky’s room for that all-important orientation lecture! Dinner on your own: the hotel has restaurants, but come back quickly because in the
Early Evening we are going to a fabulous DERVISH SHOW under the stars at the magnificent CITADEL.
Go right to bed, because we start in earnest tomorrow morning!
Sunday, June 26 – Day 3: Buffet breakfast in the hotel & onto our private bus for a great half day CITY TOUR, visiting the Sphinx & Pyramids, Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Salah El Din &Mohamed Ali Mosque.
Lunch stop at the world famous Felfela Garden Restaurant (pay for your own lunch).
Afternoon in KHAN EL KHALILI, at marvelous Mahmoud’s “AL WIKALAH”, a hidden 4-story building filled to the rafters with beaded & sequinned dance goodies: everything from whole costumes to scarves, shoes, canes, parts & pieces. Shop till you drop! It’s up to us to balance the Egyptian National Budget!
Dinner/ Evening at leisure.
Monday, June 27 – Day 4: Buffet breakfast, then
Off to register & pay for the classes you selected at Raqia Hassan’s AHLAN wa SAHLAN FESTIVAL! (Registration fee & cost of individual classes not included, since it totally depends on your own individual choices!!!)
Evening: GALA OPENING SHOW & Buffet Dinner, starring Cairo’s current favorite ORIENTAL DANCERS included!!!
Tuesday, June 28 – Sunday, July 3 – Days 5 – 10: Buffet breakfasts at the hotel.
Whichever SEMINAR CLASSES you paid for & shopping you choose to do on the premises (there will be several Cairo dancewear merchants in the Mena House hotel, vending at the seminar) or work on your tan at one of several pools.
Lunches & dinners on your own: there are several restaurants in the hotel & a great pool that also has a cafe.
EVERY EVENING during the Festival: a DANCE SHOW by the seminar participants *&* time to get up & boogie to live music!!! (Speak to Rocky about participating & what she strongly advises …). There is a limited food & drink menu available in the dance room …
On July 3, the last Festival evening there’s the optional almost never-ending GALA FINALE & Buffet Dinner with ORIENTAL DANCE Galore! MORE of Cairo’s favorite dancers!!!. (In prior years, the Closing Galas have cost $60 each)
Monday, July 4 -Day 11: those taking the NILE CRUISE: VERY early buffet breakfast at the hotel. Be smart & pay your extra hotel charges the day before. Transfer to Cairo National Airport for your quick flight to Aswan
For those staying in Cairo: Buffet breakfast, then onto the bus that will take us back to KHAN EL KHALILI. Pick up your finished costumes at Mahmoud’s & shop till you drop!
Be smart & pay your extra hotel charges when we return this evening, pack, try to sleep…
Tuesday, July 5 – Day 12: Very early buffet breakfast for those not on the optional Nile Cruise,
Transfer to Cairo International Airport for your flight home. Bon Voyage.
OPTIONAL NILE CRUISE: JULY 4-9, 2005
$775 additional cost (single supplement: $200)
Monday, July 4 – Day 11: VERY early buffet breakfast at the hotel. Be smart & pay your extra hotel charges the day before.
Transfer to Cairo National Airport for your quick flight to Aswan & Abu Simbel, which I am thrilled to announce, I can INCLUDE at NO extra cost!!! Back from Abu Simbel &
Transfer to pier for the embarkation on your wonderful 3 night’s cruise.
CRUISE PROGRAM AS FOLLOWS:
Check in before lunch, in ASWAN: lunch on board
Visit the High Dam, Unfinished Obelisque & Philae Temple.
Dinner on ship
Tuesday, July 5, – Breakfast, lunch & dinner on board
Early sail to KOM OMBO: Visit Temple of Sobek .
Sail to EDFU: Visit Horus Temple,
Sail to LUXOR
Wednesday, July 6 – Breakfast, lunch & dinner on board
AM visit the West Bank
PM Visit Luxor & Karnak Temples
Evening: Morocco will arrange for a private performance of Ghawazi & Saidi music & dance
Thursday, July 7 – Breakfast on board
Check out & transfer to Luxor Airport for flight back to Cairo,
Transfer to the Victoria Hotel (not fancy, BUT very friendly & located in downtown Cairo!!!) for check in.
Evening: Rocky will see if there’s a good dance show to go to in Cairo, in which case, each one pays their own tab …
Friday, July 8 – Buffet breakfast at the hotel
Half day bus transfer to Khan El Khalili Bazaar & Al Wikalah!
Saturday, July 9 – VERY early buffet breakfast at the hotel
Be smart & pay your extra hotel charges the day before ….
Transfer to Cairo International Airport & bye bye Cairo, hello JFK ….
Nile Cruise package Includes:
Roundtrip airfare CAIRO/ASWAN & LUXOR/CAIRO
ASWAN/ABU SIMBEL/ASWAN: Abu Simbel tour ***included***!
Transfers from & to hotels/ National Airport
Transfers: from the airport to Cruise Ship in Aswan & back to airport in Luxor,
Ship cabin – double occupancy (additional single supplement $200) with daily meals
Excursions listed as included
NOT included in Optional Additional Nile Cruise:
Anything not specifically listed as included
Personal mineral water & other drinks
Phone calls & internet costs, Tips
Cost of any/ all additional personal items
YOU DESERVE THE BEST! GO WITH THE PROVEN TOUR ORGANIZER: MOROCCO ALWAYS DELIVERS ALL SHE PROMISES & MORE
A CAIRO CASBAH DANCE EXPERIENCE JUNE 24 – JULY 5, 2005: $2,275.00
(Land Only: $1,275.00) (Single Supplement $450)
JUNE 24 – JULY 9, 2005 with NILE CRUISE: $3,050.00
(Land Only: $2,050.00) (Single Supplement $650)
deposit: $500.00 (balance due due by May 15, 2005: $100 cancellation fee.)
June 24, 2005 – July 5, 2005 Cairo Includes:
Roundtrip airfare JFK/ CAIRO/ JFK
Transfers: from Cairo Airport to Mena House Hotel & back,
Hotel room – double occupancy (single supplement $450) with daily buffet breakfasts
Dervish Show at the Citadel – Opening Gala Dinner/Show
Excursions listed as included
Nile Cruise package Includes:
Roundtrip airfare CAIRO/ASWAN & LUXOR/CAIRO
ASWAN/ABU SIMBEL/ASWAN: Abu Simbel tour ***included***!
Transfers from & to Hotels/ National Airport in Cairo
Transfers: from the airport to Cruise Ship in Aswan & back to airport in Luxor,
Ship cabin – double occupancy (single supplement $200) with daily meals
Excursions listed as included
NOT included:
Cost of Visa in Cairo Airport
Cost of Registration & Individual Seminar Classes at Ahlan wa Sahlan
ALL lunches & dinners not specifically listed as included
Dance shows not listed as included
Personal mineral water & other drinks
Phone calls & internet costs, Tips
Cost of any/ all additional personal items
for further information e-mail/ call: MOROCCO
6 West 20 St. – 2nd floor
N.Y., N.Y. 10011
phone: 212/727-8326
E-mail: morocco@casbahdance.org
