Budget Travel with Me to Ancient Egypt!

in travel •  7 years ago  (edited)

Due to the recent slump in crypto, my travel plans now have to take a backseat. Thanks to technical analysts, I've lost so much and now have to budget travel! Just joking. Anyway, I've made it to Ancient Egypt. So how did I travel back to 50 BC, 2000 years ago? Well, through my special travel agent that goes by the name Assassin's Creed Origins. At only less than $100.00, who could refuse such an offer?

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No idea why I'm forced to travel with weapons.
But they look cool on me, so whatever.

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This is the Siwa lake.
What a beauty.

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This is Siwa village.

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But I soon got bored.
So I went out into the desert just up northeast.

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And arrived in the outskirts of Alexandria.

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Egyptian monolisks and Greek pillars all around town?
Ancient people really love those things, eh?

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#YOLO

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The Library of Alexandria, before it got razed into the ground.

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Just had to take this shot..

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Love the angles and pillars here.

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Smoked some kush.

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Aesthetic!

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Woke up in some random party, with nobody..

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Don't know what or who they're praying to.
I just stood around to feel holy for a moment.

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Took a shot for my music album cover.

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Another one.

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Found an accountant counting stocks in the plaza.

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A giant drain to funnel water into the city's main sewerage system?

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Why's everybody hanging out here?

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A poet told me the drain's stuck and needs a redesign.

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So I took it to the board. Drew some circles and lines.
The Alexandrians thought I've fixed the problem.

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Random picture of what looks like a communist-Egyptian building.

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The Grand Palace.

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Bling bling.

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Sailed out into a picturesque bend of the Nile.

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Crashed by some Greek wedding on the seaside.
Two guys were wrestling over food.

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Arrived in some luxurious courtyard filled with palm trees.
I love palm trees.

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Rode out with the horse race club to the Hippodrome.
Can you spot @donkeypong?

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De-toured into some random village.
It was filled with giant kimchi jars.

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Gotta keep them fermented.

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Further down the road.
Love the view.

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At the fringe of the desert, where tax-collectors frequently burn villages.

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Along the Nile, by the countryside.

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Wheat. Wheat everywhere.
Did you know that wheat turned us into sedentary creatures?

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Nice desert picture 1.

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Nice desert picture 2.

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Nice desert picture 3.

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Finally, I found a lady who doesn't mind rowing my boat home. I've only done like 20% of Ancient Egypt after 40 hours even with my parkour skills. Pictures of more places, pyramids, and their interiors in the next episodes!

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This is amazing progress from video games and I really wonder about the ratio between historical accuracy and the game developers' imagination. If historical accuracy is good enough, this would be like a billion times more effective as a teaching tool than history textbooks.

I was thinking of using virtual reality for teaching history, but hey, this is already doing an amazing job!

There's actually an educational module without all the battle gameplay! https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2018/02/21/assassins-creed-origins-discovery-tour-may-be-the-best-assassins-creed-ever/#6ba7fd375d32

Sure, they've downsized the entire map to make the fun more condensed, but historically accurate (from other reviews, of course with a mix of fictional stuff thrown in as well).

That is really great! And teaching history or any other subject using virtual reality is such a great idea. How could students not stay attentive in an engaging virtual world?! It just might be the go-to way to educate in the future. The nice thing about it is that we can do it today. To quote Margaret Mead " A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

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Kevin, @kevinwong I got excited seeing Egypt in your post title! Reading your first few lines I thought, hey, if you're accustomed to swanky class, then budget is the way to travel to get a new experience :) Then, again, I thought, it's Egypt--everything is budget!

Now, I see that you were time-travelling and I don't feel so bad I was not there to show you around. Yes, the desert is a must-see, only I'd recommend visiting by night (on horseback, or camel) and taking a tour of the pyramids by moonlight. Also, delighted to see picture of sail boat on the Nile, a dreamy way to cool off and take in your surroundings.

Thanks, for the virtual visit. Some things have changed (more crowded, primarily) but the desert, ruins, palm trees and myths are still intact :)

Looking forward to seeing more of your trip in the upcoming episodes!

PS - a pic from my last trip back Home, few months ago:

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psst - Interesting tidbit, if this sort of things interests you: It is a common myth that the word assassin comes from the Arabic word haschishin for hashish user.

Awesome Scenery and I like that the game is so long. I'd still not mention crypto to the Pharao. He might see it as a threat to his mightiness.

Ya, big crypto slump. I am also awaiting the turn around, not in a strange Egyptian gaming world, but in the reality of my midwestern home. I have captured a princess and I’m holding her hostage.

Good morning @kevinwong

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Okay, permit me to laugh, haha. Man, for some moment I was wondering if I've gone nuts, now I see the beauty. This blog is a gem of a beauty, I love the way you toured ancient Egypt with the Assassin and yeah, the shots are awesome.

Yeah, I think I spotted @donkeypong 😀😀. He likes helping people, so I guess he was helping someone carry their load A-ha.

I'll be keeping my eyes glued to your blog for the next post. Cheers😊😊

Hahaha! Great one mate! With the bloodshed on the crypto market, I have to convince my wife to reconsider our travel plans this year...our destination is Morocco btw!
Looking at these screenshots make me wish to have lived during those periods!

I did find @donkeypong on that picture! Lol!

Wondering what are kimchi jars doing in Egypt though!

Ha ha. The title got me. Budget Travel. That's in the description of what I do here on Steemit. So now how many Thai massages can you get for a Bitcoin now? Still about 1,300 hours worth! lol

Glad to see your budget Traveling Kevin Wong Style! Very cool and fun post!

You being an investor in the platform I wanted to share with you what steemit has done for me.

Starting from zero, and ten months later I now earn enough on steemit to support my own budget travels. I've taken out over 10 grand to travel with and my account was still worth over 10 grand not too long ago, now it's about Six.

Steemit has totally changed my life and it's all thanks to supports of your caliber. Feel free to back the Travel Pro too my friend ;)

Regardless thank you for supporting who you do and building up this incredible platform for us all.

I'm also mandated by some bigs to come to the next steemfest so I'll be looking forward to shaking your hand. Until then. From Arequipa Peru!

-Dan, Steemit's "World Travel Pro!"

The only luxury i've been having is a nice massage a week :) lol. Good to know you're doing great travelling all around bro!

Thanks to technical analysts, I've lost so much and now have to budget travel!

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Lol. :-)

Man, it’s been years since I played video games, and holy shit, are those graphics ever stunning!!

We’re those snapshots taken from the computer game version, Xbox, PS4, ...?

Ten more year and I bet things will be quite close to the real thing.. lol. This was with my one-gpu pc, probably cost much less than $1000 now..

Hahaha! Smokin' the "Kush" and fixin' the drain sounds about right. This was fun. I've played a couple of these in my day a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Gotta say it brings back some memories. The graphics seem to have gotten loads better for sure bit your commentary was the icing on the cake! Enjoyed!

Hahaha... You got me, took me a while to wrap my head around how a tour of Egypt only cost 100 bucks. Brilliant :) Ok, I'm no gamer but the graphics look so good that I might just take up the tour :)

Wow, thats amazing!
Egypt was rich with ancient artifacts. In the olden times, they were unconquered kingdom until Moses came.

Hahahaha now this is plain awesome. When I started the post ,I thought you actually travelled to the great city if Egypt but on the contrary, you actually did but virtually. I love what you did with this piece man....Nice one here.

Nice @kevinwong you should have burned Egypt and Alexandria as you go by over there with the game.

"Budget travel with me" - that was a good one lol.
Nice screenshots, I hope they don't spoil too much, I still haven't played the last Assassins Creed :D

Nah there's so much to the game!

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Amazing attention to detail in this game. Some of it looks so realistic.
Here's hoping for a better turn in crypto and you can continue your usual travel plans. ;-)

It's a work of art, and in a medium that not everything artists/programmers worked on will be discovered by players!

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I'm a bit of history buff and I'm spotting some of the details. It's incredible how far games have come. The first game console I had was an Atari back in the 80's, then a Vic20, but it really all began with the C64 for me. It is with this machine that I dived into programming and computer graphics.

(Grandpa voice) "In my day, when I was a boy..."

@kevinwong, That's fantastic budget travel journey to Egypt bu you. It's amazing experience to you and especially to me. I studied before several years ago Egypt history. I have plan to travel Egypt. But not a time now. In future will do. You encourage me via your outstanding blog post. You've to got very cheap offer from your travel agent. ha ha ha.....So marvelous.

No idea why I'm forced to travel with weapons.

Omg...are you want to warrior? I looks like it. Siwa lake and village remind me those days experience with graphically. Alexandria is very ancient and traditional looking.Touch my mindset cool. Graphic designing gaming bringing me there across dream. You arrived me there Lol.... Also you bring me inside Pyramids and carrying The Mummy movie series.

Haha... you got me!! For a momenr I thought you actually went to Egypt! Awesome story telling @kevinwong!! 👍

Have you guys been there? I wanna go there now :D lol

Seems like you had an awesome time travelling on a budget! The photos look so good, somewhat surreal, it's almost as if they're from a game!

Thanks for this post, it really brightened up my day :D

Well when you can't visit Egypt the traditional way, you can always do a virtual tour with Assassin's Creed XD!!! Believe me I have seen beautiful landscapes with PoP haha!!!

Hehe, this made me laugh. Now I am off to scroll to the bottom comments to entertain myself even further ;O)

Not quite photography but it's a pretty good way to travel. Particularly these days where you're dishing out an extra grand to avoid the sardine section on planes and standing in the security line for hours at a time. Or maybe that's just for those of us escaping Canaduh.

Ahh hahahaha good one! I believe it until I scroll and see your tag is funny gaming... very naive me....🙈

LOL. I bet in 10 years time it'll be way more difficult to tell the difference :)

Lol. Right now it's even difficult to tell from a distance.

The graphics of this game is super. Kudos to the programmers. @kevinwong, it seems like you are really having a beautiful time. Carry me along please.
In other news, joke or no joke, the crypto saga is not only in your department. It has hit hard on all of us. I hope we get to smile soon.
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Very photos, much egypt.

This is by far the best travel post I have seen. It feels like I have now been to ancient egypt to the same capacity that you have. Incredible.

Oh no, get the game and play it. It's pretty awesome!

Hahaha. You just made me remember that I had a dream about pyramids last night. I search for the meaning of my dreams every morning. Hehehe. Am I weird ? 😛

Anyway, I recently made a travel post too, with my real body traveling places 😛😂. Check it out if you feel like.

Though it wont be as good as yours😅. I didn’t carry weapons with me, just my gadgets 🖥💁🏻‍♀️😛

I really enjoyed your post etherpunk 😃 keep it up .
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I am not really the kind of person that love games and I don't hate it either, I am just an in between person when it comes to games, I play sometimes anyways mostly combat and adventure games, I prefer seeing movies more, but with what I read and saw on your post, I now feel like playing this particular game. The whole photography thing plus the way you explained the game stage by stage with pictures to go with it, @kevinwong you simply caught me there and right now the game is really tickling my fancy.

Interesting game I must say judging from what I saw and read on your post and the graphics is fantastic, enjoy yourself because it is a sure way of relaxing and easing stress.

I'm never into gaming. This is pretty cool. I think saw on TV, there's a game which the work ancient London into the scene. Could be the same. At least I think I've heard about this Assassin Creed thing which also became the movie. :-)

It's amazing. Only played another one like 5 years ago. This one is pretty well produced. I couldn't stop for 48 hours straight haha..

One of the reason I don't play is I'm afraid to get addicted to it.
Especially nowadays the CG is so much better.

The trip alone might be cheap, but the rig to support that trip must be worth a few thousand dollars. Especially we are in the deficit supply of GPU.

Oh I'm playing this on a machine I got 4 or 5 years ago! A single-gpu eth rig actually - R9 270x or something like that.

Wow, they last! But i guess you shouldn't get too much of FPS over high setting.

Haha, this was great! I don't really play video games much but I always read about ancient Egypt, I suppose this gives a great visual and the closest thing to the the real thing. I wonder about the historical accuracy. I always enjoyed the fact that many video games have an educational side to them. I do play a couple and have learned so much history about various places in the world thru the games. once again Awesome virtual tour and well presented! Thank you for visiting my blog earlier, your help is very much appreciated :)

LOL! OMG you got me for a second.. the photos look real at a glance. hahah This is one way to travel the world :)

I wish photography is as convenient as the camera mode in games haha

hey .... 100 $ it will look a little when compared with the results in the can. hopefully your journey is fun and adds to the experience. Egypt is a city of a million ancient history. I have long wanted to go there. until now has not materialized. Good luck @kevinwong

I got punk'd! I thought i will read about you traveling in Egypt, but got to read this new kind of 'traveling' adventure. Nicee. 😁

Fun Fact: Despite pre-ordering and getting Assassin Creeds Origins on launch date, I still have yet to play it on my PS4

Hah, same! on Steam. Only touched it recently..

You just gave me an idea for a budget travel of my own. In my case I might travel back to 1715 with Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag :) It is one of my favorites in the series, and I started writing about pirates recently, so it will have some inspirational value as well! 🏴‍☠️

Oh the last I played is black flag. This is like 5x way better!

I haven't tried this one yet, I have been playing Dark Souls for a long time, and now I switched to Furi. I will give it a try after I complete Furi. What has improved from the older games in the series (besides graphics)?

waww.... a very interesting idea to get rid of the mind of the crumbling crypto ,,
maybe playing games would be more convenient for situations like this. I feel like trying asassin game.

Try it!

What the... almost fool by your at the first 5 lines...
But the visual is really good, didn't know virtual gaming is that advanced now.

Press F for respects.

ahah! I didn't get it at first!

Those graphics are seriously top notch!

Haha... Now that's some good travelling.

Better days ahead!

This is called creativity. never saw such an interesting travel shoot :P and you looked like a egyptian prince :D

One of the best travel blogs I've seen in a long time. Thanks mate :D

Almost believed you lol.

LOL.. at first I thought was a physical visit to Egypt itself :P

Haha I thought you really did travel to Egypt. I play Assassins Creed too but not often as I want. Thanks for sharing this!

Well, am glad I got on with you no this one. But I think am gonna get a $100 and find my own travel agent. Nice place to visit in this turbulent times. Lol

Looks really realistic! I feel like I don't need to visit now! LOL

Awesome clickbait 😂 and I tot you really travel to Egypt hahaha, long time no play AC, so nice they improve all the graphic details of the game

I've only played AC like 5 or 6 years ago (the pirate one). But it's nowhere near the production value of this one. Really worth it lol

Yea ​same, I play until AC3 Brotherhood, then stop due to rig no longer support the intense amount of graphics​ even setting is just on medium.. 🙈 imagine killing people in 15-20FPS

Damn, this is actually a cool format for posting gaming pics. lol
How's the game? Was thinking of downloa- er...purchasing it. Hehe.

It's worth it! Seriously. I was blown away by the production value.

Cool, thanks for recommending!
Time to get my eye-patch, if yer know what arrr mean. ;)

Hahahaha LOVE it!! I totally fell for this and didn't realize it was Assasins Creed until 1/2 way through 😂

Lol.
You got me for real. This is so amazing, took me a while to figure this out.

Awesome pictures. sounds like you are really enjoying yourself there. Thanks.

Oh, yes, I have not yet seen such an original decision to present trip, and I must confess, my friend, that the original idea has visited you! It turned out like frames from the film, certain historical places, time and events occur as if by script and you are the main character :D Excellent conceived! Thank you @kevinwong

A very interesting post, may we stay in this media steemit though never met! @kevinwong

This great traveling......and awesome looking your capture photography. keep it up......
Upvote and resteemit

Adventurous tour to ancient egypt.

My trep my adventure

woaahhh look like a game, thanks for give us many information

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wow it's very nice sir

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wow...amazing photography, nice post, thanks for sharing

Ha ha how I believe you is this you lol @kevinwong? however you provided glorious tot experience.

"Finally, I found a lady who doesn't mind rowing my boat home." - Why you didn't find any lady for marriage. :)

How i wish i was there..thanks @kevinwong for sharing this experience

This is a true budget traveling. Going on a virtual tour right where you are. It's cool. I love the pictures though.
Assassins Creed Origins... 💪💪💪

you know sir :D.
your pict got looks like prince of persia like in the gammeeeee !!
so cool

Ancient Egypt created by you incredible work via your experimental graphical photography. I've seen lot of Egypt back round indeed movies at your post kind reminder me those assassin's experience. With recent slumping cryptocurrencies you gave tremendous plan. I'm enjoying with blog. :) :D :P

For once, it looks real than just a story. I can see myself in Egypt already travelling with you. Good one

Amazing how many think it’s real photos. Good one!

Hey @kevinwong, where's your real photos? Sweet desert images clicks going me Sahara... Lot of Assassin born Japan and China. Have you hope create new Assassin video gaming? Is it rehearsal first? :)
However you've get valuable offer and nice travel journey.

Oh man...when I saw the title I really got excited because I thought you were actually traveling to Egypt :D funny post nonetheless. Loved the teabagging of that statue :)))))
Looking forward for some laughs in the next one.

I am not into games, but this one is definitely the cheaper way @kevinwong
it looks so real

"YOLO" and "Communist-Egyptian Building" made me laugh hard.

Amaizing graphics, but Black Flag was my favorite. : )

the best option to visit in high quality hahah looks like i need to do the same

This is really amazing budget travel,thanks a ;ot for sharing.have a nice day.

i tot it was real.. after seeing tag.. lol 😂

beautiful photo photo, amazing

Great travels! :D Did you bring back some souvenirs?(:

Oh man I didn't even know I can travel that much place while I'm sitting on my ass , 10/10 definetely will do it again.

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@kevinwong Woah, the graphic and scenery of this game is absolutely outstanding! I'm going to check this one out, thanks for showing us here bro :)

Looking forward for the remaining 80% of Ancient Egypt...

the title and the first photo, really got me, tot you really go out for travel already. lol.

Nice photography it is looking like painting in the picture wall

people hanging out kill them hahahaha

LOL i wanna get this game now

Wow, really nice place! Thanks for sharing and looking forward for the next episode!

Omg 😱😱😱😱

Travel and tell no one. People ruin beautiful things.... Egypt for sure is a dream place....

hhhahh...good travel in your pc sir..hehhe

I so much love your story it gives me a memory of Assassins Creed .lovely pictures there too. I could picture it as a movie in my head already lol.

Thats really amazing to see..game is heart for me I feel it....also travelling to there is a dream for me too.amazing snap photo.thats remember me dream of mine .I hope oneday I will able to afford to travel such a dream place that you share.and also the game was so good to play.
Again thanks to share the post to steemit

hahaha these are free travels lol everyone can do illegal activities too there ;p

very nice! :D seems like you are having lots of fun there))

nice travelling experiences only with @kevinwong

amigo que belleza, has cumplido en parte mi sueño ir a Egipto también quisiera ir aJerusalen , bueno las esperanzas no las pierdo

I thought you really travelled there. But did sense something so continue to scroll and view the photos. Zoom in somemore. Aiyo. You've got me. Nice one.

Only played the first one with all the virtual reality weird shit going on.

I do a lot of "budget travelling" too :D
Great post @kevinwong :D

I like the picture of Assassin's Creed Origins. I have never been to play this. The last version that I play, I play Assassin creed Brotherhood. 55

Oh, my Goodness, for a time I was reminding myself and my faculty practise in 1995 in the Eastern Company SAE in Giza. So, I was watching the photos and reading and I was very curious to go further when I saw one photo and I said to myself:"Oh, I didn't see this". The next one again, I haven't seen that. And I got confused, Was I in Egypt for one month, 22 years ago or somewhere else ? 🤔🤔🤔
And finally, my mind's crack finished as I realized that many of the photos are from ancient times.

Definitely, very very misterious place...I even...🤔🤔🤔...It is enough...