I was super excited to come on this trip with Robert Grant. I was willing to pay the $13,000 because it was advertised as a luxury trip. It was also advertised as an expedition where we would do more exciting things that other people would not have access to. We arrived the buses took us to a hotel out in the middle of nowhere called the Saint Regis new Cairo. The drivers all got lost in the middle of the desert and had no idea how to get to the hotel. The hotel wants to be arrive was very nice. However, we were the only ones there it was almost desolate. The hotel was an hour and a half away from the pyramids which was too far away. In addition while we were there, Hamas hostages were released into our hotel. Felt extremely unsafe. Later, we flew to Luxor and was given a river boat. Supposed to be luxury however it was not that great in my whole room was full of black, mold and mildew. When I asked Robert’s team to help me with it, they did not help and I became very sick from the mold. This mold affected the entirety of my trip. I wasn’t able to do certain activities. In addition, the trip was chaotic and unorganized. We never went into any place that any other tours could go. Also, because of the chaos many of the faculty presentations were missed. I think the most upsetting part of the trip for me was that Robert Grant was using psychedelics throughout the trip and was under the influence. This was upsetting to me because we were attending sacred places, and I did not think it was appropriate for the leader of our group to be under the influence of psychedelics. It is my opinion that this put our whole group at risk because psychedelics are not legal in Egypt. During my private visit to the pyramids, I only was able to be in the sarcophagus 5 to 6 seconds. And I asked Robert Grant about this in a conversation that we had. I told him that I was upset because he and his colleagues got to spend a lot more time in the sarcophagus, and those who had paid for the trip only had a few seconds. He said that, of course I only got a few minutes because the trip was for him and not for me. He said that the participants on his trip or there to go along with him and that he was not there to host us. I explained to him that in the future that he might want to let people know this arrangement so that they wouldn’t be disappointed. But the positive aspects of the trip where the people that I met they were wonderful people and I will never forgive them and I will have relationships that will last a lifetime. The four seasons hotel that we stayed at in the end was very nice. Overall, I would not recommend going on any trips with Robert Edward Grant because it’s too expensive and he did not take responsibility for things that did not go well.

The trip itself had last-minute changes and some inconveniences that, I believe, could not be foreseen by anyone, especially this being the largest group they have hosted. For me, this added to the experience because I did not have any preconceived notions or ideas of what to expect during the trip. Personally, I had an amazing time! I was blown away by the service, the food, and the grandeur and magic of Egypt! This was the trip of a lifetime!

The first hotel was NOTHING like Mena House which was on the original itinerary and one of the reasons I sent an early deposit. The hotel we stayed in was miles away (one and half hour from Cairo) and did feel like arriving in Egypt. More like Las Vegas! \The second boat was very unhealthy because of mould on walls,. People were getting sick. I consider the cost expensive considering how cheap Egypt is.